The most annoying expressions...

The BBC is not representative of London...and neither is the Standard.

I get a bit annoyed at these stereotypes that we are all insular, self centred and not interested in anything outside of the M25.  It's just not true.

Now, you get back down t'pit to feed tha's whippet 

Vicky

I was born in Camberwell myself, raised in Herne Hill and educated in Dulwich, so I know whereof I speak... My mum considered that her sister in Orpington lived in the depths of the countryside.

Partner---used for anyone that isn't your gay lover or someone you are in business with..

Partner---used for anyone that isn't your gay lover or someone you are in business with..

I hate that, too.

Partner---used for anyone that isn't your gay lover or someone you are in business with..

I have used the term 'partner' about my now DF because the word 'boyfriend' seems a bit immature when you are nearly 40.

I prefer partner.

I don't think you should call a couple who have lived together 10+ years and have children together boyfriend and girlfriend simply because they never had a wedding ceremony.

I am 56, and my girlfriend is 53, we have lived together for 15 years, and we are boyfriend and girlfriend.

I have used the term 'partner' about my now DF because the word 'boyfriend' seems a bit immature when you are nearly 40.

I'll take 'partner' over 'lover' ANY day.

I'll take 'partner' over 'lover' ANY day.

Like the SNL skit with Rachel Dratch and Will Ferrell.  HA!

I'll take 'partner' over 'lover' ANY day.

I dunno Abby... you can't really have Michael Palin in the Monty Python 'Blackmail' sketch saying 'partner' instead of:

Mrs Betty Teale, this is for £15 and it's to stop us revealing the name of your lover in Bolton.

I don't mind partner too much.  I knew my hubby (then boyfriend) was getting serious about us when he started introducing me as his "partner" instead of "girlfriend".

I'm going to throw "pressurized" into the fray.  {.....}  This gets on my nerves so very badly I have a whole rant built up around it.  People are not pressurized into doing things, they are pressured.

   I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds that annoying!

round here we say 'snap' if you say the same thing as someone else at the same time, or if someone says something, instead of saying 'i was just gonna say that', we'd say 'snap'.   

That's the only colloquial use of "snap" I recognize from the many examples noted above.   It's derived from the card game.
 

solder - not the term, but the pronunciation.  Every US person I have encountered pronounces it as "sodder".  There is an "l" in that word, and it is not silent.

herbs - pronounced as "erbs" by Americans.  Is this some sort of misguided belief the word is French, and trying to pronounce it with a little French flair?

The pronunciation of "solder" has never worried me one way or the other.  They're just variations.  As for whether the first letter of "herb" is silent or not, compare it with the pronunciation of "hotel." 

And why is it so many wait staff in restaurants

That's a horrible modern expression right there.       What's wrong with waiter or waitress?

I have to say that I just love Southern US colloquialisms.

One which sticks in my mind from friends in Georgia: "Son, you're in a heap more trouble than a squirrel on an eight-lane highway."   

Re petite:

Okay, to be fair, not exactly Nellie Olson, but that sort of look.

Maybe Nancy? 

Like saying "utilize" (or is it "utilise" here in UK?  urgh...alternate spellings!)

Either spelling is considered acceptable in Britain.  But you can argue over how to pronounce "either."   

I don't mind partner too much.  I knew my hubby (then boyfriend) was getting serious about us when he started introducing me as his "partner" instead of "girlfriend".

To me that would sound like just the opposite.  I think the growing use of "partner" when what is meant is boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife/spouse makes it sound as though it's denigrating a relationship to something like a mere business arrangement.

I always hated "Mam" for Mum.  And I never liked "Nan" for Granny or whatever.  Sounds like someone's nanny.

herbs - pronounced as "erbs" by Americans.  Is this some sort of misguided belief the word is French, and trying to pronounce it with a little French flair?

Mais bien sur, le mot "herb", ou "herbe" est vraiment Francais!!! Donc, on prononce ce lui ci comme "erbe".   

Oui, le mot « herbe » est bel et bien français, mais le mot qui s'écrit h-e-r-b se trouve seulement dans les dictionnaires d'anglais. À mon avis la lettre h se prononce. Ches les Ricains et aussi chez les Rosbifs les mots accord, acquit, action, adolescence, unique, triangle ne se prononcent comme dans l'Hexagone.