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Re: The most annoying expressions...
« Reply #810 on: June 28, 2011, 03:26:51 PM »
Why is "no worries" more annoying than the usual "no problem" heard in the States?
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Re: The most annoying expressions...
« Reply #811 on: June 29, 2011, 06:30:29 AM »


Cheers-I've always thought this was a drinking salute. :P



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Re: The most annoying expressions...
« Reply #812 on: June 29, 2011, 06:32:45 AM »
Um, do British people say "nonplussed" more than Americans, or is it just my husband? Because he says it all the time and for some reason I HATE it.
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Re: The most annoying expressions...
« Reply #813 on: June 29, 2011, 06:50:21 AM »
Oddly, this is not a British oe, but my husband.has been saying it because he knows it annoys me
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Re: The most annoying expressions...
« Reply #814 on: June 29, 2011, 09:29:01 AM »
YES. Cheers is not thank you, cheers is when you have a glass raised!!!!

It's also used as an informal thank you.
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Re: The most annoying expressions...
« Reply #815 on: June 29, 2011, 08:19:27 PM »
Why is "no worries" more annoying than the usual "no problem" heard in the States?

For me personally, it's more about the co worker who says it constantly. Her voice just goes right through me! :P
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Re: The most annoying expressions...
« Reply #816 on: June 30, 2011, 10:35:47 AM »
"Evolution, not revolution" - if I hear that one more time at work I think I'm going to kill someone!
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Re: The most annoying expressions...
« Reply #817 on: June 30, 2011, 10:56:30 AM »
People who start almost every sentence with the word "clearly".  Example: "Clearly I should not have gotten out of bed this morning...Mondays suck!" or "Clearly I drank too much last night" or "Clearly Bank of America is the worst bank ever because they charged me when I overdrew my account."

Clearly, I'm going to punch you if you say "clearly" one more fracking time!!!!  :P
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Re: The most annoying expressions...
« Reply #818 on: June 30, 2011, 02:15:43 PM »
clearly to you is like apparently to me!

Apparently is a very over used word here for me ;-)


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Re: The most annoying expressions...
« Reply #819 on: June 30, 2011, 02:58:12 PM »
The overuse of 'absolutely' in the US gets to me. You know, sometimes it's OK to just say yes.
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Re: The most annoying expressions...
« Reply #820 on: June 30, 2011, 03:01:09 PM »
"Evolution, not revolution" - if I hear that one more time at work I think I'm going to kill someone!
Never heard that one, especially not at work, but I'll tell ya, we need a *revolution* at my work!
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Re: The most annoying expressions...
« Reply #821 on: June 30, 2011, 03:23:09 PM »
"exactly right"
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Re: The most annoying expressions...
« Reply #822 on: June 30, 2011, 07:28:21 PM »
clearly to you is like apparently to me!

Apparently is a very over used word here for me ;-)

Ooooo that one gets me too!  ;)
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Re: The most annoying expressions...
« Reply #823 on: July 01, 2011, 11:21:27 PM »
The overuse of 'absolutely' in the US gets to me. You know, sometimes it's OK to just say yes.

I swear that David Hasselhoff answered every question with "Absolutely!" while judging Britain's Got Talent this year.  :-X


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Re: The most annoying expressions...
« Reply #824 on: July 02, 2011, 03:31:02 AM »
I swear that David Hasselhoff answered every question with "Absolutely!" while judging Britain's Got Talent this year.  :-X

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