Do you reckon Ashley Cole or Wayne Rooney would have known the answer to that one?
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Do you reckon Ashley Cole or Wayne Rooney would have known the answer to that one?
Not really an annoying phrase, but it annoys me that a lot of people can't spell 'Colombia'. ;)
It annoys me when people change their names on internet forums!
Very good! :D
Another thing that annoys me. When English people say 'they had a good crack'.
In their defence, that's how a lot of US institutions named for old Chris are spelt. In English, his name is spelt with the 'u' too, so it's easy to make a slip.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pauro 76
The mass over use of the phrase "Legend". We're leaving real legends with nowhere to go!!
All you can hear at the moment is:
"My milk man is an absolute legend"
"My Granny is a total legend" - unless your Granny was Deirdre of the Sorrows.
"Thanks for the lend of the tenner - you're a legend".
People who say "named for" instead of "named after"Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
Even worse when it's shortened to ledge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
Or dmandmythdledge :p
Interesting. I've never really thought about it. A little searching seems to suggest that both were valid in the days of yore, but while Britain settled exclusively on "named after" more than a century ago, the Americans stayed flexible. An off the cuff remark on wikipedia even suggests that New Zealanders use "named for" exclusively.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
In conclusion: Brit!
"The yoke over beside the thing" :confused: :confused: :confused:
I love saying that:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
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Originally Posted by Wolfie
I suppose it can come in handy sometimes.Quote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
Q "Which one is she?"
A "The yoke over beside the thing" :D
Hope this qualifies but mine is a grammatical / phraseology thing
It is the way pronouns are put to the end of sentences by football commentators.
Benign example:
They are have a really good coach in Trappatoni, Ireland.
They have a new lease of life, Ireland
Stunning example
He's passed it to Michael Carrick, Carlos Tevez
Quite common actually. "Ize" instead of "Ise" is the best example; -ize is the original British spelling, but is now considered purely an Americanism.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
it wrecks my head the way some people say like at the end of each sentence and when its put with you know what i mean like.
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Originally Posted by Angus
Oh yeah, that gets right on my wick. Especially when a "has" is added. e.g "He's had a fine game, has Rooney." It's a real Ron Atkinson/Clive Tyldsley trademark. Some journos have even started to use it in writing (I'm looking at you Paul Hyland).
A bit like this...?Quote:
Originally Posted by forza rovers
I dont know if its a Belfast thing or a NI thing in general, but their completely incorrect use of the word "Whenever" the way they use it instead of "When" they say stuff like it ended 1-0 whenever Boh's played Rovers, eh no that'd be a pretty amazing coincidence if every Bohs v Rovers match in the history of the League ended 1-0
Cheers is probably the saying that annoys me the most.
From the soccer world i hate boring interviews where the interviewee overuses the word obviously, we want to get the three points obviously, John Terry and David Beckham very guilty of this.
From working in financial services I hate when people shorten words, abreviate and use jargon. I hear it every bloody day all around on phones and in office conversations, sometimes I feel like standing up on my desk and telling everyone to shut the **** up.
Yeah...so do I:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ceirtlis
I hate when football is called 'soccer'. Despise that word.
Text speak kack in text messages or emails:mad:
Dubs who frequently use "English" slang such "mate" and the like.
BGR, that "whenever" thing isn't a NI thing, don't know where you heard that.
Touch base :mad: :mad:
Whenever a Belfast person is interviewed on UTV Live or BBC NI Newsline and constantly from a friend of mine from Andersonstown so it's probs just a Belfast thingQuote:
Originally Posted by Green Tribe
I've heard it used lots by Northerners on TV. Agree with BGR it's very annoying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Green Tribe
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Originally Posted by Block G Raptor
You mean every single time in the history of UTV/BBC NI interviews? That's a pretty amazing coincidence.
Pretty much everytime yep ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by noby
"the bottom line", "all credit to ...", "owned" or "pwned"
must be a belfast thing and you just hear it once or twice.
Why? Its English slang.Quote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
Don't ever come to Cork, heads will roll like! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by forza rovers
It's a shortened form of AsSOCiation Football, and originates in England, despite being used far more extensively in AmericaQuote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
Well said Sligoman,Im geting angry thinking about that word.We dont live in America/Australia
No we don't, in America football is NFL and in Australia it's Aussie Rules..... BUT unlike England we have another game of football which is our National sport and thats Gaelic Football so the phrase is valid here, they can say it in England because to them it's there GAA/NFL/AFL ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by deecay
Obviously i know it's not important in Sligo when ye could only manage 2 Connachts(or 3?) in your history but for succesful dual counties like ourselves we need a distinction! :D
Ya see, that may be an insult if I actually cared about gah. As you can see from my sig, I just laugh at Shligo's efforts:).Quote:
Originally Posted by gilberto_eire
Our 'national sport' as you call it, is called gaelic football, not football.
And the sport you follow is called association football, not football.
I follow a sport run by the FAI, UEFA and FIFA. All those F's stand for football, not soccer, the association bit is true but irrelevant. GAA is Gaelic Athletic Association, nothing about football in their title. Game over;)Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
That's irrelevant. I play chess, but don't call it échecs because the governing body is called Fédération Internationale des Échecs.
Perhaps you shout "Come on the Republic of Ireland" during internationals?
Coming from a GAA family, I can understand some people's distaste for the word 'soccer'. I've often heard the word spat like a curse or drawn out in a contemptuous manner. Anyone who associates the word with that kind of thing will naturally dislike it.
In America they call American football,football and Australia they call Aussie rules, football.Quote:
Originally Posted by gilberto_eire
GAA is a sport riddled with nepotism, for thugs,stupid people and country people:)