Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[scottycelt]

American commentators repeatedly assuring us that they are referring to the 'RIGHT NOW'.

I dread this crossing the 'Pond' like 'like' did, like.

Still, we've been here before, I think ...

[amateur51]

"Grow the business"
"Step change" (I once corrected this to "steep change", which I thought made slightly more sense).

Bravo Byas'd!

[Flosshilde]

Have we got this far without anyone mentioning singing from the same hymn sheet? Unless I've missed it.

What they definitely don't do on the 'Choir' forum

[amateur51]

Not if I see you first?

thank goodness mind-reading is not a common phenomenon

[amateur51]

Isn't 'serving' much more of a professional art in France where they seem to do such simple things with far greater 'aplomb' ...?

I say that slightly tongue-in-cheek as once in 1980 I was roundly insulted by a waiter in Paris (not in itself a particularly unique occurrence) by le serveur bawling loudly to all assembled clientele that my French was so awful it would assist him greatly if I simply reverted to ordering my meals in English.

His helpful advice has been ingrained in the scottycelt memory and been wisely adopted ever since.

great story scotty

[amateur51]

What they definitely don't do on the 'Choir' forum

[salymap]

And 'level playing fields' which always made me feel slightly vertiginous appears to have 'Gone for a Burton'.

[Curalach]

Qualifying the word unique.

[Nick Armstrong]

literally

Hello Scorrevole, welcome aboard... and Yes!!! The abuse of "literally" is one of my bugbears too!

"My head, like, literally exploded..."

[Pabmusic]

Using 'alternate' for 'alternative', especially where 'alternative' wouldn't be right in the first place - "he must now look for an alternate strategy if he wants to avoid..." [blah, blah, blah].

[Sydney Grew]

prestigious award

work force

shooting spree

[Please click on each line to see a multitude of disgraceful examples. There was a time when I took pleasure from listening in to the Corporation. Kenneth Williams every lunch-time. Now how long ago and far away!]

[Flosshilde]

I say that slightly tongue-in-cheek as once in 1980 I was roundly insulted by a waiter in Paris (not in itself a particularly unique occurrence) by le serveur bawling loudly to all assembled clientele that my French was so awful it would assist him greatly if I simply reverted to ordering my meals in English.

Good grief - it must have been truly execrable to have forced a Frenchman to admit that he could understand & speak English!

[Richard Tarleton]

"Wake up and smell the coffee". Aaaarrrrgh. What does it mean?

[Pabmusic]

"Set your teeth on edge" - what exactly does that mean? Whatever it does mean, it ... sets my teeth on edge just thinking about it.

[Flosshilde]

'Affordable housing', meaning low-cost.

Presumably any house is affordable, even if it costs several million pounds. One of the bankers on a wonus will be able to buy it.