Sayings You Hate

[courtney5638]

Date: 4/24/2009 11:16:32 AM
Author: aprilcait


Incorrect sayings that aren''t words or mean the exact opposite of what the person intends to say drive me up the wall too -- ''anyways'' (instead of ''anyway''), ''irregardless'' (instead of ''regardless''), ''could care less'' (instead of ''couldn''t care less''), etc.

**Deep breath** Man, am I glad it''s Friday!

Ditto to the incorrect sayings - drives me nuts!

Double ditto to TGIF!

 

[Iowa Lizzy]

"Keep your eyes peeled." Ugh, gross.

"Alls I know is......" Completely irritating.

 

[meresal]

Ok, this is a HUGE one for me, if we''re talking grammar... "ILLINOIS" I literally cringe when people pronounce the S.

I''m talking some other management officers around my office.

 

[bee*]

Remembered another one-"flying by the seat of his pants". Hate that saying.

 

[courtney5638]

Date: 4/24/2009 1:47:05 PM
Author: meresal
Ok, this is a HUGE one for me, if we''re talking grammar... ''ILLINOIS'' I literally cringe when people pronounce the S.

I''m talking some other management officers around my office.

Ooooh, me too. Drives me crazy.

 

[upgrade]

The saying that bothers me most is "behind the eight ball".

If we''re talking about grammatical mistakes, the error that drives me insane is "seen," as in "I seen a movie." I want to scream out "SAW- you SAW a movie" every time I hear or read it.

 

[iwannaprettyone]

internets


eta: this cracks me up when someone says it on purpose though

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 4/24/2009 2:12:31 PM
Author: iwannaprettyone
internets



eta: this cracks me up when someone says it on purpose though

it is technically correct, there is more than 1.

 

[Steel]

Date: 4/24/2009 3:14:26 PM
Author: strmrdr

Date: 4/24/2009 2:12:31 PM
Author: iwannaprettyone
internets



eta: this cracks me up when someone says it on purpose though

it is technically correct, there is more than 1.

Nobody likes a smarty pants!


(Oh hell, I do

)

 

[Cartwheel]

Oh I''ve got to get in on this one...

"My bad" and "anyways" are the most annoying to me. I just want to turn around and walk away when I hear those. Ugh.

 

[doodle]

Date: 4/24/2009 1:26:01 PM
Author: iwannaprettyone
People who say ''for all intensive purposes'' it''s intents and purposes.....if you don''t know what the correct expression is then you shouldn''t be using it.

Holy cannoli! I honestly never knew that I wasn''t using the correct expression on this one as I''ve only ever heard "intensive purposes" but yeah, that makes no sense! Thank you so much!

I hate the expression "I haven''t got all day." Technically, yes, you do, unless you die, in which case, why are you in such a hurry? You''re dying today anyway!

"You''re not getting any younger" Freaking duh! I always reply with a George Carlin quote, "So far, this is the oldest I''ve been."

 

[iwannaprettyone]

Date: 4/24/2009 5:11:16 PM
Author: doodle

Date: 4/24/2009 1:26:01 PM
Author: iwannaprettyone
People who say ''for all intensive purposes'' it''s intents and purposes.....if you don''t know what the correct expression is then you shouldn''t be using it.

Holy cannoli! I honestly never knew that I wasn''t using the correct expression on this one as I''ve only ever heard ''intensive purposes'' but yeah, that makes no sense! Thank you so much!

I hate the expression ''I haven''t got all day.'' Technically, yes, you do, unless you die, in which case, why are you in such a hurry? You''re dying today anyway!

''You''re not getting any younger'' Freaking duh! I always reply with a George Carlin quote, ''So far, this is the oldest I''ve been.''

No worries, I think it comes from law lingo.... can anyone weigh in here?

 

[lucyandroger]

Date: 4/24/2009 11:16:32 AM
Author: aprilcait


Incorrect sayings that aren''t words or mean the exact opposite of what the person intends to say drive me up the wall too -- ''anyways'' (instead of ''anyway''), ''irregardless'' (instead of ''regardless''), ''could care less'' (instead of ''couldn''t care less''), etc.

**Deep breath** Man, am I glad it''s Friday!

That one drives me insane!!!!

And I don''t know if it was said already but I can''t stand "It could be worse..."

 

[Lorelei]

I HATE '' my bad.'' DREADFUL saying.

 

[Lorelei]

Oh I have just thought of one for Strm.

ICY WHITE DIAMONDS.

 

[HollyS]

Overused:

My bad. (No. It''s your mistake, your f--- up, your problem. Your bad was not knowing an adjective from a noun.)

Have a nice day. (only because the person saying it rarely means it, it''s just rote mumblings to them; how ''bout somethng less trite?)

No problem. (In response to "Thank you". Whatever happened to "Your welcome"?)

 

[iwannaprettyone]

Date: 4/24/2009 5:13:45 PM
Author: iwannaprettyone

Date: 4/24/2009 5:11:16 PM
Author: doodle

Date: 4/24/2009 1:26:01 PM
Author: iwannaprettyone
People who say ''for all intensive purposes'' it''s intents and purposes.....if you don''t know what the correct expression is then you shouldn''t be using it.

Holy cannoli! I honestly never knew that I wasn''t using the correct expression on this one as I''ve only ever heard ''intensive purposes'' but yeah, that makes no sense! Thank you so much!

I hate the expression ''I haven''t got all day.'' Technically, yes, you do, unless you die, in which case, why are you in such a hurry? You''re dying today anyway!

''You''re not getting any younger'' Freaking duh! I always reply with a George Carlin quote, ''So far, this is the oldest I''ve been.''

No worries, I think it comes from law lingo.... can anyone weigh in here?

Tap tap...is this thing on??? I feel ignored today.

 

[HollyS]

Date: 4/24/2009 1:26:01 PM
Author: iwannaprettyone
People who say ''for all intensive purposes'' it''s intents and purposes.....if you don''t know what the correct expression is then you shouldn''t be using it.

I feel that way about the use of ''irregardless'' for ''regardless''. No such word as irregardless. Regardless of what anyone thinks.

 

[HollyS]

Date: 4/24/2009 1:33:24 PM
Author: courtney5638

Date: 4/24/2009 11:16:32 AM
Author: aprilcait



Incorrect sayings that aren''t words or mean the exact opposite of what the person intends to say drive me up the wall too -- ''anyways'' (instead of ''anyway''), ''irregardless'' (instead of ''regardless''), ''could care less'' (instead of ''couldn''t care less''), etc.

**Deep breath** Man, am I glad it''s Friday!

Ditto to the incorrect sayings - drives me nuts!

Double ditto to TGIF!

Ah. I see I''m merely the chorus, singing the same tune.

Thritto for me.

 

[HollyS]

Date: 4/24/2009 1:47:05 PM
Author: meresal
Ok, this is a HUGE one for me, if we''re talking grammar... ''ILLINOIS'' I literally cringe when people pronounce the S.

I''m talking some other management officers around my office.

It''s especially cringe worthy if you are orginally from IllinoiS and your fellow state mates where you live now just cannot NOT say the S. Geography, anyone? I don''t pronounce Arkansas - - R Kansas.

 

[KimberlyH]

Date: 4/24/2009 6:28:40 PM
Author: HollyS

Date: 4/24/2009 1:33:24 PM
Author: courtney5638

Date: 4/24/2009 11:16:32 AM
Author: aprilcait




Incorrect sayings that aren''t words or mean the exact opposite of what the person intends to say drive me up the wall too -- ''anyways'' (instead of ''anyway''), ''irregardless'' (instead of ''regardless''), ''could care less'' (instead of ''couldn''t care less''), etc.

**Deep breath** Man, am I glad it''s Friday!

Ditto to the incorrect sayings - drives me nuts!

Double ditto to TGIF!

Ah. I see I''m merely the chorus, singing the same tune.

Thritto for me.

I''m in the same row as you, Holly, the front row!

 

[Linda W]

When out of state people refer to San Francisco as "Frisco" UGH, it drives us crazy.

 

[musey]

Everything happens for a reason.

I get that some people do believe it to be true, which is fine, but I HATE when others say it to me. For me, they should change it to "Everything that happens will change your future in some way that you hopefully won't be bitter about later."

 

[iwannaprettyone]

Date: 4/24/2009 6:33:37 PM
Author: Linda W
When out of state people refer to San Francisco as ''Frisco'' UGH, it drives us crazy.

Lol, Frisco is a fancy place here in Texas mama!

 

[fatafelice]

I hate this one that I had never heard until I moved to New Jersey...

"Not for nothin''..." (insert accent), and usually followed by something that the person should have just kept to himself/herself.

 

[zhuzhu]

I don''t have problem with any particular saying. It is more the "WHO" says it and "HOW" it was said that can bother me.

 

[whitby_2773]

oh! oh!

"that which does not kill us makes us stronger"

that SAYING makes me wanna kill somebody! i''m a psychologist, and i''m here to tell you that that which is so painful to us that it has to be described in terms of survival or near death tends to leave bloody big scars across our psyche!

we might survive it - but it for SURE does not make us stronger!

ever met a victim of rape? child abuse? domestic violence? ''stronger''? yeah - no.

grrrrrrrrrrrr....

 

[doodle]

Date: 4/24/2009 6:26:05 PM
Author: iwannaprettyone

Date: 4/24/2009 5:13:45 PM

Author: iwannaprettyone

Date: 4/24/2009 5:11:16 PM

Author: doodle

Date: 4/24/2009 1:26:01 PM

Author: iwannaprettyone

People who say ''for all intensive purposes'' it''s intents and purposes.....if you don''t know what the correct expression is then you shouldn''t be using it.

Holy cannoli! I honestly never knew that I wasn''t using the correct expression on this one as I''ve only ever heard ''intensive purposes'' but yeah, that makes no sense! Thank you so much!


I hate the expression ''I haven''t got all day.'' Technically, yes, you do, unless you die, in which case, why are you in such a hurry? You''re dying today anyway!


''You''re not getting any younger'' Freaking duh! I always reply with a George Carlin quote, ''So far, this is the oldest I''ve been.''

No worries, I think it comes from law lingo.... can anyone weigh in here?

Tap tap...is this thing on??? I feel ignored today.

I hear ya, IWPO!

"This cliche (meaning "practically") is a shortening of the legal
phrase "to all intents, constructions, and purposes" (found in an
act adopted under Henry VIII in 1547). The corruption "for all
intensive purposes" is frequently reported."

~from
here...

 

[BlueSki231]

Date: 4/24/2009 1:26:01 PM
Author: iwannaprettyone
People who say ''for all intensive purposes'' it''s intents and purposes.....if you don''t know what the correct expression is then you shouldn''t be using it.

YESS!!!

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 4/24/2009 5:21:46 PM
Author: Lorelei
Oh I have just thought of one for Strm.

ICY WHITE DIAMONDS.

your mean