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Default OT: What words or phrases annoy you?

On 06/12/2021 11:39 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 20:01:07 +0100, FromTheRafters
wrote:

Rod Speed explained on 6/10/2021 :
gareth evans wrote
Commander Kinsey wrote

Tap instead of click.
App instead of program.
Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent).
Slowed up instead of slowed down (slow is less speed, so must be
down).
People who write computer programs that say "hello world" and nothing
else - clearly that program doesn't have the intelligence to say
hello.
Bothering to distinguish between burned and burnt.
Forward instead of forwards.

Listen up and park up instead of listen and park

Visitation instead of visit.

That damned yankee phrase I cant think of for the moment.


Cayn't get theyah from heeyah.


Do some actually believe that can be true?


For practical purposes...