Annoying Phrases / Sayings?

[stanton]

You do realize that its 'all of the sudden', right?

Dude, you've got your shit wrong.

[LEQ]

All of the Sudden' = No. Shit.

People who use Acronyms all the time, 'FYI the ETA is 2 weeks and I need that TPS report ASAP.

[felixgash]

people constantly talking about 'chavs' get on my nerves too

Yeah, just the thought of them dirty scummy chav bastards makes me ill.

[psyolopher]

I hate when people say:
This is America, everybody has an opinion!
Hey, dont the rest of the world have one?
Or is it just America?

[tempest]

You do realize that its 'all of the sudden', right?

Dude, you've got your shit wrong.

So, so wrong indeed.

[kidlogic]

You do realize that its 'all of the sudden', right?

Dude, you've got your shit wrong.

So, so wrong indeed.

Where I grew up its common usage. I had honestly never noticed that it was 'All of A sudden until this thread, so I looked it up. The accepted common usage is 'All of A sudden' although where I grew up, along with in many other parts of the US 'All of the sudden' is the accepted common usage.

All of this is a moot point seeing as the proper way to say it is simply 'suddenly' as there can not be 'a' or 'the' sudden, since sudden is not a noun.

So we all have our shit wrong. Lego v Legos.

NOTE: These are not meant to prove myself right, they are meant to illustrate the regionality of how I say it as opposed to how others do. Please do not reply to simply tell me how wrong I am.

http://www.painintheenglish.com/post.php?id=483

http://grammartips.homestead.com/sudden.html

[shane]

its LEGOS

[kidlogic]

its LEGOS

Thank you.

[betamaxnomates]

the word "Lads" to describe your mates.

e.g.

"c'mon lads!"
"me and the lads are off to the pub"

Oh and as someone said earlier, pretty much any use of the word "chav" makes me cringe these days. same as "grunger".

Ah, lads isn't so bad.

What irks me is people who aren't American and aren't Jeff Bridges saying 'dude' all the time.

[badger]

its LEGOS

Thank you.

it is if you're retarded

thank you both for proving my point

[menacetosobriety]

Oh and as someone said earlier, pretty much any use of the word "chav" makes me cringe these days. same as "grunger".[/quote]


I agree with the use of the word 'chav'


Having been brought up in the East End London it is a word which years ago I would hear people commonly use instead of child or kid

Chav is derived from the Romany word for a child 'chavvi'


Although I never really used the word in my parlance

not happy the way it is been hijacked