QuoteNot really an annoying phrase, but it annoys me that a lot of people can't spell 'Colombia'.
Do you reckon Ashley Cole or Wayne Rooney would have known the answer to that one?
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Not really an annoying phrase, but it annoys me that a lot of people can't spell 'Colombia'.
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
It annoys me when people change their names on internet forums!
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
Very good!
Another thing that annoys me. When English people say 'they had a good crack'.
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
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.Originally Posted by Pauro 76
Not really an annoying phrase, but it annoys me that a lot of people can't spell 'Colombia'.
You can't spell failure without FAI
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".
Quoting years at random since 1975
People who say "named for" instead of "named after"
Even worse when it's shortened to ledge.
Or dmandmythdledge
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.
In conclusion: Brit!
You can't spell failure without FAI
"The yoke over beside the thing"
Quoting years at random since 1975
I love saying that"The yoke over beside the thing"
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
I suppose it can come in handy sometimes.I love saying that
Q "Which one is she?"
A "The yoke over beside the thing"
Quoting years at random since 1975
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
DB Cooper is alive !
Quite common actually. "Ize" instead of "Ise" is the best example; -ize is the original British spelling, but is now considered purely an Americanism.
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.
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).
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
A bit like this...?
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.
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