Top ten most irritating phrases...

TwoRails · Dec 7, 2008

LaFoto said:
Oh, a thing I hate to hear on German television or radio (or by anyone else, for that matter, like in normal conversations, though there it does not seem to happen) is them saying "in two-thousand and eight", when it is "two thousand eight". No "and" goes between the thousands and the smaller numbers!!!

Oh-oh... I'm guilty of that one at times!! I don't know the subconsciousness of it, but maybe the thinking goes: "I have two thousand of them" in a rounded off manner, but then maybe want to be more accurate and then add "plus eight more" so it comes out "two thousand and eight" -- dunno.... not awake and haven't had my coffee yet. LOL: "just throwing that out there" :lol:

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kylerimb · Dec 8, 2008

OH SNAP!

no you di'int!

stsinner · Dec 8, 2008

LaFoto said:
Oh, a thing I hate to hear on German television or radio (or by anyone else, for that matter, like in normal conversations, though there it does not seem to happen) is them saying "in two-thousand and eight", when it is "two thousand eight". No "and" goes between the thousands and the smaller numbers!!!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't Germans count like, "eight and twenty" for 28? I just know I'll butcher the spelling, but isn't it, "oct and zwanzig?" I know you said 2008, but I was just wondering if the same rules apply for counting in German.

stsinner · Dec 8, 2008

How about this one-when you hear something like a sale and the announcer says, "Savings as much as 10% or even more...." Didn't they just set the limit at 10% when they said, "as much as.."

Or temperatures may be as high as 90 degrees, or even higher....

Sabin · Dec 8, 2008

"I don't mean to be rude, but..."

Dmitri · Dec 8, 2008

"That's what I'm talking about!" (especially when they weren't... for example, a guy finds a $10 bill on the road, stands up and yells "thats what I'm talking about!").

thomprecision · Dec 8, 2008

lol cliches are ubiquitous in daily speech...they're not all bad, but they are mostly misused shortcuts to explaining oneself clearly.

"The database alerts them to new words and phrases and can tell them which expressions are disappearing. It also shows how words are being misused."

^ I think it's awesome that researchers can figure out things like this to actually verify which expressions are fading out. Personally, though, "At this point in time" doesn't irk me, I find it actually endearing at times.

eyeye · Dec 8, 2008

"a whole nother"

what is a nother anyways?

eyeye · Dec 8, 2008

In the south I hear alot of "you know what I'm sayin" when they really aren't saying anything. People say it back and forth. I wonder if both people are like "what a weirdo, I have no idea what they are sayiing" because thats what I am thinking.

"mmmm huuuh"
"you know what I'm sain"
"you got that right"
"mmmmmm huh"

TwoRails · Dec 8, 2008

eyeye said:
"a whole nother"

what is a nother anyways?

I know the phrase, but never thought of if 'nother' is an actual word or not... so I looked it up::

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nother

PatrickHMS · Dec 8, 2008

In football the term "great" is WWWAAAYYYYY overused.

"That was a GREAT play" is used 15 -20 or more times per game, describing both offensive and defensive plays made by each team.

If some (any generic) team has so many great plays in each and every game, why are they 3-7 on their season W/L record ?????

LaFoto · Dec 8, 2008

stsinner said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't Germans count like, "eight and twenty" for 28? I just know I'll butcher the spelling, but isn't it, "oct and zwanzig?" I know you said 2008, but I was just wondering if the same rules apply for counting in German.

You are right. An "and" does, indeed, go between a "tenner" and a "oner"... like 10, 20, 30, 40 ... etc are the "tenners" and the little ones from 1 - 9 are the "oners". Yes, yes, yes. And "and" goes there. And ONLY there. It is "hundertdrei" for 103 (where is the "and"? None there! :idea: ), it is fünfhundertvierundzwanzig for 524, and the "and" is once more only between the 20 and the 4. And it is zweitausendacht! No "and", for there is no "tenner" involved. It is just the "thousend" and the "oner". See?

Kileki · Dec 13, 2008

not really sayings, but REALLY bad slang irritates me. today i happen to hear

"you down't my drink"
- she was referring to someone who drank a lot of her drink

also when people refer to their backpack as a "packpack"

yes, these things irritate me.

thomprecision · Jan 5, 2009

lol, more like improper English. There are lots of words that are misunderstood by their speakers.

I've heard "supposably" quite often. And I also hear "towards," which isn't a word because their is no 's' at the end. But, I guess it could be worse, as in, we don't understand at all what is trying to be said.