Redundancy in language
What is it with people who say 'So he turned around and said ...'?! If he physically turned around and said something, then fair enough, otherwise, don't say it! It annoys me immensely. As does when people pronounce the words 'sort of' as 'suttuv' and inject it unnessarily often in speech, i.e. ' It was round, suttuv, and large'. Arghh! Say it properly, when needed, or not at all!
I'm a bit of a grump today. I didn't get very much sleep because my legs were aching and restless and it was so cold this morning. I also hate being a girl. And my colleagues in the office. One in particular actually, but I'll tell you about that one another time.
What, in language, annoys you?
I'm a bit of a grump today. I didn't get very much sleep because my legs were aching and restless and it was so cold this morning. I also hate being a girl. And my colleagues in the office. One in particular actually, but I'll tell you about that one another time.
What, in language, annoys you?
And the only thin that really annoys me is actually the fact that I constantly say 'like', "It was like, really big" rather than just saying "it was really big". The more I try not to do it, the more I seem to say it!!
Tabitha, lol, I'm a hypocrite because I do the same. Its just that those two examples annoy me a LOT, especially today when I'm in the grumps.
And Nghhhhhh colleagues.. :)
Every time he say's it I just want to scream:
BUD... IT'S BUD NOT BUTT!!!!!!!!
That was a good one though - I hate that one too :)
LOL Yummymum! That would annoy me too. I especially hate it when people say 'arks' instead of 'ask'. ARGHH!!
Hm, this time I don't share the dislike, but I did when I was at the picture library. Funny, that.
I get loads of annoying repetitive language quirks in the interviews: Obviously, at the end of the day, I think, in my opinion, sort of, kind of, clearly.
Or mixing up grammatical agreements like tense, number, etc. Or starting 5 sentences before settling on a whole one. Or completing 3/4 of a sentence and letting it hang, and moving on to the next point. It is an interview, don't assume we can fill in the blanks, even if we can!
Livvy, you come across lots in your job. It must be tough to interpret spoken language into formal written text sometimes. Ooh, I came across one whilst watching Torchwood last night: 'Should of'. Should HAVE, people, should HAVE!!!
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