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Default OT: What words or phrases annoy you?

On Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 6:24:40 PM UTC+1, Commander Kinsey wrote:


Tha Aussies call their parents "olds" which is amusing.


The Dutch word for "parents" is "ouders" which I rather like although my mother was never keen on being described thus. She said it made her sound ancient. She wasn't. : )