Incorrect use of Language

People saying or writing "should of" instead of "should have" - it's teeth grinding!

My grandchildren all use ‘guys’ as a way of getting attention from their grown ups. For example, ‘Guys - watch this magic trick’
Love it 😊

I am driven barmy by "Know wha' I mean?" after every couple of sentences when someone's explaining something.
"I was taking the dog for a walk, know wha' I mean? We saw the ice cream van and I really fancied a choc ice, know wha' I mean?"

When I lived in Cornwall the greeting was always "All right?"
I have to admit that I do use "snuck" because I just like the sound of it.

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I often say “see you later”, but to close acquaintances that I actually will see later! It might be a later date, but soon.

“See you around” is similar, not as popular, but still being used.

“You alright?” as a greeting seems to be a British thing, and I do remember my cousin asking when I saw her. I was a bit confused; do I not look alright? To me it is the same as saying”is something wrong?”

😂 ‘Alright?’ Is the greeting, and the correct answer seems to be another ‘Alright?’ It cracks me up.

I often say “see you later”, but to close acquaintances that I actually will see later! It might be a later date, but soon.

“See you around” is similar, not as popular, but still being used.

“You alright?” as a greeting seems to be a British thing, and I do remember my cousin asking when I saw her. I was a bit confused; do I not look alright? To me it is the same as saying”is something wrong?”

Guys, Even at Wimbledon everyone was a guy. I hate it!! Also dove instead of dived in and snuck? instead of sneaked. Americanisms are generally so clumsy,

"like" has been around since the 60's here in the north west, especially in Liverpool. Early interviews with the Beatles show George, in particular, using like a lot, like...

There were this father of a child genius being interviewed on television once and he seemed to have a knack for mispronouncing words. He talked about how the child could be mischievious but he were very contfident that their child was speshully gifted.

The American ‘alternate’ when used in UK TV and publications instead of ‘alternative’. Every time I hear this another batch of my brain cells implode. And don’t get me started on apostrophes, plurals, commas, and starting sentences with ‘and’.

I grit my teeth in every interview where every question is met with, ‘That’s a very good question’
And people saying, ‘Haitch’ for the eighth letter of the alphabet
And people saying ‘aye’ instead of ‘uh’ as in ‘Aye sandwich and aye cup of tea’.
And people saying, ‘Shtudent’ and, ‘Shtudies’.

I have always said uni so it must have been around for 70+ years. Varsity on the other hand was a new one on me but that was 50 years ago so not new either. I have always liked au revoir and auf wiedersehen and I welcome the adoption of that sentiment here as a farewell remark. Language is fascinating. I am still getting used to the work sick being used as a compliment. The youth of today, eh.

Proffy at Uni may be a step too far!😁

I used to cringe when people said Uni and talked about their Proff, or even Proffy at Uni but I am used to it now.

I don’t mind any of the above, I suppose the word like would be annoying if used throughout a conversation just as y’know would if used too much.
Everyone says Uni now and why not? We all know what it means.

I sort of get, sort of, annoyed, sort of, when, sort of, people, sort of, can't, sort of, say, sort of, anything, sort of, without, sort of, repeating the, sort of, same, sort of, two, sort of, words, sort of, again and, sort of, again.

I have a friend who does this when they are trying to explain something but I am sure I do plenty of things that annoy them.

Life throws so many challenges at us, I try to save outrage for things that really matter
See you later is a bit daft from the check out assistant at our supermarket but - it’s friendly, does no harm. In fact it might be accurate as I go back for the one item I’d originally gone in for and forgot 🌞

'See you later' doesn't bother me - as someone said, it's used in other countries too, like the French use 'au revoir' and the Turkish say 'görüşürüz'.

My bugbear is "Are you alright there"? said by shop assistants who should be saying "Can I help you" to customers but probably see this a being too servile.
If I am in a bad mood I sometimes reply "no I'm not alright there".

See ya later is very Aussie. Better than seeya, wouldn’t wannabe ya.

I think "like" is probably no more or less annoying than "um". I have no problem with "see ya later" and use it quite often (not on the phone to call centres, though). "So" is really just a way to prepare to speak - as others have said, a bit like "well.."

Don’t mind most of them probably guilty of ‘bye then see ya later’ thing never really thought about it but surely it’s a bit of a positive phrase really presuming you ll still be around to see them later…. I also use Uni sorry Doodlebug
The ‘like’ thing drives me crazy but I really don’t think it’s been around since the 70s or even 80 s I would have said last tenish years only I have one grandaughter who uses it all the time she talks for England and barely takes a breath and it’s littered with likes I never say anything and luckily the other 6 don’t use it
I saw that JudgeJudy programme Georgesgran poor chap had no other words did he ?
The ‘So’ at the start of the sentence mainly used by young professionals drove me mad, but that seems to have died a death now so has the awful guttural voices some women put on in the hope of sounding sexy do you remember that a few years ago.

I often hear people being interviewed who soon run out of words and end …….“and yeah”. I don’t mind so much if they are caught on the spot, but when it is someone invited into the studio to talk about an achievement, I am irritated.

Yeah, used instead of yes. Yeah this and yeah that all through a conversation.

Life’s too short to worry about these things! Right now I cannot sleeeppppppp!!!!!!!