phrases that annoy you

by John Doe 80 Replies latest jw friends

  • PEC
    PEC

    Calling everyone Brother or Sister. Brother Doe!

    Philip

  • pseudoxristos
    pseudoxristos

    I was also just trying to be funny, so I apologize if I went a little overboard.

    One phrase that I've heard often is: "I have no ideal" instead of "I have no idea".

    It absolutely drives be crazy when I hear someone say it.

    pseudo

  • palmtree67
    palmtree67

    Pseudoxristos: I am also a "word snob".

    I totally understand what you are saying.

  • chickpea
    chickpea

    i swear to god there is a regional expression
    that makes me want to kill something and
    eat it raw..... or pierce my own eardrums
    with sharpened chop-sticks

    "oh, for cute"

  • AllTimeJeff
    AllTimeJeff
    "oh for cute"

    Are you south of the mason-dixon line?

  • WTWizard
    WTWizard

    I had a problem when the speakers at the platform would continually use "You know" and "it brings out". If that happens appropriately, I do not have a problem. But when a speaker cannot give a 15 minute talk without at least 15 "you know"s or "it brought out"s, something is wrong.

  • chickpea
    chickpea

    nope

    i am on the south shore of the
    most westerly of the great lakes

  • AllTimeJeff
    AllTimeJeff

    I used to live in Michigan. I haven't heard that phrase in years... LOL....

  • JWdaughter
    JWdaughter

    "I, myself, personally, think . . ."

    Can you say redundant???

  • JWdaughter
    JWdaughter

    My husband says "groves" rather than "droves".

    ex. "You know, these things happen in groves."

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