English language - where is it going to? AIBU

Pressurised instead of pressured...

Overuse of the word Lush ?

Always reminds me of an alcoholic!

I dislike the word 'upcoming'. It makes me think of a cat with a fur ball problem. Whatever happened to 'forthcoming'?

Sentences that start with 'So' or answers to a question .....Arrggh

One thing I hate is when people say my bad. I've made two new words up this week. I couldn't decide whether it was March or May so I said Mach, I don't know where that came from. Then the morning I was going out the front door and there was something on the doormat, meanwhile I'm talking to myself and said it looks like a Snug. I was thinking Snail or Slug but what came out of my mouth was Snug. Luckily it was dead. What old age does to you

I am with you on co-worker. It is American and looks like cow to me. I deliberately use colleague. I really dislike swearing too. I find it is mainly Americanisms that irritate me to distraction. Nothing wrong with them there but everything wrong with them here. I have even seen and heard my arch bete noir - gotten. Grr.

Oh yes, my bad and meh. Dreadful.

Charleygirl5

I hate to hear every third word in a sentence being "like" and I have noticed some young children are picking this up- possibly from their parents.

So do I Charleygirl I could scream!

That's so funny readalot Sun 22-Nov-20 18:43:01

My husband has just suggested a couple of things he finds irritating- making one word out of two e.g chillax, and getting an 'invite' which should surely be 'invitation'!

I love your example Merlotgran, it made me and DH laugh out loud. I cringe every time I hear some of these language clangers. What can we do except carry on speaking perfect Queen's English! Just joking, I'm sure my Lancashire accent and phrases befuddle my Devon friends.
Is 'befuddle' a word?

Two of my pet hates, are the use of the word literally when it's not literal at all and daughter-in-laws as plural. The plural of daughter-in-law is daughters-in-law. Language does evolve though and we just have to go with it. Otherwise we'd all still be saying thee and thou!

This is a fascinating thread.

So, my wife and me were out for a walk the other day, but we couldn't use the sidewalk going past a bungalow, cos they ad the road up for pothole mendin and new water pipes.

Would liked to have gotten coffee while we were out, but the store was shut.

Ah well - that's everlutionary language forms for you.

railman

This is a fascinating thread.

So, my wife and me were out for a walk the other day, but we couldn't use the sidewalk going past a bungalow, cos they ad the road up for pothole mendin and new water pipes.

Would liked to have gotten coffee while we were out, but the store was shut.

Ah well - that's everlutionary language forms for you.

Did yous go past the uni?

sue01

I swear... when people kill adverbs !

Wrap up warm..... aaarrrrgh !!

I think that’s fine actually ! You’re not wrapping warmly.

Dogsjj

Where has the word hope disappeared to. I keep hearing, I'm looking to buying, afternoon looking to going too. Drives me mad!

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mistymitts

I do not like being sweared at but I am very happy to swear at something or in a stressful situation. If I stub my toe if does help to say F...F... F... Rather than Owww! May well be psychological but still helps.

Er....”sweared at”?

Has anyone mentioned ‘lie’ and ‘lay’? They are hopelessly confused by many people. When I hear something about laying on the bed I want to ask whether they are laying eggs or bricks.


“I was tired so I laid on the bed” I want to ask

I posted that without editing properly. Disregard the last line.

Nothing wrong with 'wrap up warm', as far as I am concerned. I would say it describes the desired end result, rather than the action - is it even possible to do that action 'warmly'?

I manage not to get exercised over language developing - it is what all languages do.

The introduction of the word "gotten" is fascinating - it is becoming commonplace now. I wonder whether it is a US import, or whether it is in fact old English.

Just looked it up:

Gotten' is, in fact, an ancient English word that was in use in England at the time America was colonized by the English. Over the centuries, the Americans kept on using it and the English did not. Origin: 1150-1200

Isn't language wonderful? If I had written gotten in school I would have got the ruler over the knuckles!

On TV this morning, the Royal Correspondent no less said 'must of'!! Grrr

'Eat healthy' grrr