What phrase or high jacked word bugs you ?

There, their, and they're are not the same. :rolleyes:

“Their” is a possessive adjective. It shows that something belongs to a group of people. You use it to illustrate possession or ownership.

“There” is used to indicate a place, existence, or direction. You can use it to talk about where something is, to introduce a statement, or to point something out.

“They’re” is the contraction of “they are.” You use it when you want to shorten “they are” into one word.
 
TeePee said:
It's kind of old hat now, but when kids started saying "whatever" whenever they chose not to engage in the point you were trying to get across, used to irk me.
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Or I'd ask: would you like something that would cost me effort to do for them. Would you like me to buy you an icecream or something like that. Lol and my friend, when we were kids, would then often say in Dutch: Best. That means sure. Hey hello be a bit grateful or something? Lol that used to irk me.
 
Jules said:
Me and Monica went to the store.
Give the parcel to Monica and I.
I’s and Monica’s parcel has arrived.
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I wrote that in high school and the English teacher said it was wrong. It was so and so and I. I said: But the series is called: Me and my girl! Yeah that was just popular talk, but it was wrong.



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I can think of two examples that always catch my attention. The first is when people say “anyways.” To my ear, “any” already encompasses the whole idea, so adding a plural ending feels unnecessary.
The second is the increasingly common phrasing “I’m going to try and start the car.” If the intention is simply to start the car, why not say exactly that? Traditionally, the phrasing was “I’m going to try to start the car,” which makes it clear that the attempt itself may or may not succeed.

Both of these may sound a bit nit-picky, but the question was asked, and those are two that stand out to me.
 
I must be among the very few who not only isn't annoyed by "it is what it is," I sometimes find it a helpful reminder that despite some situations or outcomes being disappointing, unfair, unpleasant, or difficult, I have little or no power to change that outcome.

When "it is what it is," there's no point in rehashing, whining or complaining. It's time to figure out a way forward.

Tony Soprano's version of "it is what it is?" Whaddygonnado.
 
Dr.Colosso said:
Or I'd ask: would you like something that would cost me effort to do for them. Would you like me to buy you an icecream or something like that. Lol and my friend, when we were kids, would then often say in Dutch: Best. That means sure. Hey hello be a bit grateful or something? Lol that used to irk me.
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The hypocritical part of it is, I've used that word a couple of times after that. Sometimes when you hear something often enough, it catches on. lol!!! I'm sure our parents got tired of some of our catch phrases growing up. Each generation has their own vocabulary.
 
BJintheUK said:
Reminds me of the word 'burglarised', as in, 'my neighbours were burglarised yesterday'. Surely the word should be 'burgled'
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From the Gilbert and Sullivan song about a soft-hearted policeman, A Policeman's Lot is Not a Happy One

When the enterprising burgler's not a-burgling,
When the cutthroat isn't occupied in crime,
He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling,
And listen to the merry village chime.
 
I think "so" and "look" are just verbal place-keepers. They give the speaker an extra second or two to think about what they should say next.
Probably that's how "um" and "uh" got invented also.
 

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