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Cougar377

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Over the last few months I've been listening to various podcasts when I've been on night shift. One series I'm currently listening to is The Infinite Monkey Cage, hosted by Brian Cox (the scientist) and a comedian called Robin Ince.
The subjects covered are science related and the format is to have a couple of specialists in the chosen subject, plus a guest comedian... and the podcasts are both funny and informative.

But one thing that REALLY pisses me off in every podcast, though, is how many of those highly qualified guest professionals start a sentence with "so".

It drives me up the feckin' wall.
 

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Over the last few months I've been listening to various podcasts when I've been on night shift. One series I'm currently listening to is The Infinite Monkey Cage, hosted by Brian Cox (the scientist) and a comedian called Robin Ince.
The subjects covered are science related and the format is to have a couple of specialists in the chosen subject, plus a guest comedian... and the podcasts are both funny and informative.

But one thing that REALLY pisses me off in every podcast, though, is how many of those highly qualified guest professionals start a sentence with "so".

It drives me up the feckin' wall.
Me too.. for me it is right up there with 'erm'. 'errr' and all the other things that are said when the speaker knows not what they are going to say
 

DanBow

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I mean . . . That one winds me up!


And the upward inflections!!!!!!
 

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"Like", is the word that gets my back up. It's like really annoying.
 

Cougar377

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Me too.. for me it is right up there with 'erm'. 'errr' and all the other things that are said when the speaker knows not what they are going to say
I think what really pisses me off about hearing it on that programme is the fact that these experts in their fields (often professors, doctors, etc) would have had to have gained good English language grades as part of their education. They would have written disertations, papers, articles and quite a few have also written books....yet the vast majority do it.
 

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Over the last few months I've been listening to various podcasts when I've been on night shift. One series I'm currently listening to is The Infinite Monkey Cage, hosted by Brian Cox (the scientist) and a comedian called Robin Ince.
The subjects covered are science related and the format is to have a couple of specialists in the chosen subject, plus a guest comedian... and the podcasts are both funny and informative.

But one thing that REALLY pisses me off in every podcast, though, is how many of those highly qualified guest professionals start a sentence with "so".

It drives me up the feckin' wall.
So...Yer not happy then?
 

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I am increasingly fed up with the use of the word ‘sick’ as in ‘that’s really sick’ instead of ‘that’s really nice’.

I struggle to connect the word sick to anything pleasant.

And ‘dope” in the same context. “That’s really dope”.

:nusenuse:
 

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I am increasingly fed up with the use of the word ‘sick’ as in ‘that’s really sick’ instead of ‘that’s really nice’.

I struggle to connect the word sick to anything pleasant.

And ‘dope” in the same context. “That’s really dope”.

:nusenuse:
You are obviously keeping bad company, Andrew.
 

DanBow

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I am increasingly fed up with the use of the word ‘sick’ as in ‘that’s really sick’ instead of ‘that’s really nice’.

I struggle to connect the word sick to anything pleasant.

And ‘dope” in the same context. “That’s really dope”.

:nusenuse:
Its sick, its sik!

You oldies just have no idea! Lol
 

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Americanisms from British people really get my back up ! some twat at the shop a few days ago said he would "put these headers in his trunk" The bloke was born & bred a mile from here, it wouldn't have taken much for me to wrap them around his head to be honest
 

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Americanisms from British people really get my back up ! some twat at the shop a few days ago said he would "put these headers in his trunk" The bloke was born & bred a mile from here, it wouldn't have taken much for me to wrap them around his head to be honest
Maybe he had an elephant outside?
Just a thought....
 

Pow-Lo

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Oh boy, where do I start?

Things that get right on my f'ing tits:

"Awks" - because they're too thick to pronounce 'awkward'.
"Obvs" - again, too thick to pronounce or spell 'obviously'.
People who have to fill gaps in sentences, usually between every fifth or sixth word, with "you know".
Those who can't tell the difference between loose and lose. 'Loose' means not fixed in place. 'lose' means cease to keep.

My absolute f'ing favourite is when people write or say "could of", "would of" and "should of" instead of "could have", "would have" and "should have". F'ing fuckwits, the lot of them.

This, brethren, is what happens when classes are dumbed down to accommodate kids what can't speak English. It's also a result of the snowflake woke lefty wankers who have determined that everyone gets a gold star no matter how shite they are, therefore breeding apathy and utter contempt in the kids with something upstairs but can no longer be bothered putting in the effort because their endeavours are ignored in case the feelings of the intolerably thick and retarded are hurt.

Well done lefties, well f'ing done. I applaud you cunch of bunts for setting us up to be a nation of retards.
 
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Cougar377

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So...Yer not happy then?
Oh FFS. :facepalm: It should be "So, yer not happy then?".

1/10 - see me after class. :roto2qtemeto:
(and the only reason you got a 1 is because at least you turned up to class today, you 'orrible little urchin).
 

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Oh boy, where do I start?

Things that get right on my f'ing tits:

"Awks" - because they're too thick to pronounce 'awkward'.
"Obvs" - again, too thick to pronounce or spell 'obviously'.
People who have to fill gaps in sentences, usually between every fifth or sixth word, with "you know".
Those who can't tell the difference between loose and lose. 'Loose' means not fixed in place. 'lose' means cease to keep.

My absolute f'ing favourite is when people write or say "could of", "would of" and "should of" instead of "could have", "would have" and "should have". F'ing fuckwits, the lot of them.

This, brethren, is what happens when classes are dumbed down to accommodate kids what can't speak English. It's also a result of the snowflake woke lefty wankers who have determined that everyone gets a gold star no matter how shite they are, therefore breeding apathy and utter contempt in the kids with something upstairs but can no longer be bothered putting in the effort because their endeavours are ignored in case the feelings of the intolerably thick and retarded are hurt.

Well done lefties, well f'ing done. I applaud you cunch of bunts for setting us up to be a nation of retards.
You spelt ‘obviously’ wrong.

obviously.
 

Squag1

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Thing I can't understand is people calling pizza ........ pizza! Or Grenada .....Grenadar.

I suppose there is an explanation.

Long number of years ago newsreaders on tv here began putting the R on the end of words to imitate UK TV. It didn't go down very well.

We have people 'honing in' on something, I think it should be 'home in' .
And lots more I can't think of.

There's a few place names the Dublin media people still cannot pronounce.

Had great craic with friends from Zomerzet trying to pronounce place-names. Even more fun when they heard the west Clare pronunciations.
 
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