Grr Grr grr

Like it grumppa

I'm sure there's joke about opening the front door and as you open it the visitor asks "Are you in?"

On this topic my wife's pet hate is the usual "Can I help you?" phrase as mentioned earlier - her preferred response (^but she bites her lip so as not to utter the words^) would be "No, I'm fine - how are you?"

I think we would all be happier in pedants corner!?

Just to add to Nonnie's post - I often hear the phrase "Do you need any help?"

I have to stop myself from saying - no, just b****r off and let me browse in peace!!

All of the above, but isn't yourself, himself, etc. colloquial usage in Ireland? Or just used by lazy scriptwriters to identify characters as Irish?

I have many pet 'misuse of language' peeves but top of my list is ....
would/should/could/wouldn't etc. followed by 'of' instead of 'have'. To say it colloquially is one thing, to write it is another and many on here and mumsnet do it. If all children had two years of Latin lessons ( I had seven!) then they may begin to understand all the different parts of speech and tenses of verbs and how to use our wonderful language correctly.

Also, I hate 'gonna' instead of 'going to' and 'get off of the/my ..' instead of 'get off from ' or just 'get off'!

Lastly, 'play park', it's just the park!

agree Peardrop50. was sat...was stood...are passive forms, so imply that the action was done TO you BY someone else....the baby was sat on the chair (perhaps by mother)...I was stood on the ladder (e.g. by my dad).

I heartily agree with all previous posters.
The one I rant about the most is the past continuous
I was sitting on the floor or I sat on the floor NOT I was sat on the floor.
I was standing on the floor or I stood on the floor NOT I was stood on the floor.
I was running on the floor or I ran on the floor NOT I was ran on the floor.
We never hear the latter but it demonstrates the principle.
Was stood and was sat can be heard a hundred times a day on tv. Appalling.
Rant over. Merry Christmas Gransnetters x

A friend of mine, married for x number of years, hates it when she is asked if she has a ' partner' Her usual reply is " No, I don't do dancing'. She then says ' But I do have a husband' Some might find that old fashioned of her, but she is proud of being married.

Amber I would go further -'May I help you?' That implies that they would like to 'Can I' implies they are not certain that they are able to.

I'm afraid that my pet peeve is "Are You Alright?" instead of Can I help you? I'm sure that sales staff aren't interested in my health. (Probably not too interested in helping me either). When did this change? I really do find this annoying. Anyone else?

Oh, and..."are you with me?"

My DS-in-L when hosting one of her (delicious) family dinners always asks "Now, what would people like". I find the use of "people" a bit odd, impersonal even

‘Yous’ for the plural of ‘You’ seems to be in use a lot.

I hate "the narrative" and "the process". Overused, both of them and usually by people who think they are deep.

Can I get,
I'm loving
You guys
It was like, and I was like, so they were like
I seen
I was sat
No problem

The above are problems for me!

winterwhite, you wondered what we said before the dreaded "guys". We were watching a film - for the life of me I cannot remember what it was - and every time the boss wanted to address the room full of her staff she called them "people" rather than "guys" and I thought it sounded much better.

We've discussed it on other threads, and I know it's a very personal thing and nobody should be criticised for what they do in the circumstances, but I do not like the increasing use of "passed" for "died". (I mean not even"passed away" or "passed over", but "passed".)

"Gotten" is still part of the vernacular in this bit of north-east Scotland, and, I believe, in other areas. It may well be returning to the rest of you!

I love these threads - they make me feel normal when I rant about such things. Thank you all for airing your prejudices, reasonable or not!

Oh yes, everyone is on a journey these days.

To say nothing of 'being on a journey' beloved by reality show contestants.
I have the Look too marian I can freeze people instantly when I employ it.

'Thank you for reaching out to us about your unpaid invoice'!
Yes, I've heard this a lot. It sounds as though the person is feebly flailing and hasn't actually made contact.

I would reply "Myself would like ..."

They'd likely take it on board and start using it themselves, going forward.

I hate "d'you know what I mean" after every sentence, I feel like shouting, NO I'M BLOODY STUPID! !!!!

Another one is 'loving the music' ( or the picture or the snow etc.) Why not just 'I love it'

Arrgh - damn spellcheck doesn't know "ite" is a latin verb!!!

That's a good one sarahellenwhitney - I think we have gotten on first name terms when were subsumed by the USA. Where we now have tires, donuts, yogurt, etc.

Mind you I think gotten is an old English word that we stopped using about 300 years ago - I wonder if there are some we should bring back into use.

What about...

"Romane its domum"

I always cringe when I hear the expression "go to", as in " Fred Blogs is the go-to man for window cleaning " or whatever. Everyone seems to say it. I agree about the "see you later" too- DIL says it a lot & I was amused the other day when our 4 year old DGS said " but mummy, you're not seeing Gramma later, you'll see her on Monday"! Well done that child!