Annoyances!

I agree Katek all really annoying but DH is very fed up with me I even picked holes in the notices on the golf course on Friday. 'Keep off of the greens during spraying'. Really!

YES yes yes

I have a friend who used to point out the "for free" irritation.
Now I can't avoid hearing it and it drives me mad! I find myself shouting at the tv, "For nothing or free....aaaaaargh!"
(Need a lie down.)

"Drawring" is one if my bugbears, as in "the nights are drawring in"

Of not if ... blame the Kindle!

DBH is currently annoyed on a daily basis with DS, as every evening when he comes home he asks how he is and receives the reply of 'I'm good, thanks'. To which DBH replies 'I am not interested in the state of your morals at this precise moment, I just want to know if all is well!'.

JaneR I have made exactly that same reply to my son.

Katek I also dislike "wants to be" for inanimate objects.

Them "That tree wants cutting down!" Me "So when did the tree tell you that. Petty I know.

I hate hearing in cafés someone saying 'Can I get a cappuccino?' Is it American?
Oh and why are prizes always 'up for grabs'? Ugh!

Not petty at all! It's creeping in everywhere. I once even emailed the local NHS trust after the two entrances to our brand new multimillion pound emergency centre were labelled "Adult's" and "Children's". They're still there.

Or people 'stamp their mark' on new houses.....grr!

I'm on a roll tonight! Why is everything a journey now?

Or a story? I can't store my library of photo folders online now, I am meant to create a pictorial 'story'.

I was watching the Great North Run this morning. One of the commentators mentioned that one of the elite athletes had "medaled" at the Commonwealth games and the European championships. Since when have you been able to turn a noun into a verb. When I went to school, to meddle, meant to interfere.

Yesterday I watched an interview with a woman who had been self harming. She said she had periods of suicidality.

When describing a food product that can be used in a recipe, why are we told 'It eats well?'

On that theme Merlot how can someone 'commit' suicide? You normally commit a crime and suicide hasn't been a criminal offence since 1961.

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.

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

What is the world coming to?

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!

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

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.

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

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

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