Does anyone else hate 'off'

[tb]

As in 'off of' and 'take it off', instead of 'of' and 'take it from'?

Yes, I do. It's very American, and over-wordy I've just been there and been driven nuts by their obsession with saying "at this time" whenever they tell you to do something (which they do a lot). A) It's perfectly obvious they want you to do it "at this time" and B) If they really have to specify that fact there's a perfectly good word: "now".

Equally I can't stand people in this country who say "going forward" all the time, as if our progress in the space-time continuum were somehow optional, and this particular direction was only now being tried.

Harumph.

Going forward I think we should take it off.

It's awful. I know someone who always says things like "For my birthday I got a CD off my mum."

"take it off."
Unless you're telling someone to take off an item of clothing. That's allowed, isn't it?

Oh I hate it too. But the very worst case is Scott Mills and his crew using "off of" meaning "from", as in "Tom off of Coldplay" or "Lucy off of Brighton". Drives me mad, I can no longer listen to Radio 1.

loopyloops - listen to Radio 4. Radio 1 is THE DEVIL. Surely a true pedant wouldn't know who Scott Mills is.

This is my pet hate, but seems to be endemic to my local area. If I complain about it here, people look at me like I have taken leave of my senses.

However hearing it in songs/on the radio/tv really sets my teeth on edge.