The most annoying expressions...

On the flip side, he's constantly having to translate for me when I tell waiters and waitresses that I'm "all set." He's started counting the number of times I say it in one day. Apparently, I say it all the time.

It took me a while to get used to that one when I came back to the US.

On the flip side, he's constantly having to translate for me when I tell waiters and waitresses that I'm "all set." He's started counting the number of times I say it in one day. Apparently, I say it all the time.

I used to say "I'm all set."
But now I say "I'm good."

I'm pretty sure this is a regional dialect thing- ( maybe) but its to use the word 'How' instead of 'Why'

Jude "And then Tesco was all out of loo roll"
Dude "How?"
Jude "Because the shipment didn't come in"

Dude "I don't want to go to work today!"
Jude "How?"
Dude "Because my boss is going to make me write a report for him"

'How' It can really throw you off sometimes!

That's really funny, pb! I've heard that before!

Some really really really Cornish (mostly older) people have a habit of using subject pronouns where most people would use object pronouns; for instance, "I went with he," and "I don't like she."

It's bizarre, but not actually annoying. Just odd.

I'm pretty sure this is a regional dialect thing- ( maybe) but its to use the word 'How' instead of 'Why'

Not just regional to Inverness/Highlands... we say that in Glasgow too. 

I'd say that's a general Scottish thing. There's a Chewing the Fat sketch where one guy says 'Gonnae no dae that,' the other says 'How?' and the first says, 'Just gonnae no.'

I stand corrected!   Only because I've had several people (from elsewhere in Scotland) comment before on "'Why do people say 'how'? instead of why?' in this area?"  Having not lived anywhere else, I didn't know!  

Oh, and there is an element of what class you're from in different areas. Posh Edinburghers would be very unlikely to say it, for example.

The new thing my husband is doing that drive me absolutely batty right now is the in correct manner of questioning to off hand things I might say..

Example:

I'll be looking at say the power bill and out loud to myself say "Yikes!" to which my husband asked "what does 'yikes' mean?" instead of asking "why are you saying "yikes to?"...I might even go with a "What?" but no...he has to ask what it means! SO, I finally decided that until he starts asking me in the correct manner, I'm going to give him the different definitions for the word.

So yesterday I accidentally dropped a bowl of guacamole on the floor and said "crap!!" and when he asked me "what's crap mean?" I told him that it was a term that generally described waste substance that comes out of one's hind end or most commonly used as an verbal expression of distaste for something (adamant or in-adamant!).

He does laugh at some of explanations that come out of my mouth, but one of these days, he's going to ask me the right way darn it! LOL!   

I wish I could remember the exact what this was said when we were talking about an activity.

DSD - He won me.
Me: Huh? He beat you in the game?
DSD: yep

how can someone won you? or win?

That's just bad English, nothing to do with being English. I'm English and hear that and it annoys me. For instance I'll be on my local football clubs message board and someone will put "We won Leeds", and I'll reply something like "I've no idea where we are going to put it, we've no room!"

Oh no, there is no expectation of them EVER changing it, I just find it annoying (which applies to the thread topic!) LOL!  

I live in Newcastle Under Lyme, so yeah! Not far from Manchester at all! I didn't realize it was a local thing though, I just figured it was something everyone says! I have a co-worker that lives in Barnsley (sp?) and she says it too...Is it like a larger regional thing? Or maybe she used to live down here? I don't know! (I learn new things every day! LOL! But I'm impressed how you've been able to pinpoint where abouts I live! I've got much to learn!)

We say it in Barnsley!

'In your road' for 'in your way'. I don't know why it annoys me but for some reason every time I hear it I want to point out it has nothing to do with a road. It is merely an expression, but I would love to ban it.

I may have said this one before, I'm not sure, but the overuse of the word "clearly". There is this one girl from my high school who starts nearly every sentence with it, and not even correctly. For example, the other day she wrote this: 'Clearly it is 32 degrees this morning when I have to run a half-marathon.' I also used to work with someone who did the same thing. It irks me. It irks me a lot.

'In your road' for 'in your way'. I don't know why it annoys me but for some reason every time I hear it I want to point out it has nothing to do with a road. It is merely an expression, but I would love to ban it.

Better not come to Glasgow, then!

Not really annoying but two that bemuse me...

Saying 'he cut me up' in traffic (rather than cut me off).

And around here, I've heard someone at the bus stop refer to 'the ground' as 'the floor'.

Very strange!