Phrases/sayings that drive me mad!

Anybody happy with "how are you guys?"

Yes, I'm good with it.

I am Elrel. As some say round here
'How am ya?'

I am hanging my head in shame - and well aware that no one cares a fig but me.

I forgot to preview my last post (a telling phrase) and wrote, "falling of a wall.." oh dear, I do know it's "off".
Fancy a pedantic person like me being caught out this way - shocking!

It’s not rocket science.
At the end of the day.
We was (were):
Must of (have).
“like”:every other word.
I was sat (sitting). ‘Sat’ means someone else put you in that position.
We were sat (sitting)

Comprises of
So beloved of estate agents up and down the country.

Sorry all - got carried away with this one!

Seems like we're all on the same page.

Love this one GrannyBeek:

Run it up the flagpole and see who salutes it

I think it was used in the film "12 Angry Men" too.

I know this might sound a bit odd too, but I hate the phrase - "I'm sorry for your loss" when referring to a death.

The person who died was not an inanimate object, neither was he or she found when they were born.

Ah - maybe we should replace being born with being found day!

A particularly annoying/bad/illogical phrase for me is:

"speaking to your question" when they mean either in answer to, or in response to .....

The nightmare phrase is always "can I get ..." when whoever it is, is asking for a cup of tea, slice of cake, etc. aarrgghh!!

Anybody happy with "how are you guys?"

Watching "Silent Witness" the other day, I noticed that the Detective Inspector was frequently called over to be shown something, and they kept saying - 'over here Detective".

Or something similar.

In the UK and in the past on that show, he or she has always been called by their rank - i.e. "Inspector"

Perhaps the BBC are trying to sell this show into the USA a little harder, but it sounded a bit odd on this particularly English show.

Thanks MaizieD

And no, 'train station' is not more logical - it's not a station for trains, it's a station on the railway.

Even in the USA, they are railroad stations - train station is just lazy slang.

You do you.

All of the above, also

I was sat (sitting)
Can I get (in a restaurant)

I don't think we can be pedantic about the past tense of 'text'.
It's quite a recent thing for the word 'text' to be used as a verb so it didn't have an accepted past tense.
If common usage has resulted in it having an irregular past tense then that's what it has.

But Farnorth I like "tell them I was asking for them" I use it a lot.

Even if you haven't asked anything or even mentioned the person at all, Grammaretto?

KatyK
Yow awright, bab?

Lots of people here in Brum say 'babby' instead of 'baby'. It's annoying but I agree it's just a regional thing.

British people giving each other high fives and on television, characters are now saying ‘coffee to go’.

'Train station'

It's been a 'railway station' for a good 150 years or more, why the sudden change?

(I know, I know; train station is more logical...)

Good thing you all don’t live in South Wales ?

GrandmaPam
'...he turned round and said..'

You have just reminded me of a dear lady who was my carer after I'd been involved in a motor accident.

She would bring me a cup of tea and sit and talk.
'So I turned round and said to my daughter, "you're making a rod for your own back" and she turned round and said to me, "well, Mum it's my back isn't it" and I turned round and said to her, "but not when the kids are at my place" but she just turned round and said..."

I had visions of these two whirling dervishes...

Her husband had 'prostrate' troubles; when her granddaughter began having nightmares, she was told 'the monsters are just a pigment of your imagination' and when her neighbour (turned round and) said she was considering a wood-fired heater, "You ought to get a pot belly like mine."

I'm sure it improved my recovery time with all the laughing I did, though it had to wait until she'd gone home, poor soul.

Reaching out - for contact.

A recent letter to me from people not too far away from this website, thanked me for "reaching out" to them and I was so tempted to explain I wasn't drowning or falling of a wall - but simply asking a question.

What you see is what you get
There you go

Isn't this fun! Many thanks, all.
I agree with most, but,"babby" for "baby" is just local accent isn't it?
As has been said, most of the worst offences are from USA
I enjoy creating responses, sometimes even use them: I answered, "What can I get you guys?" when a female friend and I were at the bar, by looking over my shoulder then explaining I was looking for the men that were being spoken to.
My surname is not Fawkes, there is no notice round my neck begging for a penny, I am female and emphatically not a guy!