KZNSeagull
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"And now?". Wifie has started saying that and it is rather annoying.
Re poor signage, is the sign for the North Laines Conversation Area still there?
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Let off some steam with your 'favourite' words that people get wrong.....
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"And now?". Wifie has started saying that and it is rather annoying.
Re poor signage, is the sign for the North Laines Conversation Area still there?
It was the last time I passed that way. It was (from memory) spelt that way 'to get people talking'.
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KZNSeagull
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So it was deliberate? Interesting
Tried to do some research on it but found nothing as yet. But yes, I'm sure it was deliberate.
The Mole
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"With due respect...." usually a precursor to a comment showing no respect!
KZNSeagull
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OK, thanks for trying. I had wondered why it had never been changed.
Norman Potting
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OK I know it is a phrase/name but "train station" annoys me - what is wrong with "railway station". Smacks horribly of trying to be American.
fatbadger
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So many, so many...
The use of 'of' when what is meant is 'have' is just stupid - and very common on here.
And then there's 'however' used as a conjunction.
The use of 'that' in non-restrictive clauses - unquestionably the very worst Americanism.
However, 'literally' when used to stress a metaphor is the one that probably angers me the most.
The use of 'of' when what is meant is 'have' is just stupid - and very common on here.
And then there's 'however' used as a conjunction.
The use of 'that' in non-restrictive clauses - unquestionably the very worst Americanism.
However, 'literally' when used to stress a metaphor is the one that probably angers me the most.
Nottseagull
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I think you are confusing us with North Americans. We call trousers 'trousers'.
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What do North Americans understand trousers are?
Do they not get (very) excited if a lady says she's going to take off her pants?
Lord Bracknell
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Failing to realise that 'forgone' and 'foregone' are quite different words.
Lord Bracknell
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... then they'd realise that Italians use the word 'ciao' to mean 'hello' as well as 'goodbye'.
Que.....?
WTF....?
Dont you know your own name,......
It's usually the bank or something, pisses me off too - ask them to confirm who they are first
ILIKECANDLES
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Most of the obvious ones have been mentioned. I hate to hear 'vacation'. It's a holiday now f*** off back to the states and interbreed.
Nottseagull
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The proper English spelling gaol has been all but lost; not only due to the number of Westerns imported from Hollywood, but also Waddington's failure to correct the spelling on that game from the States that they Anglified (the card should read 'get out of gaol free'!)
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Fran Hagarty
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Maintainance instead of maintenance.
Commentators who make no attempt to find out how someone's name is pronounced - how many different versions are there of Kuipers?!!!
Incorrect pronunciation of commonly used foreign words eg tag-lee-atelli; la-sag-nee!
Commentators who make no attempt to find out how someone's name is pronounced - how many different versions are there of Kuipers?!!!
Incorrect pronunciation of commonly used foreign words eg tag-lee-atelli; la-sag-nee!
Nottseagull
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Or even how it is spelt; how many times did you hear Junior McDougald referred to as McDougal?