I have a friend who teaches in a drama school and whenever her students say "I'm good" she says "I'm not the slightest bit interested in you morals". But I like "Good at what" Mabon1
I recently booked a holiday....gave my date of birth and the assistant said 'amazing'. I said 'what, that I'm still alive?' I suppose amazing makes a change from 'fantastic' when you give details.
On a recent Would I Lie To You, Rob Bryon said to David Mitchell, "You won't mind me saying this ..." and David's response was, "Won't I? I wondered what I was feeling."
Call centre assistant: "Can I have your name please?" Me: "Ann Jones." Call centre assistant: "No problem."
Call centre assistant: "And your address?" Me: "10 Acacia Avenue." Call centre assistant: "No problem." Me: "No, it really isn't." Call centre assistant: "Huh?"
I won't admit to it being very annoying (because people use it a lot) ... but when someone says "I'm afraid...e.g. "I'm afraid we don't open until 11" - I have to suppress replying "It's nothing to be afraid of!"
In Pointless, Alexander Armstrong always says it to the losing couple - "I'm afraid it's you". Such an odd saying!
Or the other one "Bear with me..." I want to say "Where's the bear!?" Or, "Are you in labour?"
I used to ask good at what? When the response to my question ‘how are you’ was ‘I’m good’. Given up now and have accepted that language evolves, or regresses.
There is a thread of words and sayings we find annoying - how about suggesting a good response to them all?
For example - if a friend said to me ‘it was like raining ...’ I could say in all innocence - ‘ oh do you mean it was hail, or sleet or snow... or was someone pouring a watering can over you? “