Silly Little Things That Makes Steam Come Out Of Your Ears.....

[hc4361]

Adverts for 'chester draws' gets me foaming at the mouth every time.

I know that says more about me than the author.

[Bobbisox1]

Andi Peters on GMTV, he makes my teeth itch

[hc4361]

I feel the same way about Sid James. Odious little man

[anneasquith]

Is he not dead ?

[hc4361]

He keeps popping up on the tv, though. I wish I were in control of the remote.

[Bobbisox1]

Hc, come to think of it, all the Carry on films make my teeth itch , haha

[hc4361]

Same, Bobbi (we have no sense of humour, obvs :( )

[Bobbisox1]

Not for them I haven't ,some folk love them but I fail to see anything remotely funny in any of them, like my OH liked seeing Eric Sykes 's sketch about a plank of wood, it had no dialogue but the wood was funnier I thought

[hc4361]

I have The Plank, Rhubarb Rhubarb, It's Your Move and Mr H is Late on dvd. Now they ARE funny. :)

[Bobbisox1]

Nooo, I mean Noooo, haha

[andy-hughes]

People starting sentences with "So ... "

[SparklyKid]

People using silly words like "opined"

[hc4361]

I always do that when I'm talking, Andy. It's a habit I've got in to due to talking to deaf people, the 'so' gets their attention.

[aelmpvw]

people using the word 'like' every few words

[hc4361]

I need a dictionary when I'm with a particular friend, Sparkly. He won't use a single syllable word when he has a five syllable word he can use.

[hc4361]

Arrrgghhh! I'm with you on the 'like', ael. I was gritting my teeth during the otherwise excellent Kathy Burke programme, All Woman

[Bobbisox1]

Those who keep saying 'basically '

[andy-hughes]

It's interesting how some speech patterns evolve, and then get taken up by large numbers of people.

I always smile when I remember Rory McGrath spoke about what he called 'the moronic interrogative' - generally reckoned to be rooted in excessive numbers of students watching excessive amounts of Australian soap operas, leading to the raising of the voice at the end of a sentence, usually when no question was present, but simply a statement - "I'm off to uni this autumn?".

I never seem to notice it when Australians do it, because it sounds natural, but when Brits do it, it sounds really odd, and somewhat affected.

[teacake44]

Taxi drivers who have decided to give up indicating.

[ToraToraTora]

who is Chester Draws?

[hc4361]

Kathy Burke has that speech pattern, Andy. I don't know if she is implying the listener is too stupid to understand her statement or she in unsure about her use of words.
I'm sure the reality is that it's just a habit?