Customers ask if they can '.... get a pound of twos..' No, you can't come in here and get your pound of twos, same as I can't 'get' some food from the kitchen of the restaurant next door.
Mousetraps, Clover......you need mousetraps.....
Can I get a pound of twos?.....
Yes....they're lined up in that mousetrap.........see if you can get them....... ;-)
Not one word but the phrase 'welcome to my world' really grates on me. My ex-manager used to say it to me all the time if I ever dared mention that I was busy or working on something complex.
I agree with mally about the letter H being pronounced 'haitch', drives me bonkers! Also 'sixth' pronounced as 'sikth' (step forward Jeremy Paxman, and many others), Tesco's instead of Tesco, pacifically instead of specifically....