On A Daily Basis...

[securespark]

This drives me nucking futs!!

Why not "every day", or, even better, "frequently", because that's invariably what it is used to describe.

Anybody else have any language "isms" that get on their tits?

 

[kevplumb]

ahh but does it drive you nuts on a daily basis

 

[Thermo]

110%

at the end of the day

well good

an hotel etc its a hotel!!!

 

[joe-90]

It's an hotel.

An heir.

 

[securespark]

Oh, yeah, "ball-park figure" ARRRRRRGHHHHH!!

Mrs Secure used to go to meetings and play "bullsh!t bingo", where you have naff sayings on a sheet and when you've ticked them all off, you shout "BULLSH!T BINGO!!"

 

[Spark123]

When you have misplaced something, "where did you have it last?"
If I could remember that why would I still be looking??. aarghh

 

[Gasguru]

If I hear one more:


absolutely

a big ask

fantastic

hearts and minds

its got potential

closure



Do the media have a special dictionary - perhaps there is a minimum quota for each word or phrase. Don't you find some TV programs are ruined as you spend all the time anticipating the next "fantastic".

 

[Gary_M]

"yeah, whatever" <---------------

 

[2scoops0406]

It's an hotel.

An heir.

I have to agree, it is an hotel.

 

[poshman]

IS IT

 

[Pensdown]

It's an hotel.

An heir.

I have to agree, it is an hotel.

I'm sure you're right but just to make sure I think we should run it up the flag pole and see if anyone salutes it

 

[2scoops0406]

pacifically as opposed to specifically.

pacifically means it has some oceanographic context and isn't a word anyway.

Specifically - Pertaining directly to an object or situation.

 

[Richardp]

''an hotel'' is english but as the language is constantly changing it dosnt have to be, so, if we use the term ''a hotel'' enough we could possible change it, who decides what's english? I'm cornish, the english outlawed my native language a few hundred years ago which would explain my bad grammar.

 

[hermes]

I'm cornish, the english outlawed my native language a few hundred years ago which would explain my bad grammar.

It must have been quite a shock for you.

 

[Richardp]

I've never fully recovered Hermes and I'm looking into counciling as we speak, you've no idea the trumatic effect its had on me and the people around me umm! what was that?