Where's the Proof?!

Homely irritates me, even though it’s also defined as meaning ‘homelike’ it will always mean ‘plain’ to me

All that glitters is not gold. Wrong!!
All that glisters is not gold.

I hate when people say it's like Groundhog day to mean they are getting nowhere... No if it's a day which seems like a repeat of others then it's like Groundhog Day THE MOVIE!!! It bears no resemblance to seeing if a North American animal can predict spring.

Not food related but 'very unique' or 'extremely unique' gets me arguing with the tv. Something is either unique or it's not, it can't be very or extremely unique.

But Silverbrooks, we are pedants on this thread!
In your example above - is 'meat pudding' a thing? Steak and kidney pudding maybe. And the 'Proof' of salmonella as cause of death was surely in the meat not the pie/pudding.

Same here also people who say different "to" when it is correct to say different "from"again "effect" instead of "affect". I hear these on Radio 4 frequently, never mind the general public. I do not have a degree in English.

Granmarderby
For free! No. It's free. Can't be for free.
Another thing that gets me going is when watching police programmes and some drama is demanding the offender be 'on the floor' when they are outside. Surely it is 'on the ground' 😳 🤔

Me too!

Granmarderby10

Yes I’ll give you that one ferry23 it is indeed annoying.

“For*free is another and when communal is pronounced as communial nuclear as nucular and aluminium as *alluminum! Just stop it now 😉

Here’s another mispronunciation, mischieveeous for mischievous 😫

Is very unique a bit like very pregnant? WelshPoppy

Nucular, (nuclear) joolery (jewelry), Hoo (who), cerviacal (cervical)
Mischeevious (mischievous)

One that may be correct but always
grates is when people use differentiate when distinguish will do nicely.

A food related irritation of mine is TV chefs not knowing the difference between ‘marinade’ and ‘marinate.’

You make a marinade (noun) in order to marinate (verb) an ingredient.

I yell at the telly every time they announce, ‘The meat has finished marinading.’ 😡

"It annoys me almost as much as people applauding themselves."

Oh yes - every time I see someone doing this, I hear my Mum's voice saying, "Only sea-lions clap themselves..!" in her most disapproving tone 😁

I can't get worked up by it, any more than I am by the many shortened versions of another long saying that includes the words pot, kettle and black.

But I do have my limits, and shout at the TV every time I hear a chef pronounce chorizo as choritso!

It always souds very smug to me.

And "pacific" being used instead of "specific" makes me cringe

Grammaretto

Is very unique a bit like very pregnant? WelshPoppy

Nucular, (nuclear) joolery (jewelry), Hoo (who), cerviacal (cervical)
Mischeevious (mischievous)

One that may be correct but always
grates is when people use differentiate when distinguish will do nicely.

Yes, "nuclular" is just so irritating and sometimes seems to be used by people who really should know the right way to say it. I'm sure that there are words that I say wrong too!

notnecessarilywiser

*people applauding themselves* oh yes, @ferry23, and also people who take a sip of their drink when they're the subject of the toast!

Yes, people applauding their introduction on a TV programme. It seems that everyone does it now.

You have all made my day !! I thought I was alone. “The proof is in the pudding” doesn’t make any sense at all because it’s a truncated (lazy) version of the correct sentence which does make sense. All of the above comments too… “for free” “can I get” “nucular” “pacific” “very unique” etc etc….🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I am not alone after all, I can now justify my inner rage. 😁 Thank you

Oldnproud

I can't get worked up by it, any more than I am by the many shortened versions of another long saying that includes the words pot, kettle and black.

But I do have my limits, and shout at the TV every time I hear a chef pronounce chorizo as choritso!

Perhaps you could enlighten those of us who are clearly not as well educated as you, just how one pronounces chorizo? ☹️

Lol snowbelle - I was just about to say how glad I am to have started this thread - it is quite reassuring to know one is not alone!

Trivial but quite legitimate annoyances to my mind.

Crossstitchfan

Oldnproud

I can't get worked up by it, any more than I am by the many shortened versions of another long saying that includes the words pot, kettle and black.

But I do have my limits, and shout at the TV every time I hear a chef pronounce chorizo as choritso!

Perhaps you could enlighten those of us who are clearly not as well educated as you, just how one pronounces chorizo? ☹️

It should be choreetho - that's the closest I can get in the written word - but you really need to hear a Spanish speaker saying it to get it absolutely correct.

We're pretty useless with Spanish - Mallorca, paella e.g.

But understandable if you're not familiar with Spanish.

Canarians would say Choreesso, Catalans something else , maybe Choreetso.

Thank you. Choreesso is very clumsy! Correct or not, I think I prefer the wrong pronunciation! Luckily, it’s not something I say very often., 😂

"Money is the root of all evil" as opposed to "the love of money is the root of all evil."