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[Mrs Frugal]

I texted him "do you fancy a take-away, if so what?" The reply came back "n e fin c u l8r" .

He very nearly got baked beans on toast as a reward for that little effort

 

[Lesley]

Just to annoy Kate - I do use BBQ for barbecue - but then she does use the word KIDS!

 

I don't have KIDS - I am not a goat! I have children!

 

I can't stand the word and it is everywhere I try not to buy anything which has the word kids but it's becoming impossible

[Mrs Frugal]

I only used the word k-i-d-s because you were there! I don't usually but it just kept coming out when you were sat in front of me !!

[Lesley]

Baaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[rachel19]

Words I h8 (sorry!!!! ):

 

- Jellyfish

- Chav (what is it with this word at the moment? It is the new minger!)

 

I'm sure there are loads more but brain is fried from homework (chemical equations and empirical formulae )

[Cate in NZ]

I strongly dislike kids as a word for children, but I equally loathe Nanny as a term for a grandmother. A Nanny is either a paid child care provider, or a female goat, and my children have a Grandma and a Nanna, no Nannies. Our NDN's have a Nanny, unfortunately she's short, fat with a beard, which has led to some pretty cruel nicknames from our side of the garden fence (hubby refers to her as BGG- Billy Goat Gruff )

[Guest]

You've hit on one there - I really dislike 'kids' when referring to children and especially when people are referring to MY children.

 

I'm another one who texts full words and all apostrophes. I don't mind the teenagers using text spelling, but I cringe when adults use it because they think it'll make them accepted by the younger people.

 

Grammar is important and I'm afraid I quickly lose respect for people who don't know how to use it. 'Your' instead of 'you are' is a classic example, along with 'thankyou' as one word when it should be two. Also estate agents who say 'comprises of . . .' Grrr

[Chunkin]

Xmas - I REALLY hate seeing that

 

Are people just too lazy to write Christmas?

 

Carol

 

(Soon to be chicken owner!)

[Lesley]

Xmas!? - so you're already pulling your hair out then Carol? I hate that word as well

 

I think this topic has changed into a complete opposite of itself

[Mrs Frugal]

Xmas, yes I hate Xmas . I can't bear to see "all right" written as "alright" too! It's all right!!

[Lesley]

We'll have to delete you from the forum then Dan

[Mrs Frugal]

Hmmm

[Sheilaz]

I can't bear to see "all right" written as "alright" too! It's all right!!

Is it? I thought it was alright to write alright! Now I might just have to use it in every posting, Kate!

Please don't delete Dan!

Maybe just moderate a bit

On second thoughts, that's probably impossible

Alright, Kate?

[Mrs Frugal]

It's quite all right Sheila !

[Sheilaz]

Alright has been in frequent usage since 1893, so surely that should be all right

Not as if its a modern Americanism or something equally detestable stir, stir,

 

Ambidextrous.

[Lesley]

Nice one Sheila!

Out of interest, when was kids first used as slang for children? (and where)?

 

 

.....and by whom? - just so that I can go round there and.............

 

I use alright as well

[SarahJo]

At the moment my pet hate words are ....

 

MUM

 

I

 

AM

 

GOING

 

TO

 

BE

 

SICK ....... .

[Lesley]

Slightly better than...

MUM

 

I'VE

 

BEEN

 

SICK

 

[Sheilaz]

.....and by whom? -

Lesley, you should work for the BBC. Good English is music to my ears.

 

Another favourite word; Pedantic.

 

Least favourite; nauseous......poor Sarah

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[SarahJo]

Slightly better than...

MUM

 

I'VE

 

BEEN

 

SICK

...... yep, would have to agree there Lesley.

[Popcorn]

Aggghhhh!!! You want to write back to the person and say; It's YOU'RE...

(as in YOU ARE a thicko)!!!

 

I don't think that would be seen as constructive teaching would it Dan!

OI THICKO

 

I think I'd get the sack if I called anyone a thicko - but I totally agree. How can anyone be selected to study at Degree level when they can't even use correct spelling and grammer

 

Another common error I see is 'their' and 'there', and it's not just the students either

[Cinnamon]

Going back to the All right / alright debate - I hate it when alright is used as a greeting.

It is always pronounced " Or'righ" & just sounds HORRIBLE

I mean, isn't it nicer to say "Hello, how are you?"

[Lesley]

Dan, I can't imagine you saying "Hello, how are you?"

[Cinnamon]

Dan, I can't imagine you saying "Hello, how are you?"

 

 

 

Me neither !!!!!!!

 

Another fave word - MELT

[The Dogmother]

Phil and I recently got a 'thing' about the word 'cool' when pronounced 'coo-well'. It seemed to apply to things that we thought were stupid, or someone doing something that we thought was stupid. So now, when we see someone being a prat we say - 'that was cool'!

 

I hate all the above mentioned too, but find myself using the kids word even though I don't like it myself - Rosie told me off about it yesterday with an exact quote from my mother ; the one about goats, Lesley. That told me!

 

We sometimes have students in our office on plaement, and their grasp, or lack of it, of the language shocks me. I try to be correct, but am rubbish at typing and always in too much of a hurry!