Pack lunch

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Possibly my most rage inducing Mumsnet phrase. Also very prevalent on FB. Have to sit on my hands so as not to correct people I know. Any takers or do I need to calm down?

@ODFOx Brownies are referred to as a pack. Perhaps that is why it was referred to as a pack tea. A tea for the pack or sharing plates.

On radio I detest "shout out" instead of mention.

I absolutely can’t stand “Did you enjoy?” in response to being told about an event or place being visited.

IT. Did you enjoy IT.

arghhhhhhhhhh

"good shout" instead of good idea - why the shouting?

"chair" instead of sofa

"bathroom" instead of toilet 😡

Funny how we don't all talk the same. I can't get worked up about regional dialects. Im fact I quite like them.

Me too. I doubt 'pack lunch' is regional dialect though. It's just dropping the -ed because you don't realise it should be there and because it's not very audible in the phrase 'packed lunch'. If the word 'packed' were followed by a word beginning with a vowel, the 'd' would be audible and the '-ed' wouldn't be dropped. It's a mistake, not dialect, I think. Not an especially heinous one though, imo!

You should OF calmed down .

My friend texted me just now to say that she'd just "got wet threw" in the rain.

‘You all’. Our top man came over from Texas and talked about ‘some of you all’ and ‘all of you all’, It’s quite sweet compared to ‘youse’ or ‘you lot’

My Barnsley (the S Yorks one, not the Gloucestershire one) have got their southern mother talking about "pack ups"instead of "packed lunches" now.

Although in a work (construction site) context, iME, such a meal is known as "bait" everywhere from S Wales to Newcastle u Tyne; I've not worked further north.

Pack up or snap here!

I can see that it's useful, but it's not a word! I don't use it, especially not in the written form. In speech I'd say 'Are you all going?'/ 'Is anyone going '/ 'Can everyone join in' etc.

The American y'all is cute, I must say.

I am so glad I am not the only one. Absolutely drives me mad.

Also hate, and you see it a lot on here or fb that someone 'brought' someone something instead of saying bought.

My biggest pet peeve though is 'draws'. My local fb is awash with people selling a chest of them. Or worse a chester draws. Even typing that made my teeth itch.

I think this one is probably specific to Scotland, but the pronunciation of definitely as defin-ate-ly drives me absolutely bonkers.

to scream silently/ silently scream. Whatever. Sometimes a split infinite is fine. See the image- I'm the wee guy chillaxing (I quite like this particular neologism)

OMG, yes, yes, yes yes! My sister does it and I want to strangle her (she's lovely, but I still want to strangle her). She also- like many do- spells it like this! I hate it.

Gifted. Why is everything suddenly being gifted, not simply given. It doesn't even sound right (to be anyway) "He gifted me a book" sounds clunky and like it's a made up verb. It probably isn't, and some wise person will tell me that it was first used by Chaucer or something.

There's another similar noun made into a verb that annoys me too but I can't remember what it is.

There's another similar noun made into a verb that annoys me too but I can't remember what it is.

Drafted? I suppose it underwent a similar evolution to ‘gifted’ but before my time.
Impacted?
Medalled?
Leveraged?
There are so many.

I agree with you. And mash potato

Exactly ...when I hear it in a teams meeting I want to throw my laptop out of the window !

With you OP.
DCs' primary school was forever sending out letters asking for pack lunch to be sent in. So many years of pain!
The one that's got me today is 'tow the line'.

I thought the Scottish packed lunch was a ‘piece’? That’s what my Dad used to call it. It’s funny. I feel a lot of warmth for Scottish dialect and pronunciation - youse/definately etc. It reminds me of my Dad and Aunties, and doesn’t annoy me at all in the way that could of, rest bite, reign in, et al, do!

💜Memories are the best.

The older generation would say piece for your lunch, as in ' I need tae make yer daddy's piece'- which would be a sandwich, fruit, crisps, perhaps a slice of cake. That's how my wee mammy says it. It's less used now, but I would still use 'pieces' instead of sandwiches,
'I'm making my pieces for work' . My kids (teens wouldn't really say that, though).

They would still use it to mean a slice, ' I fancy a piece n jam', or 'I'll have a piece n butter with that soup'.🤗

I am with you @watcherintherye and @Puffalicious . Memories are the best ❤️. The Scottish dialect is like a warm blanket, lovely memories of my mum and living in Scotland.We used to have jam pieces after school.

Still I digress. My two bugbears are bare used instead of bear and ect instead of etc

Oh yes, that's an excellent one for too.

I've found my tribe! I hate gifted! I understand the technical accuracy blah blah but it's so naff. Awful.

I hate how commonplace 'alot' has become.

Now being followed by:

abit
afew
alittle
atleast

Also can't stand 'laying' or 'lay in'. You were having a lie in, or lying down!

See also 'I was stood there'