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Small things that irritate you.....
- Thread starter Pevenseagull
- Start date
Your you're yaw
People in Britain calling Father Christmas, Santa Claus.
Other drivers who don't acknowledge you when you let them pass.
Grammatically, they are both correct apparently.
darkwolf666
Well-known member
Radio travel experts talking about traffic delays due to an "earlier accident", no sh1t Sherlock, it's not because of an accident that hasn't happened yet, is it?
I do get irritated when a traffic report or news report mentions "due to a police incident".
No no and thrice no it's not "a police incident" it is in actuality police attending an incident rather than the cops creating the incident though sometimes it could be the latter.
DavidRyder
Well-known member
- Jul 23, 2013
- 2,930
Or let them out at junctions. The most annoying ones are when there's a road only wide enough for one car, so you flash the car 100m away in the opp direction to come through - then you get nothing, no flash, and hand up, no mouthed 'thank you'.
And when I stop to let a pedestrian cross. There's one crossing outside a train station in my home town. So when all the commuters trundle across, not one ever says thanks. I put it down to either ignorance, or the fact they're still in London mode, where you're not meant to make contact with a stranger in any way. I find myself sarcastically saying thank you through the window as I drive off, in the hope they hear and feel really really guilty...(fat chance)
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Wankers on twitter that tweet celebrities with no hope of a reply you really are truly sad.
Hillian1
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I was always under the impression that A was used if the following word begins with a consonant and An was used if a Vowel.
So today I have learnt something, thank you.
http://www.supaproofread.com/an-hotel-or-a-hotel.html
https://www.englishforums.com/English/AHotelAnHotel/vrb/post.htm
http://writing-skills.com/hit-or-myth-use-an-before-h-words
In a nutshell, it comes down to how you pronounce the word "hotel". In some parts of the country, the word is pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable, in others it is the second. Therefore, when writing it down, both are acceptable. But this is a very debatable area!
Razzoo
Well-known member
People who fold up the collars of their polo shirts. Only two people have ever pulled off the upturned collar look without looking like massive wankers.
Sweeney Todd
New member
Walk-in showers. How else do you enter a shower? By parachute?
Pan-fried whatever. How else do you fry food?
Oven-baked whatever. Where else would you bake food?
Traditional English pubs that translate their menus into French and then double the prices.
Drivers who treat zebra-crossings as mere decorations in the road.
I am/was stood/sat, instead of the correct standing/sitting.
Tattoos.
Jargon.
People who wear flip-flops in the streets on a sunny (but chilly) day in early-March.
People putting their feet on seats on buses and trains.
People talking loudly on their mobiles on public transport.
Mosquitoes.
Lists.
Pan-fried whatever. How else do you fry food?
Oven-baked whatever. Where else would you bake food?
Traditional English pubs that translate their menus into French and then double the prices.
Drivers who treat zebra-crossings as mere decorations in the road.
I am/was stood/sat, instead of the correct standing/sitting.
Tattoos.
Jargon.
People who wear flip-flops in the streets on a sunny (but chilly) day in early-March.
People putting their feet on seats on buses and trains.
People talking loudly on their mobiles on public transport.
Mosquitoes.
Lists.
DavidRyder
Well-known member
- Jul 23, 2013
- 2,930
I like the very very occasional meal out that costs more than a mortgage payment, but give me the likes of Hungry Horse every other time. Cheap, substantial food - it's worth putting up with the feral rugrats running about to save the money.
The Large One
Who's Next?
I can't 'walk-in' to my bath where the shower is. I have to step over the edge.
Deep-fried.
Stir-fried.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 36,019
they dont even bother to translate it anymore, just tart up the fonts and use terms such as "hand cut", "brioche buns", "medley", "jus", "local" etc to double the price.
Irrational irritations:
Allowing two different sauces to mix on a single plate of food.
Not washing/wiping rims of sauce bottles so it goes all crusty/slimy
Using up 9 10ths of anything in the fridge and not replacing it
People not offering pregnant women seats on public transport when they can blatantly see/wearing the badge
Pacific/Specific
Allowing two different sauces to mix on a single plate of food.
Not washing/wiping rims of sauce bottles so it goes all crusty/slimy
Using up 9 10ths of anything in the fridge and not replacing it
People not offering pregnant women seats on public transport when they can blatantly see/wearing the badge
Pacific/Specific
Kalimantan Gull
Well-known member
North Stand Chat. Irritates the **** out of me
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,349
Utility companies that send you an email telling you your bill is ready to view. Then won't let you see it until you login to your account i.e. until you've clicked on 'Forgotten password' for about the umpteenth time that week, for the umpteenth different company you hold accounts with, and enter and confirm a new password containing upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers and probably a special character too, just in case, heaven forbid, somebody of evil intent should hack into your energy account and view your bill. Just tell me the damn amount in the email FFS! 
And... relax
And... relax
JC Footy Genius
Bringer of TRUTH
- Jun 9, 2015
- 10,568
People that have at least two troll accounts on NSC and lie about it.
studio150
Well-known member
The incorrect use of in instead of the correct on
The incorrect use of fractions it's not 8/10 but 4/5