Things that people do that annoy you anywhere

I'll throw one out there, people who can't differentiate between there, their and they're! It's one of the reasons I've stopped using Facebook, even though I know it's petty.
 
Here's a couple of language based ones that I have noticed have become commonplace over the last few of years in the UK snd annoy me (but probably shouldn't).....

When people are chatting, they say 'yeah, no....' in reply to another's comment. Which is it?! It can't be both!

When asking for something at the bar/ shop counter/ etc - they say 'can I get a......' - I dunno, can you??? Please, it's 'can I have'!!

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Brum said:
And that was the only thing that ruined the movie for you? ;):p
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there you go, told you I wasn't directing that at you! :D

But yes, the penguin was the main thing, and everything else.....
 
I'd add something to this list but I'm to busy chuckling as I read the entire thread. :D

I guess I've learned here that people from other English speaking countries are deeply annoyed by Americans' speech. So am I... and yet I have to ask, why don't the language maulers in the UK and Australia annoy you? When Americans ape some UK expression or accent or (some years back) tried to sound Aussie it was irritating, but NOTHING compared to my fellow Americans who cannot pronounce a "d" that is followed by a consonant as in "dih'nt" for "didn't"
It's not the people on the street that are annoying. It's when you hear a newscaster or other public figure do it!
 
I think this is slowly turning into 'Annoying Language Errors' because I just remembered one. People who drop the g at the end of verbs (and some other words). Things like throwing becoming throwin', having becoming havin', becoming becoming becomin' etc.
 
I just remembered one : fillet.

From the Old English word, fillet.

Pronounced fill-it.

Not looking at any one nationality here, Zooplantman (Hix says with tongue-in cheek)

:p

Hix
 
People who drive Nissan Micra cars.

They drive at least 10 mph (or kph) under the speed limit. They don't use indicators. They won't change lane and to get past them you usually have to undertake them. The average age of a driver is around 70, usually little old women with purple rinses one their hair. You see them parked up in the most unusual places and angles. When on motorways (highways) they will always drive around 55mph in the middle lane and refuse to move. They drive leaning so far forwards their eyes are almost above the steering wheel.
 
Hix said:
I just remembered one : fillet.

From the Old English word, fillet.

Pronounced fill-it.

Not looking at any one nationality here, Zooplantman (Hix says with tongue-in cheek)

:p

Hix
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Fillet is fill-it, but filet is fill-e. (No one makes this distinction though.)
 
What's filet?

Never mind - just looked it up in the dictionary.com

:p

Hix
 
- I hate, absolutely HATE, how the press keeps on keeping on with the Michael Jackson BS. The man's dead! - Enough already! Does anyone even care anymore?
E-mails show promoter's doubts before Michael Jackson's death - CNN.com

I haven't seen any reports that e-mails suggested that Gandhi was a basket case. :D

And yes, my intention was to say "keeps on keeping on". :p

- I don't actually hate it, but I occasionally log onto my Facebook and laugh almost-pityingly at those who are on every single day. It's saddening to me in a way. What a horrible life to have, imo.

- I hate when your family member always has to win the argument. :)
 
AnaheimZoo said:
- I don't actually hate it, but I occasionally log onto my Facebook and laugh almost-pityingly at those who are on every single day. It's saddening to me in a way. What a horrible life to have, imo.
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like Zoochat then? :p
 
I have seen a motivational poster before that said something like "Our differences make us unique." It was meant to feature a black leopard and a spotted leopard to show that they're different. However, next to the photo of a Black Leopard, was a Clouded Leopard. *Sigh*
 
BeardsleyZooFan said:
I have seen a motivational poster before that said something like "Our differences make us unique." It was meant to feature a black leopard and a spotted leopard to show that they're different. However, next to the photo of a Black Leopard, was a Clouded Leopard. *Sigh*
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You lost me there. :confused:
 
nanoboy said:
You lost me there. :confused:
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I think it was supposed to mean that racial and other forms of diversity are important in our world, and they meant to show that despite differences, we're all humans by showing a Black Leopard and a Spotted Leopard, because they're both leopards. However, they showed a Black Leopard, but instead of a true Spotted Leopard, they showed a Clouded Leopard, which doesn't have a black form at all. I'm just trying to say that they showed 2 different species, instead of one species. It is almost like having a poster that said the same thing, but showed a human with a Chimpanzee, rather than another human. Hope this sorta makes sense.
 
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