The most annoying expressions...

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.

We have a friend who is like that with the word 'literally'. I swear he can use it in every sentence he says, so I feel your pain with 'clearly'.

Better not come to Glasgow, then!

The odd part is, I only know one woman who says it, but she uses it ALL the time, over the silliest little things. I wouldn't consider it a time of anyone being in my way, and she will apologize for being in my road.   Maybe she got it from her Scottish side (her dad's side) of the family. Hmmm...

I still get a giggle over people saying 'the floor' instead of 'the ground'. I suppose technically it is the floor of the outside world, but it cracks me up.

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

Often wondered if that one was a throwback to when houses had dirt floors!?! 

I still get a giggle over people saying 'the floor' instead of 'the ground'. I suppose technically it is the floor of the outside world, but it cracks me up.

I've thought this too.  DH says it most times when referring to the ground outside.

BD, you may have something there. 

I CAN'T STAND the overuse of the terms "I/She/He was like...." instead of "I/She/He said....". Its definitely a figure of speech that seems to be widely used in the west of Scotland. Anywhere else?

Equally, "I was like that.....", used as a term to express surprise/confusion/annoyance among others is extremely aggravating.

These things are made even worse when they are being used by someone yapping over-loudly into their phone on a bus or train.....

Glenn

Hate to break it to you, but the origin of that one is late 1970s California. It's part of the Valley-speak that was made famous in Frank Zappa's song 'Valley girl' and spread throughout the US in the 80s. It crossed the Atlantic in the late 80s/early 90s with the popularity of US films and TV shows like 'Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure', 'Clueless' and 'Friends'.

I CAN'T STAND the overuse of the terms "I/She/He was like...." instead of "I/She/He said....". Its definitely a figure of speech that seems to be widely used in the west of Scotland. Anywhere else?

Equally, "I was like that.....", used as a term to express surprise/confusion/annoyance among others is extremely aggravating.

Oops... we may want to re-think the meet-up in July!   

But I was like so looking forward to it!!!

Equally, "I was like that.....", used as a term to express surprise/confusion/annoyance among others is extremely aggravating.
Glenn

Opps! I used to live in Idaho and we say that too...So I can't blame England for that bad habit! LOL! (It is a bad habit though I admit!) 

Coincidentally, I just thought about the unfortunate (and annoying) widespread use of this expression last night while flicking through the channels here in the U.S. I caught a snippet of Katie Couric's special on the Queen.

Beatrice, Prince Andrew's and Fergie's daughter, said in response to a question  "I was like, ...."

I CAN'T STAND the overuse of the terms "I/She/He was like...." instead of "I/She/He said....". Its definitely a figure of speech that seems to be widely used in the west of Scotland.

I do this way too much. I get annoyed with myself when I catch it, but I haven't been able to break the habit. But that's definitely an American export, that phrase.

The one that annoys me? "Sure". I absolutely hate that word...as a response to a question, anyway. To me, it just sounds like, "I don't really care enough to formulate a real response, but I know I have to say something so you don't keep pestering me". Or, "I know you don't want to hear 'no', and I don't really want to say 'yes', but to avoid a disagreement, this is the compromise."

Yeah, I read a lot into it, I know. But it always just sounds so distant, impersonal and non-committal.

Overheard stories of conversations, where the person is telling both sides of the conversation with: "I was like...." ,and then she goes, "......", and then I was like,".........." Fill in the blanks with any old conversation. It is the liking and going that gets me.

The one I came on here for was the word 'supper' for a late night or bedtime snack. I am sure I have posted about it in the past, but for some reason, in the past few weeks it has really started bugging me. I have no idea why.

The one I came on here for was the word 'supper' for a late night or bedtime snack. I am sure I have posted about it in the past, but for some reason, in the past few weeks it has really started bugging me. I have no idea why.

That's what we call our evening meal - if it's a casual one served at home. When out, it's dinner. Everyone in my family does that and always has. I like having separate words to make things more specific.

That's what we call our evening meal - if it's a casual one served at home. When out, it's dinner. Everyone in my family does that and always has. I like having separate words to make things more specific.

Me too! Well, DF calls it Dinner or Tea, but I've grown up calling it supper, unless we were eating out.

Everyone in hubby's family calls the evening meal 'tea' except him. He hates the word 'tea' as a meal, so he calls it dinner. This was even before he moved to the States, so it can't be that he just grew used to calling it that.

That's what we call our evening meal - if it's a casual one served at home. When out, it's dinner. Everyone in my family does that and always has. I like having separate words to make things more specific.

It can get confusing though. When DH would come home from work saying so-and-so had invited us for "tea" (which he interpreted from his Midlands upbringing as "cup-of-tea") and then we'd turn up to discover they had meant "dinner". If there was some nation-wide agreement on these terms it would be so much clearer!