"So" what's it all about?

I have heard people say they are in bed under the doctor polly ?

yes Castle, it's like they didn't intend to give an honest statement to start with then decided they would!

Everyone has started to say “To be honest”! I have started to say it? when I say it to my husband I then say “because I usually tell a lie!” And I am someone who never tells lies, only we white ones so I don’t upset people.

As wedding fever took hold, I was irritated by the number of "invites" people were getting. I kept shouting at the TV, "invitations".
I know that it's quite acceptable to use invite as a noun, but it really grated on me.

I hate “play date” and “date night” and “hun” sets my teeth on edge!

Ha ha fourormore!! My grandmother once told my parents she couldn't go somewhere as she was 'in bed with the doctor'!

Made my day! We don't realise what we are saying sometimes do we.

My late Mum used to 'turn around ...' which always made us smile bless her!
Another phrase she often used which conjured up a wonderful picture in our heads was .... "I poked my nose out to see if it was raining!"
A real classic memory we have - though not really a saying was when she announced one day - "I unlocked the door then lay on my bed with my legs up waiting for the milkman" If only she realised the innuendo

I agree, Grannybags, about the turning round thing. Some people put it in before every comment by someone, and I have this ridiculous vision of whirling Dervishes trying to have a conversation.

Although I'm not really easily irritated by a lot of the sayings mentioned here, I do so agree with you Yorkshiregel on the misuse of 'whom'. I've come across people who overuse this word, substituting it for 'who' at almost every opportunity. I find that grates with me more than 'who' being used when it should be whom

GabriellaG talking about cooking, why do people say 'My flour', 'my pastry', 'my eggs'. As in 'So, my flour, my eggs and my milk go in to this bowl and I mix them together until smooth, then I roll them on my pastry board until I get the thickness I want.' ? Do I then cook 'my pies' and eat them myself because they are mine?

travelsafar Me too! Little girl voices drive me mad. It is an American thing I think. It seems to be getting worse. I cannot understand what American women say most of the time. Do they think men like bimbos or something? So affected. We would rather watch a Swedish/ Danish/ Norwegian film. OK we cannot understand the language completely but the subs help! :-) Amazing how many words you can understand though. Perhaps it is the Viking in me? They invaded Yorkshire didn't they?

I hate:
You guys
Blue sky thinking
Joined up conversation
Using 'large' wrongly when they mean 'big' or 'huge'
People using 'whom' when they should use 'who'.
'We will have to have a 'conversation' about this'.....
'Yes, no'
'Unsurprisingly' when they mean 'not surprising'

Call me old fashioned but I do not like Americanisms at all. Also my blood boils when people interrupt others because they think what they want to say is more important. Do not get me started on 'Sorry, I must take this call' when you are talking to someone. Am I that boring?

lemongrove, that was after the 'blue sky thinking'

Business speak is annoying as well, remember roll out?
The latest thing is cascade, as in ‘now we must cascade this to the members’ this was actually in a WI letter recently.

Oh Grannybags you beat me to it! So he turned round and said, and then I turned round and said to him! Haven't actually heard that for quite a while thank goodness.

So MANY sayings irritate me...
Can't get my head round it
It does my head in
Can I get...
Take it on board
Run it by me
No problem (the worst for me), when someone has provided a service
Like (and I was like, and he was like)
Awesome....for trivial things that are NOT awesome at all

A few more pet hates here " see you later" when you might never see that person again.
I originate from Liverpool, and love the place, BUT one very irritating thing is when people say " you know warh I mean like"
Amazing is another one.
I wonder why my Husband calls me a Language Police!

good for you Slutty, we grans need all the help we can get!

sassenach512
They call me ‘slutty’ because I am horribly, unspeakably and incurably house-proud.
I realise it conjures up a very racy image, but that can’t be bad at my advanced age!

And the “can I get” instead of “can I have” in a cafe

Love it Sluttygran love your username too, what a visual that conjures up!
Fourormore, thanks for the heads up, I await the barrage and so to all the male 'grans' I have upset, huge apologies in advance

My great friend Rabbie, a braw Glasgae lad, who was capable of writing beautiful poetry, would frequently spoil the effect by loudly saying:
“Och, awa’ an’ bile yer heed, ye bawbag!
That’s worse than ‘so’ or ‘like’, or even ‘can I get?’, innit?

No worries Sassenach!
A few weeks ago, on another thread, I made a comment to the effect of "let's go for it girls" and got told in no uncertain terms not to forget that men are also allowed to post on GN!
I do have broad shoulders but I think it's a shame sometimes when a lighthearted thread becomes so serious, but we are all different
You reminded me of the saying 'the wife' - ooooo that makes me cringe too! Just like we are a possession!

Thanks for all the replies girls I've had such fun reading them. I'm glad it's not just me then, it helps to have a sense of humour I think!
Sorry you got a slating for the 'hubby' remark Fourormore, I think I opened the can of worms not you
oh..oh I just thought of another one, I absolutely hate being referred to as 'the wife'....over to you ladies