Really Annoying Sayings

[moiflan]

Does anyone else cringe when addressed as "GUYS"?I overheard a waitress in a restaurant who addressed two elderly ladies as such,how inappropriate!Teachers in a school regularly do it too,in the English Dept!
Also being asked if I'm alright in a shop really gets my goat,the first time I panicked as I thought I must look like I was about to expire!What they mean is "Can I help you"

[jno]

of course, you only need to try it once

[237SJ]

"Did you find everything you need today" means nothing at all. It is said these days every time you leave a shop in the States, along with "Hi, how are you today" when you enter. I have answered that I didn`t find what I wanted and was met with a blank look. It`s just the assistant`s last chance to grab a bit of commission before the customer is gone for good.

[Ann]

Hubby loves to say in response to them asking if you found everything you need - "No, I really needed a barrel-stackers bottom knocker!" this caused quite a laugh! Its a old Leicestershire saying - haven't a clue what it means ......

[Playbill]

One that gets me is when I have finished a telephone converstaion with a 'customer service representative' who asks -"Is there anything else I can help you with?"

If it is a bank I say 'Do you have any spare cash you don't need?"

If a utility company I say 'Can you arrange for my meters to run slower?"

And if it's the local council I say "Can you fill in all the potholes in my road?"

But I am serious about the last one!

[emmie]

At this moment in time, aagghh

[moiflan]

",,,and then some."What the f does that mean? .I really like to hear people who can express themselves well in our language,coz altho I know the words are floating around somewhere in the nether regions of my brain I can't always accesss them,called something beginning with A,the complaint i mean!

[EcclesCake]

My parents-in-law often complain about being greeted with 'Hiya', I suggested that receiving an acknowledgement was better than being ignored. I went on to remind them of Mae West who said she would 'rather be looked over than overlooked'. I think FIL appreciated it more than MIL!

[pa___ul3]

I hate it when people have suppsedlt "turned around and said...", like they have to complete a 360 before making their point as if to give it a bit more punch! Nice imagery though!

[Ann]

Lessons will be learnt .......
Reference to the "punters"
Blue sky thinking .............
Thinking "outside the box"
Enough is enough
"Its not on my radar"
"I'm out of my comfort zone"
"Have I ticked all your boxes?" (PC World couldn't help us this week in request for a certain printer - the assistant said "Sorry I can't tick all your boxes!" -- eh? what's wrong with plain "Sorry I don't have the one you want!"

[emmie]

It ticks all the boxes, no it effin doesn't

[horseshoes]

LOl Boo - didn't mean to offend you! Sorry.

[ll_billym]

Nowadays the 'in' phrase from behind the counter to address you when in a queue seems to be 'Can I help?' and although it is fairly polite it grates with me because they are not 'helping', they are just doing something you cannot do yourself like getting you a pastie or ringing goods through the till. I would prefer a simple 'Next please'. But then that's just me!

[Quizmonster]

Moiflan, the A-word you seek is probably anomia, sometimes also referred to as a problem of ‘lexical retrieval'.
Lethologica is the technical name for the experience of having a word on the tip of your tongue, but which you just cannot recall exactly at that moment. Psychologists studying the phenomenon actually just call it "a TOT experience" with ‘TOT' standing for ‘tip of tongue'!

[boxtops]

Ann, it's a great expression, but it's actually a Sagger Maker's Bottom Knocker http://www.thepotteri...ottle_kiln/saggar.htm - I love it.

[boxtops]

what irks me - and it's happened twice this week - when people ring you up from companies, asking "and how are you today?" - as if they really care, and as if I want to tell them. They're not my mates.

[starone]

I have noticed in some American tv programmes just lately that instead of saying, for instance, "What have we got?" they are saying "What do we got?". Also I have noticed they are leaving out the word "of" as in "a couple of minutes" - "a couple minutes". I find that irritating. As for Hi and Hey they are both Americanisms. And didn't I read that OK is the most used expression in modern language? No really a word though is it? Just to finish my little rant, I hate being called a GUY. I am not a man, and don't want to be one. However, the practise of calling a gang of men, who are obviously very macho "ladies" is also equally irritating.

[Haymoon]

I recall a mother in Ireland referring to her family - boys and girls - as "the lads". This was in the 1960s in County Limerick

[rockyracoon]

'sexing up' what does his mean and it's always used with something boring.....sex up politics, sexed up hacking story so on and so on. I hate it!

[Cowtipper]

I speak American English and its such a part of our vocabulary so I don't notice. I visit every part of the country and it reflects a dialect. I'm sure some people cringe when they read some of what I type. We weren't drilled in our educational system the way some of you were. I'm an incredibly careful and lawful driver and it gets my goat when I see people breaking rules. I wonder if its a similar situation.

[dave50]

Yes, I agree with you, I hate it when my wife and I are addressed as 'guys'. Also when someone is trying to sell me something, they assume they can address me by my first name. Also dont say 'hi' say 'hello'. Finally dont say 'cheers' or 'ta', say 'thank you'.