Most annoying words & phrases

[Sligo Hornet]

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

[sligoman]

I hate when football is called 'soccer'. Despise that word.

[Green Tribe]

Text speak kack in text messages or emails
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

[Block G Raptor]

don't know where you heard that.

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 thing

[TonyD]

BGR, that "whenever" thing isn't a NI thing, don't know where you heard that.

I've heard it used lots by Northerners on TV. Agree with BGR it's very annoying.

[noby]

Whenever a Belfast person is interviewed on UTV Live or BBC NI Newsline

You mean every single time in the history of UTV/BBC NI interviews? That's a pretty amazing coincidence.

[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

[Morbo]

"the bottom line", "all credit to ...", "owned" or "pwned"

[Green Tribe]

must be a belfast thing and you just hear it once or twice.

[GavinZac]

I hate when football is called 'soccer'. Despise that word.

Why? Its English slang.

[GavinZac]

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.

Don't ever come to Cork, heads will roll like!

[tetsujin1979]

I hate when football is called 'soccer'. Despise that word.

It's a shortened form of AsSOCiation Football, and originates in England, despite being used far more extensively in America

[deecay]

Well said Sligoman,Im geting angry thinking about that word.We dont live in America/Australia

[gilberto_eire]

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

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!

[sligoman]

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!

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.

Our 'national sport' as you call it, is called gaelic football, not football.

[pineapple stu]

And the sport you follow is called association football, not football.

[sligoman]

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

[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?

[John83]

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.

[deecay]

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

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!

In America they call American football,football and Australia they call Aussie rules, football.

GAA is a sport riddled with nepotism, for thugs,stupid people and country people