Annoyances!

Another one is 'to' instead of 'too'. They sound different to me, and the meaning certainly is, but obviously not to some...

(Is that table reinforced?)

That's a relief, Ana, I thought I might have to go into hiding as it's such a common thing, but at least now we can share the table to hide under. After you!

Oooh, I do so agree, Wheniwasyourage...

This one is to be found in several places on GN at the moment, but I name no names. It annoys me at work too (I read medical notes and letters and it appears frequently). It is "loose" instead of "lose", as in "she wants to loose weight". Why is it so common, particularly when the two words are pronounced differently? NB, that was a question, with or without an Australian intonation.

Lol!!

I am not as yet katek but one or two on GN are, I think?

However, DD, SIL and DGC are all Aussies and we spend a lot of time there?

More power to your elbow Rosequartz if you're a genuine Aussie! Fab country! (Back-pedalling furiously!!!!) Just don't like the inflection tacked onto that dreadful Estuary English. Don't like Estuary English anyway.

What about that upright lady Laura Norder?

If I jumped in the shower, I might go through the bottom of the bath, incurring an almighty insurance claim, not to mention a fractured hip!

Well "at the end of the day" it get's dark, like! D'ya know what I mean?

The checkout people at our Sainsbury 's jump on a till!

KateK we're not Australian!
Some of us could be? Just saying? You wouldn't want to offend any of us would you?

My little grandson did jump in the shower, slipped, fell down, cried and wouldn't have a shower again for weeks!

I got told off for mentioning that on a similar thread, anno!
Apparently lots of people do it...

I know someone who always 'jumps' in the shower. The mind boggles!

Yes to all the above!

Wow factor!!!! That really winds me up!

People on TV programmes talk about "grabbing a shower", why, what are they going to do to the poor old shower?

What gets my goat is the use of 'disinterested' instead of 'uninterested'.

To me, that says that it has 10% fat!

Something that has annoyed me for years is seeing a product described as "90% Fat Free". What does that mean? To me, it suggests that 90% of it has no fat in it, while the remaining 10% has some (an unspecified amount) of fat. Not very helpful, is it.

Why are previews always "sneak"? And why are so many things "iconic"?

More annoyances.....misuse of 'wonder' for 'wander' and 'defiantly' for 'definitely'! Don't get me started on the rising inflection at the end of sentences-we're not Australian!

A while ago an interviewer on Radio 4 said "different to"

What is the world coming to?

I am so sick of hearing "going forward" instead of in the future.
It is such a stupid cliche.
This happened so often on Radio 4 last week I was swearing at the Radio all week.