Phrases and things I hate:
At the end of the day!

People who do 'air quotes'.

People who say 'oh really' in a disinterested sarcastic way.

Upswing on words, when the pitch gets higher at the end of a sentence. Only Australians are allowed this.

'When I was a kid' when the person is about 11 years old. (i.e my Daughter)

LOL

Innit, summink and d'nt. Or 'eastenders speak' as I like to call it.

Winking inappropriately at the end of a sentence.

Saying 'OMFG' as if it has been in their lexicon all their life. (its bastards like this who ruin the Oxford English).

Bastardization and Americanization of words. Some proof of this annoyance is in how Opera spell checked both of the previous words and stuck a Z where an S should be. I now stand corrected on this and find it as acceptable as stroking a kitten. Others include 'tonite, color and flavor'.

Anthea Turner.

When papers like the SUN put WORDS in BLOCK CAPITALS because they think we are to THICK to read these with emphasis ourselves.CUNTS.

_______________________________________________


Oh and 'chillax'.

Also, just remembered. We are having a diamond training course at work. Just because you have ticked a few boxes and answered a few questions does not make you a fucking 'specialist'.

_______________________________________________

People who cant read a paper without moving their fucking lips.

Good point, well made...
( @RBFesquire Good luck b3ta, was nice knowing you. So long., Mon 12 Apr 2010, 18:43, 5 replies)

Americans can have their own spellings if they like,
the only thing that bothers me is that my browser's spell checker settings won't stay on British English.

Sometimes American English gets a rough time when it's not deserved. Some of the differences come from the fact that our English changed while theirs didn't.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 18:49, closed)

Interesting theory,
and you are correct. I like the idea of language evolving, but not when it is for a lazy purpose, if that makes sense.

But good point, well made... (which is another phrase I hate :-)
( @RBFesquire Good luck b3ta, was nice knowing you. So long., Mon 12 Apr 2010, 18:51, closed)

I thought it was because
the English language was simplified so it would be less taxing on all the immigrants arriving on the shores of America.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 19:50, closed)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Webster
(Freakmandu, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 4:14, closed)

Re. Upswing on words
Welsh people are allowed to do this as well.
(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 18:58, closed)

Not to sure about that one...
I'll get back to you. This also opens it up to 'its ok for a person with a Pakistani accent' to do it too...
( @RBFesquire Good luck b3ta, was nice knowing you. So long., Mon 12 Apr 2010, 19:00, closed)

What about folks from Dudley?

( TheAlmightyBeev, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 19:19, closed)

The British English translation of Opera is a bit odd.
It translates "dialog" to "dialogue" (in the context of a pop-up window, which generally takes the American spelling as with most computing words). More bizarre is the translation of "kick" to "expel" in its IRC client.

Changing the dictionary for spell checking is easy enough, at least - right click, Dictionaries, Add/Remove Dictionaries. Why it doesn't use the British English dictionary by default when using the British English version of the browser is a mystery to me.
( benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 19:15, closed)

The suffix -ize
Is correct Oxford English. The Americans kept this convention. The British evolved onwards to -ise. Apart from the bastion that is Oxford, it seems.
( drunkenoaf, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 21:57, closed)