Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[oddoneout]

Always preferable to arriving in pieces!

Which happens if you are in the end of the train that doesn't fit the platform...

[oddoneout]

Not Big Brother Is Watching You quite yet, then...

Well I do wonder with Alexa and similar set-ups; they already eavesdrop so voyeurism the next step.

[Globaltruth]

My pet hate is (particularly) politicans on the radio who say "LOOK"

[kernelbogey]

Having given this some thought in the past, my opinion is that this is also to do with fully arriving in the station, rather than stopped at a signal outside. (Nice to think that pedantry is practised even by railway managers.)

Coincidentally today I have come across two instances of using 'into' that may be related.

One was 'flying into [airport]'; the other 'arriiving into [country]'. In both cases the writers were of North American origin.

[teamsaint]

My pet hate is (particularly) politicans on the radio who say "LOOK"

Look, Australian cricketers started this off, at least they were the first people I heard using it.
Really irritating.

[kernelbogey]

Look, Australian cricketers started this off, at least they were the first people I heard using it.
Really irritating.

Tony Blair, frequently.

[gurnemanz]

Alternatives to the Aussie "Look":

Welsh people: Look you!
Cowboys and yokels: Lookee here!
God: Lo!

[EnemyoftheStoat]

Tony Blair, frequently.

Indeed. I heard another politician use it yesterday in that condescending "I don't like being argued with" manner.

[cat]

I keep hearing e.g. "5 AM in the morning", has it suddenly taken hold or did I just not notice it before?

What's wrong with "5 o'clock in the morning", "5 in the morning" or "5 AM"?

[smittims]

I heard Karren Brady say 'Look' at the beginning of every reply in an interview, but as she said it in 21st century pronunciation, I thought she was saying 'lick' , and it distracted me from what she was trying to say.

[Globaltruth]

Alternatives to the Aussie "Look":

Welsh people: Look you!
Cowboys and yokels: Lookee here!
God: Lo!

I would love to hear more of this kind of thing.

I heard Karren Brady say 'Look' at the beginning of every reply in an interview, but as she said it in 21st century pronunciation, I thought she was saying 'lick' , and it distracted me from what she was trying to say.

Lick would be infinitely preferable....


or, just once, if they said LISTEN

[Padraig]

I would love to hear more of this kind of thing.

Sometimes it's hard to get a look-in when you want to, G, but just here seems appropriate. Look at this; for your eyes particularly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO9CsewiMH8

Happy New Year

[Serial_Apologist]

I keep hearing e.g. "5 AM in the morning", has it suddenly taken hold or did I just not notice it before?

What's wrong with "5 o'clock in the morning", "5 in the morning" or "5 AM"?

They probably haven't been tauto express themselves logically.

[kernelbogey]

I would love to hear more of this kind of thing.

Here in Hampshire I've heard 'look' as a suffix - as in 'The Jasmine's out now, look', which i rather like.

[cloughie]

I keep hearing e.g. "5 AM in the morning", has it suddenly taken hold or did I just not notice it before?

What's wrong with "5 o'clock in the morning", "5 in the morning" or "5 AM"?

…and don’t get me started on 12pm!