Things that annoy you that shouldn't

Don’t worry, Moggycuddler - I think there’s quite a lot of us who pronounce “hours” as “ours” (silent h). Not sure how else it should be pronounced, to be honest.

A annoying thing for me are foot wagglers - you know, those who sit at a table in your eye-line , cross one leg over the other (fine with that), and then shake their top foot incessantly, rather like a nervous twitch. I’m sure they’re unaware of what they are doing, but it really irritates me.

All of the above, especially my husband who also says "I've done that for you" when it's for us . And my lovely friend who always mixes up your and you're. It drives me mad, but I'll never tell her.

I think when someone says “passed” they are referring to passing from this life to the next life.

How should we pronounce hours then, if not "owers" (to rhyme with showers?)
The h is silent. Forgive me, I'm just an ignorant northerner. . .

Refering to the person from whom you rent your property as a "landlord". No one is a lord over me. Its a business arrangement not a social hierarchy.

Whats wrong with the terms "owner" or "property owner"?

We are pregnant., when speaking of a couple. Only a female can be pregnant.
pregnant
/ˈprɛɡnənt/

adjective
1.
(of a woman or female animal) having a child or young developing in the uterus.

Should be 'we are expecting a baby' if you wish to include the partner in the announcement.

Sick. As in, as a presenter said today, 'You can see this on the twenty sick of next month'.

It's sumthink, surely?

A certain celebrity who does not pronounce 'motor' on a car advert, it makes me cringe when he says mo'or !
People who say wiv (with), birfday, nuffing, somefing, fursday, free instead of three!

That's a good point Theoddbird.

But just before I try to stop being niggled by silly things, I am irritated by so many things being described as cute. Especially animals being demeaned by being dressed in silly clothes, and then described as cute, and furbabies.
I could write a whole chapter on annoyances caused by my husband, but I'm going to try hard to ignore them (and him?) instead?

mayisay

People who say 'owers' instead of 'hours', including presenters on tv and radio, who really should know better! IMO.

This sounds pretty trivial to me, they sound so similar@
Nucular instead of nuclear though, that's another matter!
I still don't like impact as a verb, to me something "has an impact" it doesn't "impact". I know it's in common use though.

Definitely phonetic spelling of business names ??

There is no point getting annoyed with something that you can do nothing about. Just accept as it is. Far less stressful ?

When apostrophes are used for every plural, every time an s is added so is an apostrophe ?
Owners not picking up dog poo and standing pretending they haven’t noticed what their dog is doing.
Bad manners in general.
I work in a little shop, it’s surprising how many people don’t say good morning/goodbye /hello/thank you when spoken to in a friendly manner.

Grannybags you could be talking about my DH here lol. When he says that I feel like saying ‘well aren’t you a hero’ but I don’t.
Nothing much annoys me really I’m fairly easy going.
People on their phones looking at Facebook or other things while in company really gets to me though.

The dropping of "ly" on adverbs. It is happening more and more even with newsreaders, high ranking officials, etc. It drives me mad and is one of the few times I shout at the tv!

Interesting Petera - there’s a fair bit of it about,too.

I'm a sniffer.

I can't stand people that sniff as well - being stuck on a long bus journey, first thing in the morning and having a young chap not just sniffing but snorting really made me feel nauseous ! Disgusting habit!
Men (especially those over 40) with pony tails, especially when it's grey and stringy! The number of times that I wish I had a pair of scissors to hand!
Also men of the same age and era that have the same length hair as when they were in their 20s and the central bit over their head has disappeared, just a fringe left ! Yuck !

"Celeb" mums to be -showing the world their bare tummies every time they leave the house!!
Being called Hun, by shop assistants etc (Im 71)
Yes, people saying someone has passed-instead of died!
Loud telephone conversations in public-Im not interested!
And indeed, most of the previously mentioned ones here!

Programmes about people choosing their wedding dress, fighting with their neighbours, trying to discipline their children, trying to lose weight, trying to find a partner..... is no activity too private or too mundane to be shared with thousands of strangers?

I don't have any desire to compost anyone else's dog poo.
The dirty b*******s started hanging up bags on the little tree outside my flat.

GrannyLaine

I'll expand on that one if I may honeyrose?
People who DO bag up their dog poo and then see fit to hang it on a branch where it has the potential to smack you in the face

Yes...and it will no longer compost, because it’s in a BAG?

Just as Grandma70s doesn't like Nan or Nana, I can't bear Granny. It sounds so OLD.

Blondiescot
Most of us locals would pronounce it something like Ed-in-bruh.

Thanks Blondiescot.
I’ve lived near Quernmore pronounced kwormer and
Gateacre pronounced Ga-tack-er.
I can’t pronounce where I am now the proper Welsh way, even though I repeat it carefully every time I’m corrected.