Commonly Misused Phrases

vasselmeyer

Obiligitary Mitchell & Webb Grammar Nazi sketch:

AlexC

ICBM said:

While we're at it, writing "pup" when you want to say pickup.

It sends me into a blind rage and usually means I cease reading the thread at that point.

You’re more of a kitten man, I take it?

Fretwired

Fuengi said:

I've got a client who's favorite phrase is "it's a Mute Point". 

After you let if go the third time you just have to go with it. He uses it four to five times per meeting.

One day someone will tell him! 

Or more likely it will become common usage like so many of the useless words and phrases the OED has included in the latest version of its dictionary. Entries include worstest, fungivorous, winterval, croggy, on the huh, hot take, cheeselog and corporation pop.

Bridgehouse

AlexC said:

ICBM said:

While we're at it, writing "pup" when you want to say pickup.

It sends me into a blind rage and usually means I cease reading the thread at that point.

You’re more of a kitten man, I take it?

Will certainly make me paws before I post in future..

57Deluxe

"All that GLITTERS is not Gold" - - - NO NO NO - is GLISTERS you dumb-nuts...

Phil_aka_Pip

Fretwired said:

Or more likely it will become common usage like so many of the useless words and phrases the OED has included in the latest version of its dictionary. Entries include worstest, fungivorous, winterval, croggy, on the huh, hot take, cheeselog and corporation pop.

on the huh is an old Suffolk idiom meaning not square, not straight, or not lined up properly. It is not new, American, or useless. If the OED has only recently included it, then the OED has taken a long time to catch up!

Fretwired

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Fretwired said:

Or more likely it will become common usage like so many of the useless words and phrases the OED has included in the latest version of its dictionary. Entries include worstest, fungivorous, winterval, croggy, on the huh, hot take, cheeselog and corporation pop.

on the huh is an old Suffolk idiom meaning not square, not straight, or not lined up properly. It is not new, American, or useless. If the OED has only recently included it, then the OED has taken a long time to catch up!

The OED didn't need to catch-up as only people in Suffolk use it .. never heard of it down my way. The same with cheeselog which is ancient - it's just another word for louse that's used by a few people in the marshes somewhere.

snakemanStoo

57Deluxe said:

"All that GLITTERS is Gold" - - - NO NO NO - is GLISTERS you dumb-nuts...

All that is ginsters?

scrumhalf

Let's move the phrases to one side and focus on their component parts - letters. More specifically, the eighth letter of the alphabet.

You know, this one - h.

It's name is not "haitch" for fuck's sake. The alphabet is one of the first things you learn as a child, if you can't get such a simple thing right by the time you've left school then you should refund the cost of your education to the taxman.

prowla

Bridgehouse said:

prowla said:

The one that gets me is the (accusatory) use of "not".

eg. "Did you not think of that?"

I'm never sure whether the correct answer is "Yes" or "No", as in "Yes, I did not think of it..." or "No, I didn't not think of it...".

The correct answer is GFY

I'll add that to my armoury!

prowla

Fuengi said:

I've got a client who's favorite phrase is "it's a Mute Point". 

After you let if go the third time you just have to go with it. He uses it four to five times per meeting.

One day someone will tell him! 

There's someone at my current place who can fit "in terms of" up to three times into a sentence.

Bridgehouse

prowla said:

Bridgehouse said:

prowla said:

The one that gets me is the (accusatory) use of "not".

eg. "Did you not think of that?"

I'm never sure whether the correct answer is "Yes" or "No", as in "Yes, I did not think of it..." or "No, I didn't not think of it...".

The correct answer is GFY

I'll add that to my armoury!

It's incredibly cathartic when well aimed at a smug and/or patronising bastard

prowla

scrumhalf said:

Let's move the phrases to one side and focus on their component parts - letters. More specifically, the eighth letter of the alphabet.

You know, this one - h.

It's name is not "haitch" for fuck's sake. The alphabet is one of the first things you learn as a child, if you can't get such a simple thing right by the time you've left school then you should refund the cost of your education to the taxman.

"an historic" - what a load of bollards!

There's only a handful of "h" words which can be preceded by "an", such as "heirloom", but "historic" isn't one of them!

axisus

Yuck! I hate web sites like that. 36 pages to click through, enormous text. 

A very intelligent female colleague at work always said 'Pacific' instead of specific! Did my head in every time.

axisus

57Deluxe said:

"All that GLITTERS is Gold" - - - NO NO NO - is GLISTERS you dumb-nuts...

is not ....

axisus

ICBM said:

While we're at it, writing "pup" when you want to say pickup.

but what if your pup end up being a real dog of a pup?

Neill

scrumhalf said:

Let's move the phrases to one side and focus on their component parts - letters. More specifically, the eighth letter of the alphabet.

You know, this one - h.

It's name is not "haitch" for fuck's sake. The alphabet is one of the first things you learn as a child, if you can't get such a simple thing right by the time you've left school then you should refund the cost of your education to the taxman.

Sing it brother.  I've reached the stage where I over emphasise it. like aaaaaaaaych and with my Yorkshire accent those vowels are flatter than southern beer. 

Heartfeltdawn

Rocker said:

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"Brexit means Brexit". 

RandallFlagg

Anyone else heard of this good old Norfolk expression? 

"It's full of toot" as in "look in the back of his van, it's full of toot" (tut)

My Mum & Dad used to say it all the time 

Clarky

I wish to remain anomolous