Another new 'hate' to add to my list

I seem to spend an un necessary amount of time telling my 50 year old daughter that some one with a PhD and a grade A for A Level English shouldn't still be saying "bo - le" "wa -er" "ma -er"

My latest hate is the use of the word zero. “There were zero apples in the shop”. We used to say “no apples”.

I must stop saying things are lovely. Someone pointed it out to me and I began to notice.

Perhaps those BBC newsreaders who say Ta just need to be told. or is that telt

Farzanah

Why do some people walk around finding fault everywhere? I’m on HeavenLeigh’s wavelength, it makes for a happier kinder existence.

Why are you finding fault with people who find fault?

That's not very kind.

''Muzak'' instead of ''music'' grates my nerves no matter what accent it is!

Farzanah

Why do some people walk around finding fault everywhere? I’m on HeavenLeigh’s wavelength, it makes for a happier kinder existence.

I don’t think it’s serious fault-finding, it’s just a light hearted topic of conversation. We all know there are much more important things to worry about, as sodapop said.

I’m noticing increased use of, ‘ If that makes sense’ too. It’s joining ‘ It is what it is’, and ‘ If you know,you know’.

Crossstitchfan

Oh dear! Now you’ve started me off! Speaking badly and not bothering about their appearance are my main ones.
SPEECH -
1 Give your head a wobble
2 ‘This’ (instead of saying you agree and perhaps expanding on that)
3 End of
4 Suck it up
5 Wow, just wow
6 ‘Free’ instead of ‘Three’. That one really bugs me.
And something that REALLY gets to me is when the News reader says about ‘Leaked Gov’t messages. They’re not leaked. They are deliberately put out there because the Gov’t wants us to see them.
APPEARANCE -
I am furious when people who know they are going to be interviewed on TV don’t bother with their appearance. I am obviously not talking about people interviewed after a disaster, for example, just people who have been invited onto something like ‘Breakfast’ on BBC to give a opinion. Naming no names, there was a man on there today whose hair was so long and unkempt that it literally put me off my breakfast! He had a really responsible job, but looked as though he couldn’t afford a comb, and didn’t care either!
There are probably more, and I haven’t covered some that people might find boring but this will do for now!

Oh, and I hate.’face fuzz’, ie facial hair, especially when it creeps down onto the neck! Makes my flesh crawl!

Oh dear! Now you’ve started me off! Speaking badly and not bothering about their appearance are my main ones.
SPEECH -
1 Give your head a wobble
2 ‘This’ (instead of saying you agree and perhaps expanding on that)
3 End of
4 Suck it up
5 Wow, just wow
6 ‘Free’ instead of ‘Three’. That one really bugs me.
And something that REALLY gets to me is when the News reader says about ‘Leaked Gov’t messages. They’re not leaked. They are deliberately put out there because the Gov’t wants us to see them.
APPEARANCE -
I am furious when people who know they are going to be interviewed on TV don’t bother with their appearance. I am obviously not talking about people interviewed after a disaster, for example, just people who have been invited onto something like ‘Breakfast’ on BBC to give a opinion. Naming no names, there was a man on there today whose hair was so long and unkempt that it literally put me off my breakfast! He had a really responsible job, but looked as though he couldn’t afford a comb, and didn’t care either!
There are probably more, and I haven’t covered some that people might find boring but this will do for now!

If you live in NE Scotland, particularly Caithness. to' doesn't really exist but 'til' does. So we speak of 'going til e shops' or 'flitted til' (moved to). Interestingly 'flittted til.' has the same meaning in Norwegian. It's not sloppy speech but rather dialect which I think is the case for some of the other variants. .

NonGrannyMoll

Mine is "gonna" in tv subtitles. No excuse for it.

Oh NonGrannyMoll, I have to confess to saying "gonna" alot recently.
Worst of all, I have no idea why!
I sound like an unruly ruddy teenager!!!#
I'm gonna have to do something about it Pronto. 😚

Nor can I spell.

nanna8

I can pick Taswegians because we used to live there, they sound a bit more English than the rest of us.

Adelaide is posh, NQ not so, eh but
(Don't tel, ypthem I said so)

I can pick Taswegians because we used to live there, they sound a bit more English than the rest of us.

I've been told, more than once, that I'm
very Devonshire. That's not bad though, is it? It's easy to understand, hopefully. I don't know if I say to or te or ta......

nanna8

Well we all talk the bloody same ‘ere. Some slower than others, some more of a drawl.

I can tell the difference 😀

Well we all talk the bloody same ‘ere. Some slower than others, some more of a drawl.

Grandma70s

Franski

I think it's hilarious when people think they dont have an accent. Doesn't everyone!?

I think they usually mean they don’t have a local accent. That is perfectly possible. ‘Received pronunciation’ or standard English could be called an accent, but it ‘s the same all over the country.

A good example is Alexander Armstrong, who comes from Northumberland but speaks standard English without any local accent.

He probably went to a private school. One of my SiLs is from Newcastle but there isn't as much as a hint of a Geordie accent because he went to a private school.

whywhywhy this is pedants corner where we discuss these things. Doesn't mean we are less concerned about world events. Walk on by if it bothers you

Franski

I think it's hilarious when people think they dont have an accent. Doesn't everyone!?

I think they usually mean they don’t have a local accent. That is perfectly possible. ‘Received pronunciation’ or standard English could be called an accent, but it ‘s the same all over the country.

A good example is Alexander Armstrong, who comes from Northumberland but speaks standard English without any local accent.

Oh dear you would hate the Lancashire way of missing the 'o' off the word 'to' so is 'I'm going t'shops' or 'I was going up t'hill'.
We do that in Yorkshire too but the thing with anyone trying to imitate a northern accent and failing is that, as in “to the” second ‘t’ is never consciously pronounced - it’s more of a catch in the throat than a conscious pronunciation.

My pet hate is people who moan about accents and words like ta. Hey there are more serious things in life to worry about. How do you think people are feeling right now with their homes burnt to the ground!!! Get real!

Jeanathome

My hate is vocal fry. I can't understand most of what the RF say, due to poshness.

The Royal Family don't sound posh any more.

They did but even the late Queen modified her speech to sound less posh.

Greyduster

If that’s all tha’s got ta be upset abaht, tha woun’t last five minutes up ‘ere, lass! 😉

😂

I've just practised and realised iI say te with a short e.
"I'm going te-the shops."

Oops, sorree!

Why do some people walk around finding fault everywhere? I’m on HeavenLeigh’s wavelength, it makes for a happier kinder existence.

Baggs: no fun in life if you don't have a 'pedants hate list'.

Mine includes 'super' anything. 'Super happy to be here'. You don't need to keep adding 'super' all the time. 'Super helpful', etc.

I also hate the suffix 'may be due to ...' - in other words, you don't know. Especially when related to climate change or menopause.