Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

a man of the universe

- yup; "citizen of the world, resident in Yorkshire": that's me!

But I've always pronounced it "paytriot", too (as opposed to "pattriotic", if you see what I mean) - as in "paytron", or, come to that "maytron". I can't ever remember hearing it pronounced any other way ...

[jean]

I pronounce it like that, too - and I would say paytriotism, but expatriate.

The OED has /ˈpatrɪət/ before /ˈpeɪtrɪət/ - the order surprised me.

[Pulcinella]

Are you patriotic if you stand for the national anthem and paytriotic if you don't?

[ahinton]

Yorkshire

Never heard of it.

[ahinton]

Are you patriotic if you stand for the national anthem and paytriotic if you don't?

I don't know, but much might depend on whether you sing it as well as merely stand up for it, surely (pace Giovanni Sequoia with the Welsh one)? As for the notion of having to pay for the privilege of standing to sing the National Anthem, well, words fail me (as some here might wish they'd do far more often!)...

[Serial_Apologist]

I don't know, but much might depend on whether you sing it as well as merely stand up for it, surely (pace Giovanni Sequoia with the Welsh one)? As for the notion of having to pay for the privilege of standing to sing the National Anthem, well, words fail me (as some here might wish they'd do far more often!)...

Reminds me of a French joke I heard back at school:

Two friends meet one day.
"Hey, have you tried the public toilets down the town centre since they put that juke box in?"
"Yep"
"What d'you reckon?"
"Terrible - someone asked for 'La Marseilleise'".

[ahinton]

Reminds me of a French joke I heard back at school:

Two friends meet one day.
"Hey, have you tried the public toilets down the town centre since they put that juke box in?"
"Yep"
"What d'you reckon?"
"Terrible - someone asked for 'La Marseilleise'".

Oh dear - that's almost "I know about de Gaulle but who's de Gaulle keeper?" territory...

[Lat-Literal]

Boots on the ground.

Ludicrous!

(Latest spotting - Andrew Mitchell today, The World at One)

[Nick Armstrong]

"I misspoke"

[Lat-Literal]

"I misspoke"

Mis-sell/Missell is also "clunky".

[ardcarp]

"intuit" as in 'she intuited'. Grrr.

[ahinton]

"intuit" as in 'she intuited'. Grrr.

Does that have a Canadian origin, by chance?

[Nick Armstrong]

"Bless!"

(As a sentimental expression of 'pat on the head' approval for a small achievement or sympathy for some trivial failure)

Linked with the use of "lovely" as a noun when referring to a person (as in "Happy Birthday, lovely")

[Richard Tarleton]

Linked with the use of "lovely" as a noun when referring to a person (as in "Happy Birthday, lovely")

I thought perhaps that was just round here. If you've heard it there, it must be more widespread (there doesn't seem to be a "gag" emoticon on the Forum's palate).

[ahinton]

I thought perhaps that was just round here. If you've heard it there, it must be more widespread (there doesn't seem to be a "gag" emoticon on the Forum's palate).

The version of this with which I am familiar is Loverly (as in the song Wouldn't it be...), used in reference to a friend whose surname happens to be Lovell...