Slovenly speech, incorrect grammar etc.

Like, I was well, like listening like, to this like, chap on Radio 4 like, I think he was like, called Jay Brave like, and I just wanted to like, throw the radio like, out of the like window, like, but I didn't, I just like, turned it off. aaarrgh. How about someone being very pacific about something!

I can more or less forgive people being interviewed live when they make small grammatic errors.
If you are faced with a sudden question and are trying to get your point across you might often have to rephrase what you were saying and do not quite get it right. This is not acceptable in written work.

As for written stuff, the like of which we some times get on GN, with no proper word spacing and commas between words, I despair.*the words are crammed together. with,dots, and no.word.spacing.this'makes.the.written'post unreadable.*

Added to this there is often no paragraphing. Faced with a post with the words crammed together as described, I CBA to read it, if the poster CBA to write it properly in the first place.

My pet hates... apart from wrap up warm....
are hoshpitool... and reshteraunt.

Oh and gud instead of good.

And just one more..... people asking, can I get a coffee.

My particularly hate is "yous" eg We'd like to invite yous to our prize bingo night!

Oh I’m scared to comment now in case I get it wrong. Lol

Youse. Grr - "you" is singular AND plural.

"Generally" instead of "genuinely", as in "I generally like you".

Now look, you know I don't, like, like, or, like, I'm good, and, you know, glottal stops. It's all, like, lazy speak and, like, not being able to, you know, string a sentence together, like, without like needing something to, you know, give you, like, breathing space. Know wha' I mean?

Febury.

I think I'm a glottal stopper. I didn't realise it was frowned upon until very recently, and I was never coached out of it.
I expect my teachers did it too..

Yes Nellie, I now scroll past ...
Lots of the above annoy me but yous drives me nuts!

Children asking 'can I go toilet' or even worse, 'can I do toilet' drove me to distraction, often on their way to the Libery.

Jeremy Paxman on University Challenge should know better than say "The next set of bonuses ARE on...." Set is singular and so it should be "IS".

“Sort of “ irritates me! ( Along with quite a lot things already mentioned on here).
Starting a sentence with “so” is another bugbear.

Recent post on eBay 'Chesterdraws' . Just had to laugh.

I am astonished at the “was” instead of were.
I was once speaking to a young graduate with a Masters in English and a PGCE, she was struggling to find a job and I offered her a few pointers, she thanked me and then said “ was you a teacher”. Speechless

So many spring to mind. Words such as ..something..nothing..being pronounced ending with a K. We brought a new car today!...instead of bought. And of off...I have noticed this much more living in the south than the north, is it a southern expression? Also starting a sentence begining with So... Think I had better go now in case I drop a clanger as well!

What do others think about hearing theatre pronounced 'thee-etre' im not sure whether or not it is incorrect but it sounds really awkward to my ears?

I wonder if for some people, 'So' has replaced 'Well' when starting a sentence.

TV presenters speaking of Drawrings

Hi NonnaW
Tautology is when the same thing is said using two different words, when one would have been sufficient.
In the example I gave, the word ‘originated’ means where the nerve gas came from, so adding ‘from’ wasn’t necessary.
The newsreader should simply have said ‘where the nerve gas originated’.
The meaning would have been the same and the style so much better.
It may seem pedantic (but this is Pedants’ Corner after all), but whereas in ordinary conversation, or even in a Gransnet thread other than in Pedants’ Corner, you wouldn’t notice the odd bit of tautology, I do think that BBC newsreaders should know better.

As for prepositions, it used to be taught that you shouldn’t end a sentence with a preposition, but I think it’s now accepted that it’s a rather rigid convention and it isn’t necessarily incorrect.

Nellie, Jay Brave is a "spoken word artist",! Makes you wonder.

I agree with all of these, but I'm a pedant. Sometimes it's the voice as much as the grammar. I turn off some programmes because the voice grates, eg the "Cruise" series with Jane MacDonald or a past series on Cathedrals with Janet Street Porter.

I think most of my pet hates have already been mentioned. A new person joined a group I go to, a retired teacher. She uses most of these constructions especially "kna wha Oi mean". I dread to think how her ex-pupils speak!

The superfluous use of the word 'like' really irritates me. Also misuse of 'there, their and they're,' which I often see on FB from a former colleague of mine (we were both teachers!)

Agree with all of you, especially Bradley Walsh on the Chase (makes me laugh). But don't get me started on Steve Wright. I know a lot of people think he's great but Radio 2 goes off at 2 pm, unless he's on holiday. Marmite DJ I guess .