Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[Bryn]

Just heard the dreaded 'off of'. Aarrggh!

Where did you hear it off of?

[gurnemanz]

Just heard the dreaded 'off of'. Aarrggh!

A pointless tautology which I've never seen the reason for, as in "The thing is is that ..."

[Bryn]

A pointless tautology which I've never seen the reason for, as in "The thing is is that ..."

A bit like the South Walian "Where's the matches to?"

[LezLee]

Where did you hear it off of?

Not the radio, but Jules Hudson on Escape to the Country.
My husband worked in Cambridge for a couple of years and said it was prevalent there.

[LeMartinPecheur]

A bit like the South Walian "Where's the matches to?"

Proper-Cornish too!

[vinteuil]

Not the radio, but Jules Hudson on Escape to the Country.
My husband worked in Cambridge for a couple of years and said it was prevalent there.

... ah, off of the tele. I shd of known!

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[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Not the radio, but Jules Hudson on Escape to the Country.

They weren't looking at properties near Offof's Dyke" by any chance?

[Bryn]

Just heard on BBC News channel "integrate together".

[Serial_Apologist]

Not the radio, but Jules Hudson on Escape to the Country.
My husband worked in Cambridge for a couple of years and said it was prevalent there.

It's very much a London thing...

[gurnemanz]

Is "off of" used misguidedly by analogy with "out of"? Not really thought about it but I suppose "into" and "onto" which no one gets upset about are also tautologous. "He went in the house" means the same as "He went into the house".

[Serial_Apologist]

Is "off of" used misguidedly by analogy with "out of"? Not really thought about it but I suppose "into" and "onto" which no one gets upset about are also tautologous. "He went in the house" means the same as "He went into the house".

"In" has something of the already there to it though, wouldn't one say?

[Padraig]

"In" has something of the already there to it though, wouldn't one say?

In Irish they have a word for (going) in - isteach. Ta me ag dul isteach. I am going in.
And a word for (being) in - istigh. Ta me istigh sa seomra. I am in the room.

[LezLee]

Another quiz show horror:
"You both have the same amount each"

[Stanfordian]

"Shall we share a pudding?"

[Serial_Apologist]

"Domestos kills all germs dead".