maqroll Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Every time I go to the supermarket I hear that Natasha Bedingfield song. It pisses me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 3, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 3, 2019 10 hours ago, Chindie said: People dropping 'to be' from sentences. Like 'this needs to be done' becomes 'this needs done'. Makes my skin crawl. That sounds horrendous, but I can't say I've ever heard anyone say that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted July 3, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 3, 2019 21 minutes ago, maqroll said: Every time I go to the supermarket I hear that Natasha Bedingfield song. It pisses me off. Is your nearest supermarket in 2004? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Another supermarket classic is "Drops of Jupiter". Don't google the lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Insomnia is a bitch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 53 minutes ago, Shropshire Lad said: Is your nearest supermarket in 2004? Sounds like the CD has been stuck in the store music system since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 3 hours ago, Seat68 said: Girl who works on the same team as me. Goes running every day but doesn't shower. Every meeting hums. Is she fit though? (As in looking, not running) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 3, 2019 Moderator Share Posted July 3, 2019 10 hours ago, Paddywhack said: YouTube videos with the title or description “rare footage”. Well it’s not really is it? It’s on YouTube. It has 5.5m views. The amount of views don't decide how rare something is. There's only one Mona Lisa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted July 3, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 3, 2019 Professional disagree-ers. There’s a guy in my work who will respond to any point made by anyone with “I disagree” or “no, you’re wrong”. Then will tell you why you’re wrong, normally by making the exact same point you were making. So it’s not that you disagree at all then? You’re just using that phrase to put people on the back foot and try and exert your supposed authority on the situation. Nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Genie Posted July 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2019 1 hour ago, BOF said: There's only one Mona Lisa. one Mona Liiiiiiiiisa 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 3, 2019 Moderator Share Posted July 3, 2019 Just now, Genie said: one Mona Liiiiiiiiisa And she will not be moved. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 13 hours ago, Chindie said: People dropping 'to be' from sentences. Like 'this needs to be done' becomes 'this needs done'. Makes my skin crawl. One's that get to me most... People who say "ask" like "axe" I have a little cousin called Alec, whenever refereeing to something that belongs to him, rather than saying "Alec's", they'll say it like "Alex's". Americans who refer to teams as a singular "I hope New York wins", "New York is the best team in baseball". NO! it should clearly be "I hope New York win", "New York are the best team in basketball". They then contradict themselves when using team names, they wouldn't say "I hope the Mets wins" or "The Mets is the best team in baseball". Maybe @maqroll or @leviramsey can clear it up... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, kurtsimonw said: One's that get to me most... People who say "ask" like "axe" I have a little cousin called Alec, whenever refereeing to something that belongs to him, rather than saying "Alec's", they'll say it like "Alex's". Americans who refer to teams as a singular "I hope New York wins", "New York is the best team in baseball". NO! it should clearly be "I hope New York win", "New York are the best team in basketball". They then contradict themselves when using team names, they wouldn't say "I hope the Mets wins" or "The Mets is the best team in baseball". Maybe @maqroll or @leviramsey can clear it up... Similar to "Axe" instead of "Ask". We have a girl at work who says "Rix" instead of "Risk". Another one that annoys me, which is often from my Indian work colleagues, is "Is it?" or "Isn't it" as an answer where it doesn't work. For example: Me: "I'm going to Spain next week" Colleague: "Oh, is it?" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 5 minutes ago, Rob182 said: Similar to "Axe" instead of "Ask". We have a girl at work who says "Rix" instead of "Risk". Another one that annoys me, which is often from my Indian work colleagues, is "Is it?" or "Isn't it" as an answer where it doesn't work. For example: Me: "I'm going to Spain next week" Colleague: "Oh, is it?" Indians also say 'paining' instead of 'hurting'. Which has always annoyed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Rob182 said: Similar to "Axe" instead of "Ask". We have a girl at work who says "Rix" instead of "Risk". Another one that annoys me, which is often from my Indian work colleagues, is "Is it?" or "Isn't it" as an answer where it doesn't work. For example: Me: "I'm going to Spain next week" Colleague: "Oh, is it?" Definitely heard the "is it" one before! Another one for India, doesn't really piss me off or anything, but just odd - they call the @ (at) symbol "at the rate". On a call I was given an e-mail address "can you e-mail reservations, with an S. At the rate, Lalit New Delhi dot com". I genuinely couldn't understand when I typed in reservations@theratelalitnewdelhi.com, why it wasn't going through. Edited July 3, 2019 by kurtsimonw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 29 minutes ago, kurtsimonw said: Americans who refer to teams as a singular "I hope New York wins", "New York is the best team in baseball". NO! it should clearly be "I hope New York win", "New York are the best team in basketball". They then contradict themselves when using team names, they wouldn't say "I hope the Mets wins" or "The Mets is the best team in baseball". Maybe @maqroll or @leviramsey can clear it up... I'll add "winningest" to the list of awful North American sports-related terms 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, Milfner said: I'll add "winningest" to the list of awful North American sports-related terms The over-talking is another one, the way they have to use the full name for everything. Rather than just saying the Super Bowl, they'll be like "The 2019 National Football League Super Bowl, brought to you buy some ridiculous sponsor name" or whatever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted July 3, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 3, 2019 'Please revert' meaning 'Do it' Corpo Indian English is painful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 I think they speak like that because they translate directly straight from their original language, which doesn't always work, people from other countries do it as well, including English people when talking in another language. Most obvious example I can think of is when French people say something like 'I go now', meaning 'I'm going now', 'I go now' doesn't sound quite right to us, even though we know what they mean, but in French it's a perfectly normal way of saying I'm going to go now (I think). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Living in Germany my bad English ones are probably a bit different and a little unfair My favourite is "unpossible" thanks to ralph wiggum, that's really common too, ze Germans also like to say "this cannot be" a lot, like crossing the road without the green man, this cannot be Also heard the word seldom used more in the last 3 months than in my previous 35 years in England, hardly ever hear it used there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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