Where shall I start? Train Station instead of Railway Station. Big Ben's Bongs instead of Chimes. Absolutly instead of just plain Yes. Schedule and not sckedule. Me and my friend (or whoever) instead of My friend (or whoever) and I. I could go on, but at this moment in time, and at the end of the day, that will have to do.
"Train Station" is one of my hates too. Another Americanism.
A fact that has always tickled me is that the Russian word for railway station - Voksal - is based on Vauxhall in South London.
Technically a terminus, coined by one of the Tsar's foreign ministers after a visit to Vauxhall. Helps that the Russian word for hall is also 'zal'.
Woke. Woke is (or was) the past participle of the verb to wake. It is now used as an adjective to mean 'aware of social injustice, especially racism." "Awake" already has that meaning as an adjective so there is no need to coin a new meaning for "woke". Similar to "my bad" which also grates like nails on a blackboard.
Describing footballers as ‘decent’. What does that mean? He doesn’t walk down the High Street with his todger hanging out? He always remembers his mum’s birthday?
Where shall I start? Train Station instead of Railway Station. Big Ben's Bongs instead of Chimes. Absolutly instead of just plain Yes. Schedule and not sckedule. Me and my friend (or whoever) instead of My friend (or whoever) and I. I could go on, but at this moment in time, and at the end of the day, that will have to do.
My friend and I agree with most of this, especially 'sckedule' which drives us both crazy. Me and my friend are not necessarily wrong though, as long as we are the object and not the subject of the sentence.
Me and my friend is wrong even as the object. Second person, third person then first person is the correct order in which to refer to people in such a situation.
Thanks AddicksAddict, my friend and I weren't aware of that. But apparently word ordering can be quite complex and can vary depending on situation. For example in a situation involving an apology or admission of guilt, it's etiquette for the first person to shoulder the blame by putting themself first.
Where shall I start? Train Station instead of Railway Station. Big Ben's Bongs instead of Chimes. Absolutly instead of just plain Yes. Schedule and not sckedule. Me and my friend (or whoever) instead of My friend (or whoever) and I. I could go on, but at this moment in time, and at the end of the day, that will have to do.
"Train Station" is one of my hates too. Another Americanism.
A fact that has always tickled me is that the Russian word for railway station - Voksal - is based on Vauxhall in South London.
And the French for a quick service restaurant, bistro, is probably from the Russian "bystro" which means rapidly.
Where shall I start? Train Station instead of Railway Station. Big Ben's Bongs instead of Chimes. Absolutly instead of just plain Yes. Schedule and not sckedule. Me and my friend (or whoever) instead of My friend (or whoever) and I. I could go on, but at this moment in time, and at the end of the day, that will have to do.
My friend and I agree with most of this, especially 'sckedule' which drives us both crazy. Me and my friend are not necessarily wrong though, as long as we are the object and not the subject of the sentence.
Me and my friend is wrong even as the object. Second person, third person then first person is the correct order in which to refer to people in such a situation.
Thanks AddicksAddict, my friend and I weren't aware of that. But apparently word ordering can be quite complex and can vary depending on situation. For example in a situation involving an apology or admission of guilt, it's etiquette for the first person to shoulder the blame by putting themself first.
I wasn't aware of that but it makes sense.
I wasn't either until I checked it, but I remember hearing a Fry's English Delight programme about word order and being amazed the unwritten rules we have for word order. The amazing thing is that most of us wouldn't be able to give a good description of the rules or how they operate yet, for the most part, we instinctively subconsciously get it right all the time.
Steve McManaman using the phrase to be very honest about 12 times very match. Honest is fine by itself you scouse twonk.
BTW the phrases I really hate have already been cited by others - going forward and moving forward.
As well as usually being tautologies in the context used, both are solecisms. The words going and moving are adjectives used to enhance a noun, whereas forward is not usually a noun but either another adjective or an adverb. But it might work in football, I suppose - the moving forward could be used to describe Lyall Taylor.
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”Haitch” instead of aitch.
Never hear of players being described as a "number three" or "number five", that's because they're called left backs and centre backs
There is no set definition for every shirt on the pitch, talk of "false nine" and "number ten" all a myth IMO
Nah, it's not doing anything for me either.
And note to self, don't say can I get a bacon buttie in the morning lol
Woke is (or was) the past participle of the verb to wake. It is now used as an adjective to mean 'aware of social injustice, especially racism."
"Awake" already has that meaning as an adjective so there is no need to coin a new meaning for "woke".
Similar to "my bad" which also grates like nails on a blackboard.
BTW the phrases I really hate have already been cited by others - going forward and moving forward.
As well as usually being tautologies in the context used, both are solecisms. The words going and moving are adjectives used to enhance a noun, whereas forward is not usually a noun but either another adjective or an adverb. But it might work in football, I suppose - the moving forward could be used to describe Lyall Taylor.
Go 69/1 you tosspoteer
Bespoke
Craft
Artisan
The middle classes cream themselves over these 4. 'hey Tarquin, fancy going for an artisan craft Gregg's sausage roll?'
Why do you even need the 365? Idiots.
My particular favourite/worst one
It is what it is
The phrase of the vacuous
You know who you are.