Words That Irritate You.

[hifi_dave]

When people use the word "So" to start a sentence.

I'm with you on that one - really winds me up.

[Scooby]

Any politically correct word or expression that tries to tip-toe around differences that are obvious to anyone. Like actresses now being called "actors".

[hifi_dave]

Or the head of a committee being called the "chair".

[Pigmy Pony]

Oh, I’m just so Super Exited!

Super exited. What is that exactly?

Hopefully it means they've left the building.

[Pigmy Pony]

Strange how 'Old English' names have that resonance to them. Like Butcher or Scullion or Shepherd or Farmer and the like. Each no doubt taken from the trade a family ancestor was in. Nothing demeaning about it. It's just the way it is and I find the origins and evolution of words and names interesting.

How about the name 'Trollope'? What would their trade have been?

[Pigmy Pony]

On TV (in the past, as I don't have a TV license), people saying burgalry instead of burglary .

What happened to yer TV? Were you burglered?

Only reason I axe is cuz I was offered one cheep, like. Aluminum color innit.

[Pigmy Pony]

A few years ago there was someone trying to do away with the word 'manager', as it was sexist.

[Len Co]

Vacuum, don't know why, it just sucks!

[shane]

People saying train station instead of railway station.

BBC programmes that give all distances in km instead of miles, and then pronouncing it incorrectly. You don’t say centIMetre or millIMetre, so why say kilOMetre?

[walpurgis]

How about the name 'Trollope'? What would their trade have been?

You'd have to ask Mr. Pimp. I believe he knows.