[BITList] The top ten most irritating phrases

[Derek Hargreaves]

There are two particular facets of speech which raise my blood pressure.

The first needs quite a bit of practice and is achieved by  eliminating the 
letter 't' whenever possible - for instance 'isn't it?' becomes 'inny?'. I 
heard Ed Balls, the Education Minister, manage this quite easily the other 
day!

The next also requires some skill to achieve and is best illustrated by a 
young Scots Weather person on BBC tv who must hold the record for spoken 
'words per minute'. I know that, after four score years plus, the audio 
circuits into my brain are not what they used to be and, frankly, I just 
switch off, literally, when she appears. Conversely, we have a mature West 
Indian woman called Eno on our regional programme, complete with Caribbean 
twang. She is a delight to listen to and I can take in every syllable even 
if she offers me rain, overcast, wind and no improvement until Easter!

Regards            Derek H


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From: "HUGH" <chakdara at btinternet.com>
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Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [BITList] The top ten most irritating phrases


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> Is there a prize at the end of this?  Regardless, I go on.  I can add one 
> or
> two very overused/irritating words/phrases, in no particular order.
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> Different to.
> Different than.
> Like ..... as in "I was - like - you know?"
> You know ..... as in "I was - like - you know?"
> Just ..... as in "Bloggs soap powder just got better."  Ungrammatical and
> weirdly ambiguous.  I'll explain the latter if anyone insists.
> Fantastic ..... as in "Wow !! Fantastic !!"  Especially when uttered by 
> some
> TV ponce in response to nothing much.
> Property ..... as a substitute for "house" on too many TV programmes.
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> That'll do for now.
>
> Hugh.
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