Jitendar Canth(Reviewer) posted this on Sunday, 7th October 2007, 12:38
What little gems of the English language really get on your wick?
With me, it`s "At the end of the day". I can`t stand it, and hearing it causes me physical pain. Usually because I`m hitting my head against a wall. It`s a nonsense, meaningless phrase that people use to fill a gap while they`re searching desperately for something meaningfull to say. I`d rather hear a couple of seconds of umming and er-ing.
The slower the intellect, the more you hear it. Grab a random lowbrow from the street for a voxpop and you`ll hear at least 3 "At the end of the day`s" in one sentence.
It`s also a reason why I try to avoid sports on TV, especially footy and boxing. Because at the end of the day, "At the end of the day" is all you`ll hear.
And if I ever hear myself using it, I immediately feel like killing myself just after, as I suffer the shame and self loathing for having uttered such a banality. >:(
=========================== Jitendar Canth
Quote: "I thought what I`d do was, I`d pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes."
mbilko(Elite) posted this on Sunday, 7th October 2007, 12:51
Isnt it it was LIKE sooooooooo Random?? lol
RE: Phrases that annoy
porno for pirates(Elite) posted this on Sunday, 7th October 2007, 12:53
24 7.
I had to laugh when some pie-faced harridan told me that she looks after kids "24 7 a day!" Either her maths was very wrong indeed or she`s living in dog years. :D
RE: Phrases that annoy
Alan Titherington(Reviewer) posted this on Sunday, 7th October 2007, 13:18
Quote: some pie-faced harridan
obviously a bit of a dog then :p
as for phrases that annoy me, the two most irritating are Quote: "going forward" and Quote: "touch base" both of which are used by varying managerial levels at work, and both of which receive a sharp variation on "what the f*** do you mean by that" !?
