People using the word "narrative".......

[whitelion]

Absolutely this. I was in Denmark a couple of months ago, and they've taken that Americanism and are feverishly running with it. Super excited, Super happy, Super pleased, you name it...

Man, sticious and unleaded are the only three words super should be in front of.

My biggest arse-itch is "Telcon" - short for telephone conversation. "Yah, yah, lets have a telcon about that, yah. Tomorrow, yah? Midday. Yah, good. I'm super excited...".

intendent? cilious?

I could go on on.

 

[Triggaaar]

So you all know I’m a pedant, and personally speaking I’m super passionate about things being accurate. Is it annoying? Absolutely, but to be honest I don’t care. Accuracy is an emotional thing for me and I want to be transparent about my reasons. I choose my own path through life, I don’t follow your narrative.

Can I get a hell yeah?

 

[East Preston Gull]

Not sure I like the narrative of the thread.

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[soistes]

'Curate' too.

I think 'curate' is fine.

It's much less clumsy than 'vicar's assistant'


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[pearl]

my bad - at the end of an email

 

[hopkins]

'Nice bit of kit' when talking about a cars radio/tape player.

 

[Normal Rob]

It's been mentioned on NSC before, but the ever increasing use of the phrase 'get-go' is really pissing me off. It's 'start' you feckers!

 

[soistes]

'Reach out to' someone, meaning contact them

Giving someone a 'heads up', meaning letting them know.

'Deliver' (or even worse 'deliver on', which doesn't even make sense), in any context other than groceries or parcels. Some people make it even worse and start talking about 'deliverables' (by which they seem to mean aims or objectives or somethign). A letter is deliverable, but it's not 'a' deliverable.

 

[madinthehead]

'Reach out to' someone, meaning contact them

Giving someone a 'heads up', meaning letting them know.

'Deliver' (or even worse 'deliver on', which doesn't even make sense), in any context other than groceries or parcels. Some people make it even worse and start talking about 'deliverables' (by which they seem to mean aims or objectives or somethign). A letter is deliverable, but it's not 'a' deliverable.

Never work for an American financial institution, you would explode.. I worked for one for 3 years and if I had a Euro every time I heard one of those phrases, I could happily retire..

 

[Wellesley]

...

 

[Dick Head]

'The fact of the matter is' followed by an opinion, not a fact.

 

[Badger]

Never work for an American financial institution, you would explode.. I worked for one for 3 years and if I had a Euro every time I heard one of those phrases, I could happily retire..

It always amazes me just how many words an American can say, without actually saying anything. It's like they have a daily word quota which has to be fulfilled.

 

[whitelion]

'The fact of the matter is' followed by an opinion, not a fact.

Conversely an opinion ending with the word 'fact'. (Garbage)

 

[Brovion]

Look, I think ... <whatever>

 

[Badger]

I think we should take this offline...

 

[vegster]

Mrs May has had and seems to be full of crap like this. " Getting on with the job of running the country " is the most recent of these banal mantras.

 

[GOM]

So,Is it possible to kill someone unviolently?

Yes

 

[daveinprague]

It always amazes me just how many words an American can say, without actually saying anything. It's like they have a daily word quota which has to be fulfilled.

A snippet of an American girl on the phone.

'I was like wow, and he was like, you know, and I was like yeah, and he was like really, and I was like yeah really, and he was like wow.'

Actually asked this girl to stfu on a tram. Im English, so I did say please.

 

[Badger]

A snippet of an American girl on the phone.

'I was like wow, and he was like, you know, and I was like yeah, and he was like really, and I was like yeah really, and he was like wow.'

Actually asked this girl to stfu on a tram. Im English, so I did say please.

That wouldn't work unless you tell her to LIKE stfu.

 

[pearl]

mindset