General Chat

I agree Thomas, and most of what has been mentioned here I would refer to as "colloquialisms".

I have rellies (colloquialism) who are butchers by profession and they speak a form of slang where words are pronounced backwards (with a few extra letters to make it pronouncable). They can literally have complete conversations speaking backwards and it is very difficult, if not impossible, to understand what they are saying - which is of course the intention.

Swearing / Foul Language is not "SLANG" !!

My dad always refered to children as nippers!

If you dont like calling your children kids try calling them saucepans
as in saucepan lids, lol
The phrase that gets me is, You see what i,m saying,,,
No, I HEAR what your saying;
Anyway I gottta split there are some Dodgy Saucepans (nusaince children)
mucking about outside, nips outside shouting GERTCHA lol

Ray

Here is another

That wench! A word for a girl or woman

One that makes me cringe is "know what I mean?" at the end of every sentence.

Funnily enough, I have quite a good understanding of English, so unless the person is speaking total gibberish, then I probably do.

Kid doesn't worry me at all - I seem to recall reading somewhere that the word "kid" was an Anglo-Saxon word that means "child", which was later used to refer to the offspring of a goat.

I hate the f word, c word and the s word. Also dont like a railway station being called a train station, too. Dont mind being called sweetheart, but hate Madam. It puts me right on edge from a person serving in a shop.

Lol!!!

Read through this thread and see how many of the words and phrases you use yourself! I have spotted quite a few I use. And I have never though they could irritate. I usually sign off letters with Take care (or similar), always say to family when they leave, 'drive carefully', do sometimes say 'cheers' instead of thank you and do also sometimes say 'oh bless!'

I am one very irritating person obviously. (But well meaning, honestly!)

Ann
Glos

yous or wer -meaning our

funny enough i hate hearing the word babes,
but i say it,
i call my son it and grandaugther
but i also say darling,
ok darling? thats my favorite,

oh sorry it was thread about not favorite
well i hate swear words, but i do slip up,
only in house,
never in work, and outside
i hate it if youngsters say it and usually a disapproving look is enuf to make um acknowledge they shouldnt, thats others youngsters not mine

i hate the phrase
at the end of the day

you feel like saying well actually its not just at the end of the day cos your comment applys to all the time

"SICK"

As in "that's sick"...........It's a word that the children have just started using at school, well the the last 6 months or so. They use it instead of great, fantastic, wonderful ect, eg....At wet play a few weeks ago I showed them a card tick. All I heard for the rest of play was, " that card tick was sick", or if they think that something is cool they will say "Thats well sick".
I am still wondering where it came from, as my son does not use it, nor, come to think of it does his mates. Thank God :)))

I cannot stand the word "Mate" I hate it with a vengence.

My hubby once called me it and I went potty "I'm your wife not a monkey" was my reply. He hasn't said it to me since.

Pal is another one "I certainly don't look like a tin of dog meat"

My pet hate at the moment is when you go out for something to eat...................anywhere maybe for a burger, a good old fashioned pub meal or something a bit more upmarket and the person that gives you the food just says................................"Enjoy"....................................nothing else at all just enjoy..........................sorry but enjoy what exactly.............the meal, the service, the weather, the day, christmas, ??????????????

I mean they could at least add "Have a nice day!!"" AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

"Mind how you go"and, even worse,"Drive carefully."

I would rather not fall and hurt myself and have you seen the price of motor insurance?

When did railway stations become train stations too?

forgot guys - what are you guys up to today then - even if your female

Can't stand the word 'Pal'

O.K. Pal ?
Thanks, Pal ?
Anything else, Pal ?

This is from complete strangers I've never clapped eyes on before. Some of them young enough to be my children.

I've heard parents calling their children, Pal.

There's even a song....Pal of my cradle days. (the pal in question being the mother)

or "Basically, at the end of the day, when all's said and done!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

and people on Eastenders - which I watch very occasonally - saying aks instead of ask!!! it is so difficult to say, why do they do it?

Oh Ann,

I do often use the term 'Take care' I'll have to be a bit more thoughtful I hadn't realized it could be a little Irritating !!

I'll have to think of another !! LOL

I can't stand the words basically, kids, fart, swear words and i know if I get past 70, i'm going to be a really grumpy old person who moans about everything and goes around saying; 'when i was yiour age' or when i as young....'
I'm just going to walk with a stick whether i need it or not and use it accidently on purpose on those people who edge closer to you in queues until they are right up your backside and those people who think i'm invisible!

donlt like the current trend of calling people Bazza when their name is Barry, or Shazza for Sharon etc.

Donlt like mothers calling chldren "Babes" which is quite prevalent here in Wales, donlt know about other parts of the country

Calling your Dad "my old man"

people who sign off "take care" and "have a nice day" - irritating!

"At this moment in time" instead of "now"

and "absolutely" instead of "yes"

I could go on and on, which is also irritating!!!!!