Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[Nick Armstrong]

It was some financial journalist speaking...

[ahinton]

It was some financial journalist speaking...

No mere financial journalist - 'twas Gillian Tett - and at least the plane concerned was not about to fly into a stock exchange building (as far as I am aware)...

[scottycelt]

I am sick of football pundit Andy Townsend, every time a striker runs with the ball into his opponent's half Townsend says ... he's asking questions of the defence

I turn the sound down now to get away from it all. No football fan uses such language, just these commentators.

'He should have at least worked the goalkeeper in that situation' ... 'he was clearly onside, and if I can see that from up here why couldn't the referee and linesman who were only a few yards away from the incident? ' ... 'the officials are paid to get these big decisions correct' ... 'he was caught ball-watching when his job is to man-mark'.

How times change. When I played football in Glasgow in my younger days I can clearly remember hearing the gentle. softly-spoken words of coaching encouragement from the touchline ... ' Keep yer ******* eyes on the ******* ba', ya wee useless ******* ye!'

[teamsaint]

Well, I could have said 'The two preceding comments' but I don't think there's anything ungrammatical about what I wrote . After all, ones is a perfectly acceptable plural of one e.g. "Which ones do you mean?"

good news, "Ones" is back !! Thanks for clearing that up .

[amateur51]

I turn the sound down now to get away from it all. No football fan uses such language, just these commentators.

'He should have at least worked the goalkeeper in that situation' ... 'he was clearly onside, and if I can see that from up here why couldn't the referee and linesman who were only a few yards away from the incident? ' ... 'the officials are paid to get these big decisions correct' ... 'he was caught ball-watching when his job is to man-mark'.

How times change. When I played football in Glasgow in my younger days I can clearly remember hearing the gentle. softly-spoken words of coaching encouragement from the touchline ... ' Keep yer ******* eyes on the ******* ba', ya wee useless ******* ye!'

How sweet that the future Mrs celt was prepared to watch you play, scotty - there's devotion!

[Richard Tarleton]

No mere financial journalist - 'twas Gillian Tett

It was indeed the excellent Gillian Tett . I thought it funny rather than teeth-grating, it raised a laugh on the panel, even Paxo cracking a smile, and I thought as a metaphor it worked quite well. I will call out any gentleman who criticises Gillian Tett .

[ahinton]

It was indeed the excellent Gillian Tett . I thought it funny rather than teeth-grating, it raised a laugh on the panel, even Paxo cracking a smile, and I thought as a metaphor it worked quite well. I will call out any gentleman who criticises Gillian Tett .

She does seem to have quite a firm grasp of the issues on which she speaks and writes, to be sure; not sure about concurrence with your emoticon use (but then I never use such things anyway). But would you regard anyone who criticises her as a "gentleman"?(!)...

[Hornspieler]

Four from TV presenters and other media:

24/7

Summink

Guvverment

, you know

HS

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

It was indeed the excellent Gillian Tett . I thought it funny rather than teeth-grating, it raised a laugh on the panel, even Paxo cracking a smile, and I thought as a metaphor it worked quite well. I will call out any gentleman who criticises Gillian Tett .

Meaning to criticise neither, I shall see your "Gillian Tett" and raise you a "Stephanie Flanders ".

[scottycelt]

How sweet that the future Mrs celt was prepared to watch you play, scotty - there's devotion!

No football coach is in quite the same league as Mrs Scotty when it comes to generously offering wise counsel regarding the eradication of personal shortcomings, amsey ...

[amateur51]

Meaning to criticise neither, I shall see your "Gillian Tett" and raise you a "Stephanie Flanders ".

Not sure when to play my "Evan Davies" now

[ahinton]

Meaning to criticise neither, I shall see your "Gillian Tett" and raise you a "Stephanie Flanders ".

What about Allegra Stratton, then? (while you're all busy loveblushing, that is!)...

[Richard Tarleton]

Now you're talking!

[ahinton]

Now you're talking!

Am I? I'll happily stick with my Tett à Tett, for all that...

[Nick Armstrong]

I thought it funny rather than teeth-grating, it raised a laugh on the panel, even Paxo cracking a smile, and I thought as a metaphor it worked quite well. I will call out any gentleman who criticises Gillian Tett .

I guess that's me called out then

Perhaps it was intentionally laughable, as an elaborate parody of all the 'blue sky' / 'green field' business jargon metaphors that work quite well in a sense but send me lurching in the direction of the Gents'...