[Misc] Phrases you hate people saying

[kojak]

I've got a headache

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

“I’m not being funny, but…” Usually said when the person voicing it is being particularly nasty

 

[POSKETT AT THE VALLEY]

‘I’ve got nothing against palace’

 

[Pavilionaire]

"This is my truth". No, it's your perception, and it's probably wrong.

 

[Mellotron]

I genuinely had a framed & signed photo of Richard Carpenter on my chest of drawers if that counts. Bear in mind I was about 12 at the time.

In the words of the late Queen Mother;

“Never apologise, never explain.”

 

[Is it PotG?]

I genuinely had a framed & signed photo of Richard Carpenter on my chest of drawers if that counts. Bear in mind I was about 12 at the time.

Bet it seems like only yesterday.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

People who use myself or yourself thinking they are being grammatically correct when they are not.

 

[aolstudios]

People who use myself or yourself thinking they are being grammatically correct when they are not.

Absolutely.
& 'I', for me. For the same reason

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

Horror films - normally about posession or exorcism - which say they are based on true events. No they are not because it didn't happen, it's just the ravings of some religious nutter.

 

[The Optimist]

Absolutely.
& 'I', for me. For the same reason

Does that happen much? Me gets used all the time when it should be I, but obviously a mistake not an attempt to be clever.

 

[aolstudios]

Does that happen much? Me gets used all the time when it should be I, but obviously a mistake not an attempt to be clever.

Yes. But using I when it should be me is absolutely an attempt to be clever

 

[Bakero]

Does that happen much? Me gets used all the time when it should be I, but obviously a mistake not an attempt to be clever.

You do occasionally get people saying things like "They gave it to Trevor and I". An example of hypercorrection.

 

[Bakero]

Yes. But using I when it should be me is absolutely an attempt to be clever

I wouldn't say it's trying to be clever. Just an earnest attempt to apply a perceived rule.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Match of the Day presenters who say 'Nottinnam Forest have some tough games cummin up'. Other phrases are equally irritating.

 

[Bakero]

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

 

[Brownstuff]

We can do this and especially if followed by word ‘guys’

 

[albionfan37]

Anything with “y’all” in it I lose interest

 

[seagullwedgee]

Footballers who answer questions with the first words “yeah, no, 100%…..”

 

[aolstudios]

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

 

[BN9 BHA]

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

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