‘I WOULD SAY’! It’s just so silly.

I don’t like “why oh why”. “Don’t get me started on” so beloved of some gransnetters just to even up the balance, it’s not always the young people using irritating expressions ! I used to hate it when my mother said “in my day”

The expression yesterday evening instead of last night irritates me. Lately no matter what the conversation is on tv everyone starts a sentence with 'So'. I can't stand being served by someone young referring too me as love.

Good heavens grumpy or what ?! What is wrong with yesterday evening? Being called love or duck or my darlin....surely that’s regional and quite nice really ?

I’ve listened to the argument about language evolving, but I can’t see how, ‘ was like’ is an acceptable substitution for ‘ said‘ , as in, ‘so I was like, ‘ where are you going?’ And how is it an evolution of language to use ‘ like’ in front of every second word? ‘ It’s, like, raining today, so I’ll need to, like, put on my raincoat, and take, like, an umbrella.’

I wonder if a hockey stick would be enough like an umbrella to do, Daddima.

Hate to admit it but I am not the least bit bothered about how other people say things as long as they are pleasant and polite.

When we first moved here I didn’t realise “You alright?” was a greeting and I was supposed to respond back with “You alright?”. I wonder what neighbours thought when I said “fine thank you”. I hope they weren’t as judgemental as some of the posters on GN.

Sussexborn Hate to admit it but I am not the least bit bothered about how other people say things as long as they are pleasant and polite. ???

I don't mind at all being called love, darling or even sweetheart but I don't like being addressed as dear. I know it's irrational but it comes across as patronising.

from the get go what does that mean? Just heard it on the weather.grrrr

Eloethan - i was called ‘Me duck’ yesterday by a local delivery driver (it’s local dialect). Doesn't bother me at all. Or any of those you mention but agree that dear sounds patronising as if speaking to a little old lady. (Which I suppose I am but not very little!)

Oh Pollyperkins you've just made me smile. My grandfather always called me 'me duck', and you brought back such happy memories of a dear man. He was from Lincolnshire so I'm guessing you are from a similar area.

My (Londoner) graddad always called me and my Mum "ducks" and my Liverpudlian great aunt called me "chick".

Chick’s quite common here. One of the health visitors used to call everyone Blossom. She was hopeless with names!

Not bothered about Dear or Dearie unless it’s only aged at the older generation then it can be patronising.

'It is what it is ' what does that actually mean ?