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.

[Samuraisan]

Oh yes Marvel, the supermarket aisle blockers. And the people who are gazing at the cereals or whatever and plonk their pushchairs alongside.

[JimF]

People who say "Myself and Jim were in the pub" instead of "Jim and I were in the pub".

People who say they were "spitting feathers" (very thirsty) when they mean they were "spitting blood" (very angry).

[Arksided]

Liverpool and Arsenal fans.

[DarceyK123]

People who say breggsit instead of brexit. There is no G in brexit!! Even the BBC call it breggsit, drives me mad.

[JimF]

Long-D-itude instead of longitude.

[Ellipsis]

The pronunciation of "showers" by both weather forecasters and presenters on the R4 Today programme. I don't know how to write it ... something like "shaz"

And reminded by the mention of supermarket aisle blockers: people who stand chatting right in the door of the supermarket!

[hc4361]

People who use their shopping trolley to support their upper body, steering with their elbows, bums up in the air. Stand up straight!

[Barmaid]

I don't think there is anything that irritates me per say.

[LadyCG]

I walked past a sign recently that said, "Over 200 Gin's sold instore."

I wanted to take that apostrophe and shove it up the messenger's backside.

[JimF]

"per say"

:-)

[tara20]

Modern English baffles me sometimes (actually often). Having left the UK fifty years ago, (my sister left too) English is in a seventies time warp. My only real contact is through newspapers. On the occasional trip "home" it felt like a foreign language sometimes, especially in Glasgow where I grew up. Now I have no reason to return and feel slightly alienated. I still think I prefer the English I grew up with, but it's sad to see what's happened to our lovely language.