Grr Grr grr

Basically, I'd like to run this one up the flagpole and see who salutes.

Have a nice day, or even Oh bless!

Can I get a skinny cappuccino latte, with caramel froth and mocachino sauce, when I arrive into work, and greet my co-workers, so that we can learn lessons and fulfil our customer orders in excess of their stated requirements.

Thankyou for listening, your call/email/message is important to us, and if you could complete a very short questionnaire letting us know how we have served you today, we would welcome your feedback.

I hate it when a waiter says after bringing my food 'Enjoy'!

sarahellenwitney me too! I detest the over familiarity from someone that I've never seen, spoken to or met before.

Also, when did Politicians etc begin to ‘speak to’ issues. We have managed perfectly well simply ‘commenting’ on issues for years. It’s the Americans again. They took English over then and gradually they are giving back a bastardised version!

On a recent visit to the north of Ireland I noticed everyone says “wee”, as in “give me a wee minute and I’ll help you “or in one shop the assistant ,when I asked her a question told me to “wait a wee wee minute “ while she went to find the answer to my question.I would have been happy just to wait!

Referring to me by my Christian name instead of Mrs by other persons than my family, close friends or colleagues.
When did that come about?

It really annoys me to hear 'I'm sat here.......'. My daughter and husband have suddenly started to say it. Where does that expression come from? Grrrrr!

Apologies for posting this again as I think I've said it before. Lots of people don't remember the difference between I (subject of sentence) and me (object) in plural (you and I, you and me) so they use myself instead. A lot of non-young folk, ie educated before 1980s say you and I for both, and wrongly correct youngsters when what they're saying is right. If you could substitute 'us' in sentence, it's you and me; 'we' is you and I.

I really, like, hate "like" when dotted throughout someone's speech.

I also dislike the use of "See you later" when they really mean "See you soon/tomorrow/next week...." Pedantic, perhaps, but it galls me.

Hey guys ......just don't! We managed to address people without calling them guys........or mate. My next door neighbour calls everyone "mate" - even me. Occasionally I'm her darling, but usually I'm her mate.

Oooh......breathe, Elf, breathe!

W11girl thanks for that, I thought it was because the driver would be distracted!

'.....going forward...' anyone?

Locally here in the East Midlands they say 'going Skegness' or 'going Oakham'. I've got used to hearing it just!

There are so many for me. I agree about ‘no problem’, especially from a waiter following my order. I always think, ‘of course it’s no bloody problem, this process is why you and I are here’! The two that wind me up most are ‘awesome’ used to describe work-a-day things. If a slice of pizza is awesome, then what adjective do we use to describe the Grand Canyon or a view of earth rise from a space shuttle? Secondly, I swear I feel steam coming out of my ears when even BBC journalists pronounce the H in letter H (and a deep . . . . cleansing . . . . breath).

In the West Coutry it’s ‘ me luvver’

Most of these don't annoy me. DH forever moaning about them does.

I do cringe at the "go toilet", though. So.....I suppose we'll just have to, like, suck it up going forward, dudes.

Jalima I wonder if ‘My colleagues and myself’ stems from worry about whether to use I or me? At school we were told to take the other person out and say the sentence to check.

GrannyParker are you in the West Country? I am from Yorkshire & call everybody "love". I now live in Devon & love being called "my lovey" less keen on "my lover" as I'm not

inishowen my DD has started to say "my bad" Grr, daren't say anything to her though, just let it wash over me

"Thinking outside the box", "Blue Sky Thinking" etc although I suspect many of these have been overtaken by other expressions since I took Early Retirement in 2006

The wife - my DH did it once and apparently I have a ‘look’ the would turn a lesser man to stone ?

I#Iam what about newsreaders who say "see you tomorrow"? No they won't but we will see them!

And what about "you're joking me"!!! How I hate that one :D

Having just done some work for an American company, my new pet linguistic hate is when they use the term 'reaching out to' for 'getting in contact with' e.g. 'Thank you for reaching out to us about your unpaid invoice'! Look out for it, it's relatively new and I guarantee it will set all your hackles rising

My pet hate is the expression "my bad".

THAT is one of my biggest gripes. That, and the inappropriate use of 'MYSELF'. I cringe but then, my friends call me the grammar police. Another gripe is hearing FORT FINK FREE and FURVER.
A couple of the guys on The Apprentice this year, spoke in that manner and I personally wouldn't employ anyone in a p2p role who couldn't talk decent English. Dropping the letter 'g' is another no-no.

I don't like 'for free'. How can anything be for free, surely it's just 'free'?

Fur babies grrr.myself can’t stand