The Most Irritating Phrases in the English Language

[جوري]

I think "you know" should have been mentioned.

You know, no offence should have been mentioned too, cos at the end of the day, it's not fairly unique and I personally at this moment in time absolutely don't like it. It's not rocket science but it shouldn't of been in use ever like not now, not 24/7 ever. It's a nightmare, with all due respect. :skeleton:

rofl touché!

 

[Raudha]

What is weird is when people actually say OMG in real life...just the letters. Like seriously, you can't say oh my God instead? :s

And have you ever heard people say "lol" instead of laughing? I've heard it and found it quite pathetic. In fact I actually started laughing at the person without even knowing what the joke was :X

I really didn't think 'Like' was as popular in England as it is in the U.S?

Actually its just as popular in South Africa

 

[Güven]

I use lol soo much online that there have been moments in my life where something funny has happened/mentioned and I've had to stop myself from saying it out loud. :X

I don't know if anybody here is familiar with collegehumor, but there's this one really awesomely funny sketch they have of people talking/behaving in real life situations as though they were an internet community and the portrayal is so spot on lol. I'd post it here, but it has some crude bits. :hmm:

I use lol all the time, It won't surprise me if i say it in real life either.

 

[Raudha]

^^I would be offended if someone just said "lol" to a really awesome joke that I made. It would sound as if they're just laughing to make you happy :X

 

[Yanal]

PM me it

 

[czgibson]

Greetings,

Greetings,

thanks for the rep.. will return it once I have some powers

You've lost your powers? "Ohmigod!" :X

I really didn't think 'Like' was as popular in England as it is in the U.S?

I'm afraid so. US films and TV shows find their way over here and into the minds of the populace.

I rather enjoy the British accent, I wish I had a British accent at times.. everything just sounds more sophisticated I imagine even 'like omigawd' :haha:

I think the best one is "how do you do?". To which the correct answer is not, as you might expect, "I'm doing fine, thanks", or something similar, but a repeat of the question "how do you do?".

You haven't heard a posh English accent until you've heard a member of the British upper class say "how do you do?".

Peace

 

[BlissfullyJaded]

You know, no offence should have been mentioned too, cos at the end of the day, it's not fairly unique and I personally at this moment in time absolutely don't like it. It's not rocket science but it shouldn't of been in use ever like not now, not 24/7 ever. It's a nightmare, with all due respect. :skeleton:

LOL. I like that you started your thing with "You know" right after you said "you know" should have been in the list. No offense... :skeleton:

And have you ever heard people say "lol" instead of laughing? I've heard it and found it quite pathetic. In fact I actually started laughing at the person without even knowing what the joke was :X

Oh yeah, I heard that too. :X

I also didn't know "like" was popular outside the US.

 

[Clover]

This blonde girl at my school:

"Like Jessica, I was like, totally going to like, this total mall, and like, this guy nearly hit me in his ugly truck, and I was just like, "OMG, did you just nearly hit me!" and Jessica...you won't believe, it, but he was like, OMG, I'm sorry!"

lol sorry, but that's how it is here with some people.

 

[جوري]

Greetings,


You've lost your powers? "Ohmigod!" :X

I know I hate it when that happens.. especially when I am playing harvest moon.. but alas power like youth, the seasons and most nintendo games-- is fleeting imsad

I'm afraid so. US films and TV shows find their way over here and into the minds of the populace.

Hmm, it doesn't it seem to work the other way...
in many TV shows here they like to incorporate one brit or one aussie to loan the show credibility but the accent and catch phrases don't seem to rub off on anyone..

I remember sitting in the theater in England for one of those Austin power movies and he went on talking about mission 'preparation H' and me and my friend were chuckling up a storm, while everyone else was so quiet.. perhaps the inside humor is lost to the American audience likewise-- (who is to say) ..

I think the best one is "how do you do?". To which the correct answer is not, as you might expect, "I'm doing fine, thanks", or something similar, but a repeat of the question "how do you do?".

So it would be like '' No, I insist how do you do? with extra emphasis on that first D? and the you? :haha:

You haven't heard a posh English accent until you've heard a member of the British upper class say "how do you do?".

Peace

I am afraid I couldn't tell who is posh from who isn't.. took me a good two weeks to get adjusted, but some people were very difficult to understand because even though they were from England, they spoke an entirely different brand of English than the rest. A good remedy for that I have always found is to smile and nod.

 

[Tilmeez]

How about zis, I mean, this:

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. .

As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as 'Euro-English' .

In the first year, 's' will replace the soft 'c'. Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard 'c' will be dropped in favour of 'k'. This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome 'ph' will be replaced with 'f'. This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where! more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent 'e' in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as
replasing 'th' with 'z' and 'w' with 'v'.

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary 'o' kan be dropd from vordskontaining 'ou' and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl.

Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.

 

[جوري]

:haha: brilliant.. I like it .. European union should stick with esperanto

 

[Tilmeez]

:haha: brilliant.. I like it .. European union should stick with esperanto

Mr. cz going to be jobless in near future :?

 

[جوري]

Mr. cz going to be jobless in near future :?

possible indeed.. but language never goes out of style.. unfortunately I really don't know what is in or out.. learned quite a bit on this thread... I always feel left out of the 'new cool'.. but I figured if I stick with the classic, it is bound to come back or never go out of style :lol:

 

[czgibson]

Greetings,

Tilmeez, that is the stuff of nightmares!

Peace

 

[Fareedah]

Braap!

^^I hate it to bits, but I use it all the time.

 

[Al-Zaara]

I rather enjoy the British accent, I wish I had a British accent at times.. everything just sounds more sophisticated I imagine even 'like omigawd' :haha:

peace

There's no "the British accent/dialect", they've got lots of varieties in England/the UK! So which one is of your liking?

I just learned/heard in England, 'first floor' is how I understand it, the 'second floor'! The floor above the ground.. Haha, I can just imagine myself experiencing major embarrassing moments when I visit.

 

[czgibson]

Greetings,

I just learned/heard in England, 'first floor' is how I understand it, the 'second floor'! The floor above the ground.. Haha, I can just imagine myself experiencing major embarrassing moments when I visit.

Yep. In America the first floor is on the ground; in Britain the first floor is the one above that.

Why do we go on confusing each other like this?

Peace

 

[crayon]

I call the one on the ground the 'ground floor', and the one above that the 'first floor'... so british-like, I guess?

'Like' after every other word also irritates me. Oh, and I can't stand it when people say lolz. Ahhhhhhh. Lol is fine. Just not lolZ.<_<

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

Someone mentioned yo, wats wrong with that? <_<
I say that in real life...oh and noob too. That usually happens if u were or are a gamer!

 

[Raudha]

What is "noob" supposed to mean? And "brapp" ? :embarrass