Additional words that really wind me up

[PumpkinSpiceGirl]

Swap it ‘out’
Fry it ‘off’

And also ‘works do’ - surely it’s just work do?

Tell me I’m not the only one (and I bet there are more).

@RosesAndHellebores

Real leather. It's either leather or it isn't. The same for genuine antique. It's either an antique or it isn't.

Maybe it's vegan leather plastic

"As a mother myself" as a mother is just fine

"Revert". Revert does not mean reply! It means to go back to the way it was before!

Saying "I will revert tomorrow" in a work email makes me assume you are thick.

She had a baby boy. Err rather than a teenage Kevin?

Works do should really be Work's do, to clarify the do you are going to is with colleagues, rather than another celebration.

For free' and 'hence why' are the two that are currently annoying me.

Ex boss used to say 'hence because'.

"Our lunch"
Well you wouldnt be eating anyone elses lunch would you ?

By day 2 I was developing a tick every time I looked at it, so changed it when nobody was looking.

Actually, you developed a tic. Sorry.

Comprises of. And revert back.

I used to work with someone who'd put in minutes "X wil revert back on this" and it drove me INSANE.

@iklboogiemaninthecloset

By day 2 I was developing a tick every time I looked at it, so changed it when nobody was looking.

Actually, you developed a tic. Sorry.

That's me told!

@tattychicken

7am in the morning

This boils my piss!

Quite unique.

Or very unique.

I was taught at school that “I am writing…” in a letter is bad form, because it is already obvious that you are writing.

Forward planning

@VirgilStarkwell

I was taught at school that “I am writing…” in a letter is bad form, because it is already obvious that you are writing.

I do that all the time in emails. “I am emailing to confirm…” or whatever. I don’t know why, because you’re right, it’s obvious I’m emailing, I could just say “I’d like to confirm” or “can you confirm.”

Also "very unique" or "almost unique".

MrsFin
Pre-order, pre-book: you can't post-order or post-book, you can only order or book something in advance

I know what you mean but I think this one’s useful. If I order the new Stuart MacBride book I expect to get it straight away, whereas a pre-order is a signal that the book isn’t released yet and what I've done is put my name down for it.

You've still just ordered it though, or "put your name down for it".

The "pre" is superfluous.

@21stDentistryGirl

ATM machine.

PIN number

I've told you a thousand times not to exaggerate!!!

"I literally died..."

I was stood at
I am sat at
I am sat here crying

Does the word sitting no longer exist in English usage? I have only seen this on Mumsnet, not on any other (American, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand) site. It seems to be a UK thing. For one thing, SAY IT OUT LOUD. "I was stood at" does not make any grammatical sense, it actually sounds like broken English. The was is redundant.
"I stood at" (or "I am standing at")
"I am sitting (present tense) at"
"I am sitting (present tense) here crying"

These are the correct sentence structures. In the case of stood, was as a prefix is redundant. You either stood at (past tense) or ARE standing at (present tense).
With 'I am sat at', am is the present tense. Sat, is the past tense. You can't currently be doing something in the past. It makes no sense.

With 'I am sat here crying', am is the present tense. Sat, is the past tense. Here is the present tense. You can't currently be doing something here in the past. It makes no sense.

As I said I have NEVER seen this anywhere except on here, so I presume it must be a UK oddity, but it doesn't work if you say it in your head or out loud, so what possesses people to write such nonsensical broken English? Has 'sitting' and 'standing' become obsolete in the UK?

@TheGirlCat

I was stood at I am sat at I am sat here crying

Does the word sitting no longer exist in English usage? I have only seen this on Mumsnet, not on any other (American, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand) site. It seems to be a UK thing. For one thing, SAY IT OUT LOUD. "I was stood at" does not make any grammatical sense, it actually sounds like broken English. The was is redundant.
"I stood at" (or "I am standing at")
"I am sitting (present tense) at"
"I am sitting (present tense) here crying"

These are the correct sentence structures. In the case of stood, was as a prefix is redundant. You either stood at (past tense) or ARE standing at (present tense).
With 'I am sat at', am is the present tense. Sat, is the past tense. You can't currently be doing something in the past. It makes no sense.

With 'I am sat here crying', am is the present tense. Sat, is the past tense. Here is the present tense. You can't currently be doing something here in the past. It makes no sense.

As I said I have NEVER seen this anywhere except on here, so I presume it must be a UK oddity, but it doesn't work if you say it in your head or out loud, so what possesses people to write such nonsensical broken English? Has 'sitting' and 'standing' become obsolete in the UK?

Yes, this also annoys me. Unfortunately it isn't only on Mumsnet this appears it's everywhere.

I'm seeing it all the time in books and even in the occasional issue of the i newspaper, which I read from time to time.

It will, of course, become the norm eventually, in the same way that literately has lost any meaning because it's been misused for so long that it is now acceptable to use it either literately or figuratively. 'I literately died' now makes perfect and acceptable sense, apparently.

"Off of"....Americans say this all the time.
"Swap out"
"Watch it back"
I've noticed more and more people are starting to write "then" when they mean "than"....it grates my cheese
"Bring" when they mean take
"Can I get"

Oh yes, 'the reason why'.