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Vintagejazz Tue 19-Apr-22 13:57:56

What really stupid things, that do not impact on your life, really annoy you?

For me:

The expression 'reach out'

People jumping into shorts and sun dresses the minute the temperature rises above 13 degrees

Signs with apostrophes in the wrong place.

HowVeryDareYou Tue 19-Apr-22 17:18:53

Being referred to as "guys"
"Can I get" when asking for a coffee/drink/food in a pub/cafe/shop.
People who don't know the difference between their/they're and there.
the same people who don't know the difference between
Loose/Lose
furbaby/hubby/holibobs, etc.
Drivers who don't wave to acknowledge that I let them through.

Sweetpeasue Tue 19-Apr-22 17:22:25

And drivers who don't indicate at junctions/roundabouts!

grandtanteJE65 Tue 19-Apr-22 17:23:59

mayisay

Caleo, I don't understand how it's lazy to pronounce a letter that's not even in the word 'hour'!!!

I believe mayisay, that you and Caleo are at crossed purposes.

Having grown up in Scotland I took it she was objecting to people saying ou-wers instead of hours, pronouced like "ours".

And if that is what you meant, Caleo, I heartily agree with you.

What I find worse, and "lazy" is the "r" that is being said, but not written in words like "draw" and "drawing". There is not anything called a "drawring" in any standard form of the English language, although it may well exist in some regional forms.

Calendargirl Tue 19-Apr-22 17:24:35

‘Hoskepel’ (or similar) for ‘hospital’.

Chrissyoh Tue 19-Apr-22 17:27:04

Calendargirl

‘Hoskepel’ (or similar) for ‘hospital’.

???
Never heard that one !
Scousers say “Ozzie” for hospital ?.

JaneJudge Tue 19-Apr-22 17:28:08

'signposting'

GillT57 Tue 19-Apr-22 17:28:21

Young men with trousers hanging down their arse; I am tempted to pull them up like I did to my son when he was 3.
Abbreviations online; does it really take longer to type to/too instead of 2?
Words which make my teeth itch such as fur baby hubby hubs/hubster chunks moist
All the usual late middle age rage things like litter, eating with mouth open.
Golly, this thread could run and run

Oh and sloppy punctuation, apostrophe misuse or absence.

Crappy celebrity magazines

Stop...

BBbevan Tue 19-Apr-22 17:46:06

DH explaining things to me in immense detail. When I know the answer all along. Is it called ‘mansplaining?

Grannyeggs Tue 19-Apr-22 17:47:02

HowVeryDarYou Iagree with all of you, I will add to that people who are 20 years and more younger me, talking in exaggerated and slow tones as though being in my mid seventies , I don’t understand much. Victor Meldewmoi- nevergrin

Billybob4491 Tue 19-Apr-22 17:47:42

Females who constantly tuck their hair behind their ears, please please invest in hairgrips, it is so annoying.

Lyng17 Tue 19-Apr-22 17:47:49

Dee1012

A few of us, all female, went out for a meal after work recently and as we entered the restaurant, the person said 'Hi guy's be with you in a second'.
We were seated when the person returned saying 'What can I get you guy's to drink?'.

Please...I loathe it!

Agree. Even worse my friend and I, both well in our sixties, were constantly referred to as girls by a young male waiter recently. It felt patronising even though he was probably trying to be friendly.

Grannyeggs Tue 19-Apr-22 17:48:22

Sorry- I have just proved them right with my rubbish typingblusht

Allegretto Tue 19-Apr-22 17:50:01

The Prime Minister

My husband ranting about the Prime Minister

Being called, “You guys”

Apostrophes in the wrong place

Music being played badly

The fact that my jeans seem to be shrinking

BlueSky Tue 19-Apr-22 18:28:02

Actually I don’t mind being called ‘You guys’ Doesn’t make me feel ancient like when they say “All right lovely”? angry

Floradora9 Tue 19-Apr-22 18:40:12

Peope speaking about " bits and bobs " makes no sense to me . Calling the ground ( outside ) the floor . Giving children silly names like Autumn and making up a new spelling for a perfectly normal name . I disline " passed " as well or telling someone you are sorry someone has " lost " a relative when they have died. I remember rerading the lovely Sue Black replying to someone who said this to her and she replied that she knew exactly where her father was he was not lost. Sue , if you do not know , is a well known Scottish forensic scientist .

Nannee49 Tue 19-Apr-22 18:53:23

If someone has been kind enough to acknowledge your bereavement however they phrase it why would you think it acceptable to be a smartarse and put them down as in floradora's example of Sue Black?
Just rude.

Grandmajean Tue 19-Apr-22 18:53:47

So so many already mentioned but here's one that all Scots will understand.Why, except in Scotland , is Auld Lang Syne pronounced Auld Lang Zyne ? Syne means since and you wouldn't say zince !
I'll hide behind the couch (sofa , settee, ) now !

Millie22 Tue 19-Apr-22 18:55:01

O no I do some of these things ?

I don't always indicate at roundabouts and I sometimes tuck my hair behind my ears when it gets too long.

Germanshepherdsmum Tue 19-Apr-22 18:58:40

Sue Black is wonderful Flora. She told me that science is solace for the soul. I don’t entirely agree but she does wonderful work giving an identity to the dead.

Desdemona Tue 19-Apr-22 19:00:27

Picking up a magazine in a shop and loads of junk leaflets fall out.

Junk mail through the post.

Charity chuggers.

People who say "My bad."

BlueSky Tue 19-Apr-22 19:07:54

Agree Nannee I would never comment if such terms as ‘passed’ or ‘lost’ were used in conversation. It’s just manners.

Serendipity22 Tue 19-Apr-22 19:09:31

The 1 thing that infuriates me is dropping pegs when I am hanging washing out. It isn't as if I grab more than
is needed to attach the item of clothing to the washing line.

You can bet your bottom dollar 1 of the bloomin things will escape from my grip and bounce on the ground and ofcourse we are NOW in the dropping pegs season.

Hey ho angry

Kate1949 Tue 19-Apr-22 19:11:03

This isn't something that shouldn't annoy me. It's something that really does annoy me

Esspee Tue 19-Apr-22 19:11:24

I am still puzzling about hour. I always understood the h to be silent so thought I was pronouncing it correctly. That’s not true. I have have never given it a moment’s thought…until now.

Would someone please put me out of my misery.

I say “ower”.

How is hour supposed to be pronounced?

GagaJo Tue 19-Apr-22 19:12:35

This is such a silly one. But noise in general. My ears literally ring at times, with noises that are minor for most people. I hate it.