[Misc] Phrases you hate people saying

[Bakero]

Seafud init
Plenty of their residents actually do pronounce it Sea-ford

This Ford thing is just weird. I'm sure they wouldn't say Ox-ford.

 

[Bakero]

Medicine, pronounced 'Medsn'.
Always has me wanting to chin the user.
Extreme but there it is

That is quite extreme The Cambridge Dictionary lists "medsun" as an acceptable pronunciation https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/medicine

My partner mocks my pronunciation of omelette as I tend to say it with 3 syllables, which the dictionary tells me is American. Guess it's the malign influence of Hollywood.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Seafud init
Plenty of their residents actually do pronounce it Sea-ford

I don't care if they were born in the shadow of the martello tower, they're still wrong.

 

[Nigella's Cream Pie]

Seafud init
Plenty of their residents actually do pronounce it Sea-ford

They probably say Bishops-tone as well, it's Bishopstun

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

It's a bit Like Southern Rail's weird pronunciation of Moulsecoomb

 

[aolstudios]

It's a bit Like Southern Rail's weird pronunciation of Moulsecoomb

Mooooolskm

 

[HillBarnTillIDie]

The phase that really gets on my tits is
“Can I get” instead of “Please can I have”….

 

[W3D]

People who say "I'm not gonna lie" suggesting that they normally do.


People who say stood or sat instead of standing or sitting....." I was sat at the back of the bus"......No you weren't, unless somebody picked you up and put you there.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

People who say "I'm not gonna lie" suggesting that they normally do.

Exactly the same as the unnecessary prefix "To be honest"

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

"Chapeau" really irritates. No idea where it came from, but you hear it more and more.

 

[Weststander]

Exactly the same as the unnecessary prefix "To be honest"

often preceding dishonesty .

 

[DJ NOBO]

“It really is”.

McCoist.
Stop saying it.

 

[Poyningsgull]

It's your round

 

[Eric the meek]

'That's for sure' - Johnny Cantor.

Even Warren has begun to say it now.

 

[aolstudios]

"Chapeau" really irritates. No idea where it came from, but you hear it more and more.

Simon bloody Jordan

 

[maltaseagull]

It's been said before but my pet hate is can I get instead of can I have.
Bloody Americans!

 

[herecomesaregular]

Not a phrase but a pronunciation choice that mildly irks me. People saying Seaford with the second syllable sounding like the car manufacturer.

My mum (84, Seaford born and bred) still reacts badly every single, effing, time someone says Seafud. She's the only person I've ever met who says it the posh way!

 

[herecomesaregular]

It "triggers" me, "for sure", whenever anyone says "reach out". Three phrases that should provoke a flogging, imo.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

That is quite extreme The Cambridge Dictionary lists "medsun" as an acceptable pronunciation https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/medicine

My partner mocks my pronunciation of omelette as I tend to say it with 3 syllables, which the dictionary tells me is American. Guess it's the malign influence of Hollywood.

I can always tell which of my BSc students won't be getting a postgraduate place to study medicine. Its the ones who pronounce it medison.

And I can spot a posh Spurs fan - they are the ones who think England should have taken Medison to the Euros.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

It "triggers" me, "for sure", whenever anyone says "reach out". Three phrases that should provoke a flogging, imo.

Not a big fan of The Supremes, then?