Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[french frank]

Ah, didn't know that....and methe son of a Master Grocer.

Good knowledge there FF.

I paid my contribution to Wikipedia, I get my money's worth, team

[teamsaint]

I paid my contribution to Wikipedia, I get my money's worth, team

and clearly well worth it !!

I actually think that those who use the service most should pay most......
so a good chunk of government funding would be useful......

[jean]

... well, clearly - from now on all parents before choosing the names of their children - had better first check...

...what particular careers the infants have in mind

[vinteuil]

...what particular careers the infants have in mind

... indeed. Because -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism

[jean]

So Jimmy Choo never had a choice, really!

[kernelbogey]

So Jimmy Choo never had a choice, really!

Could of become a train driver.

[jean]

Only if he reduplicated.

[Lat-Literal]

Because in earlier days most grocers operated a credit system, and less well-off families took advantage of this and ran up debts. Safeway started off deliberately as a cash-only enterprise, so this was a 'safe way' for them to buy essential goods without getting into debt. The name was their slogan.

Ah, interesting. However, it is American in origin and the reasoning would be lost on most shoppers. The good news for those of us who like Morrisons - the revival of the Safeway brand on food products that it manufactures will be for independent retailers and these products will not be sold in Morrisons. So I was wrong about them re-naming their stores.

... his name is Choo Yeang Keat (Chinese: 周仰杰; pinyin: Zhōu Yǎngjié)

'Datuk' (or Dato' ) is an honorary title : he was awarded his in 2000 by the Sultan of Pahang (Malaysia).

Also interesting, my good friend vints, but he did come from a family of shoemakers who may not have made a mistake on the certificate but had an eye on international sales.

[french frank]

I actually think that those who use the service most should pay most......
so a good chunk of government funding would be useful......

And from Radio 3 presenters?

[teamsaint]

And from Radio 3 presenters?

And authors and editors, now you mention it......

Edit: not newspaper editors of course.

[P. G. Tipps]

I'm surprised to hear you say the last one, Scotty, as here in my Highland village the First Responders are lay people with basic training who respond very quickly to life-threatening conditions whilst waiting for the ambulance to arrive - which is usually twenty minutes minimum as it is out-stationed in the next village down the road. Maybe you don't have this in Glasgow?

'Scotty' ... obviously a very common name when addressing a stranger in the Highlands, aly ... ?

For the record, I haven't lived in Glasgow now for over 35 years so my 'Weegie' credentials are now somewhat tarnished to say the least, though I have never lost my love for that wonderful city and its even more wonderful people (well, the huge majority of them anyway!)

As for 'first responders' you are absolutely correct that this certainly used to be the term in UK for precisely the very admirable folk you describe. However, the UK media now includes in the term the professional emergency services .. apparently the whole caboodle, medical staff, police, fire service, the lot ... just like in, oh yes you've guessed it, the US!

Btw, you have never come across 'Remoaners' up there in the Highlands? Is this now a no-go area for BBCTV and Radio or is the silly term simply, and quite justly, prohibited by the SNP in Scotland?

[P. G. Tipps]

'Early Balls' ... a term used by a commentator at a football match this evening after it was only a few minutes old.

Can't argue with that!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

"BBC Singers"

[Serial_Apologist]

Modernisation: euphemism for making things worse by bringing in new technology and/or management methods in order to throw employees on the unemployment scrap heap.

[Sir Velo]

... o lat-lit! Please!!! Not every name has to pander to your pertick'ler fancies...

Hang on Vints! The title of this thread is "Phrases/Words that set your teeth on edge." I may not agree with everything Lat=Lit says but I will defend his right to express himself if not quite to the ultimate extreme. After all this thread isn't called "Phrases/Words that set more than half the population's teeth on edge"!