Where on Earth has this sprung from?

[readitandwept]

The use of "to which"? Just flung in in any context?

"To which this helped"
"Waiting on my car selling to which I'm going to buy another"

Just some examples I've read on here.

It's getting right up there with "alot", "afew", and other such made up bollocks

'Atleast'

Why do people not recognise that 'a' is a word in its own right?!

To wit could be misheard for to which. That makes a small amount of sense.
The one that's really annoying me at the moment is cringe. I've seen 'it's so cringe' or that was cringe. She did this and it was so cringe.
To cringe is a physical reaction, a person cringes physically.
Cringe, now, doesn't even seem like a real word.

I've typed it too many times

Hence why is my current pet hate.

To which Is in the same category as the non reflexive myself. People seem to think it makes them sound more formal.
I will restrain myself from saying what it does make them sound.

Ohyesiam
Please do.
Those that use myself when it should be me or even I, think that it makes themselves sic sound well educated. I was told by a young lad that "if myself can help yourself at all, please let myself know"

ohyesiam that should be please don't restrain yourself

Or using "myself" when "me" would do absolutely fine, infact it should be "me" because "myself" is just wrong.

Or beginning every sentence with "So.....".

Theres another one that really winds me up, but I can't think what it is just now. I bet someone has already mentioned it. Off to read all the comments.

Thread title correction: From where on the earth has this sprung?

(Bluerussian ducks and hides)

Noone - I see it everywhere now.

No-one is a noone said no one, ever.

I've just seen '...have to of had...' on here. That's a new one to me

@Butterisbest "cringe" has been used like that for at least 15 years, it's slang and has been for ages.

Language changes.

Oh god I work with a “myself”er. I hear him say it to customers every 5 minutes and it makes me cringe. No point in correcting him though he is one of those never wrong people.

Sorry to derail but has anyone become across "soonest"?

"I expect a reply soonest"
"I'd appreciate you dealing with this soonest"

Makes me instantly less likely to go back to them

A new one on me is 'aswel'.

riotlady Sun 30-Jun-19 19:55:36
@Bluerussian what’s the problem with “bored of”?
.......
It should be, 'bored with'.

Thread title correction: From where on the earth has this sprung?

This is the sort of excessive pedantry up with which we will not put!

I get slightly peeved with people writing that they want to diffuse a tense situation.

I'm sure they mean de-fuse really, but I hope they don't work in bomb disposal: that could mean disaster if they did what they write.

@Bluerussian

It should be, 'bored with'.

Meh. I’m as pedantic as they come, but can’t get worked up about this. You’re just replacing one fairly abstract preposition with another, and also making the formation consistent with things like ‘tired of’ and ‘weary of’. It doesn’t fundamentally break grammar ‘rules’ in the way that replacing a verb with a preposition does in ‘should of’.

There’s a difference between resisting change because it makes things less understandable and resisting change just because it’s different (but not actually really incorrect).

Cheers @readitandwept hadn’t noticed that but sure will now

I’m sick of people asking for ‘advise’ on a matter.

@AskingQuestionsAllTheTime that has cracked me up! Now I have images of people waving diffusers around in tense situations

It is rediculous, carnt get on with it atall.

Hence why is my current pet hate.

I hate "the reason why" as the "why" seems redundant. I think I am wrong though.

"we was"

"I was laying on the bed"

And I've posted about them before, but:

abit
alot
afew

All becoming more and more common and increasingly infuriating It stops me wanting to reply to people! Which isn't nice, i know.

Had to get that off my chest.

Maybe all this gnashing of teeth will help us loose weight?

'Excited for' winds me up.