Urgh. I used to know someone who went on (and ON) about 'hubs' and 'bubs'. They both had perfectly good names. I should get a medal for not having killed her.
my brother in law continually calls his fiancee "babe" it wouldn't be so bad but it makes me think he doesn't know her name
my brother in law continually calls his fiancee "babe" it wouldn't be so bad but it makes me think he doesn't know her name
Someone at work calls his wife 'babe' probably 5-6 times in every phone conversation. I can honestly say in 11 yrs I've never heard him call her by her name.
I'm always suspicious of men who use a general term - makes me wonder if they have multiple women....
I know he's cheated once at the beginning of the relationship, but to still call her babe?
And another thing that annoys me, is he continually moans infront of her he "isn't getting any" I dunno if its a joke or not but if it was me I'd belt him!
Someone at work calls his wife 'babe' probably 5-6 times in every phone conversation. I can honestly say in 11 yrs I've never heard him call her by her name.
Me and my wife have several "pet" names for each other (babe is one of them).
If my wife calls me by my first name I worry because it usually means I'm in the dog house about something
No...if I had wanted to use 'other words, then I would have used them, would'nt I?
That annoys me too. What they are really saying is "I have a better grasp of the English Language than you do, plus I know how you really feel even if you dont'"
Me and my wife have several "pet" names for each other (babe is one of them).
If my wife calls me by my first name I worry because it usually means I'm in the dog house about something
My husband never calls me anything but Jo (you've got me wondering why now why I've not got a pet name ) but if he calls me Joanne then I know I'm heading for the naughty step
Connected to the last point people who say “Season” instead of “Series”. I can perhaps understand it if it’s an American shows but people still do it with British shows. Say it with me people S-E-R-I-E-S.
I'm half with you and half against you there. I think of the word "show", when describing drama or comedy series that regularly appear on television as more of an American phrase than a British one. Doctor Who, Lost and The Office are programmes to me. Shows have more of a stage-based or theatre feel to them in my book and would include things like The One Show, Newsnight, Jonathon Ross and X-Factor.
I really really hate it when people use 'we' when they mean 'you'. As in 'how are we today?' - AAARGH! It drives me up the wall. Or when they ask you 'how's Elanor today?' Why on earth can't they say 'how are you?'
I really really hate it when people use 'we' when they mean 'you'. As in 'how are we today?' - AAARGH! It drives me up the wall. Or when they ask you 'how's Elanor today?' Why on earth can't they say 'how are you?'
I'm with you / we / Elanor on this one - misuse of pronouns.
I am frequently irritated by the voicemail message of a single friend of mine that says " We are not available at the moment..."
Who are we?
Have you got a partner or flatmate?
What's all this "times" thing people use now e.g. "pub times!!!!!!"
Did anyone see the Mitchell & Webb sketch tonight where Mitchell as the boss pulled a gun out and shot staff members for saying "haitch" instead of "aitch" - "pacifically" instead of "specifically", and turned the gun on himself (why didn't they postpone it in these sensitive times, after the Raoul case*) for saying "ignorami" instead of "ignoramuses". Those examples drive me up the wall too.
Also "mute point" instead of "moot point" - grrrrr.
Another thing. In cowboy or war movies, when they're all getting ready to shoot at the enemy, the man in charge will order them to "shoot at will", then they all open fire, which you'd imagine would be a pretty unsurvivable onslaught, but...
...you never get to hear if Will got shot or not.
....and it's never explained why they're picking on him.
People who put "tbh" at the end of every statement, usually on facebook statuses. (My cousin is guilty of this and it drives me mad!)
People who pronounce the plural of "text" as "texters", often seen on Jeremy Kyle e.g "she keeps sending me loads of texters"...It's TEXTS for goodness sake!!
People who pronounce 6th as "Sikth". It's an x not a k!
People who say "arks"/"arksed" instead of "ask"/"ask".
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Worse is "You're shagging my mum"
'In other words...'
No...if I had wanted to use 'other words, then I would have used them, would'nt I?
That usually means they want to go!
I know someone who says "I'll let you get on, then" ie f*ck off.
I wouldn't mind so much but it's my own son
what am I meant to call him on a forum?
my brother in law continually calls his fiancee "babe" it wouldn't be so bad but it makes me think he doesn't know her name
Someone at work calls his wife 'babe' probably 5-6 times in every phone conversation. I can honestly say in 11 yrs I've never heard him call her by her name.
I'm always suspicious of men who use a general term - makes me wonder if they have multiple women....
And another thing that annoys me, is he continually moans infront of her he "isn't getting any" I dunno if its a joke or not but if it was me I'd belt him!
Me and my wife have several "pet" names for each other (babe is one of them).
If my wife calls me by my first name I worry because it usually means I'm in the dog house about something
That annoys me too. What they are really saying is "I have a better grasp of the English Language than you do, plus I know how you really feel even if you dont'"
My husband never calls me anything but Jo (you've got me wondering why now why I've not got a pet name
I'm half with you and half against you there. I think of the word "show", when describing drama or comedy series that regularly appear on television as more of an American phrase than a British one. Doctor Who, Lost and The Office are programmes to me. Shows have more of a stage-based or theatre feel to them in my book and would include things like The One Show, Newsnight, Jonathon Ross and X-Factor.
I may very well be alone with this theory.
I've been irked by several invitations to me to "Protest the Pope" - not because I disagree with the sentiment, but because of the Americanism.
I'm with you / we / Elanor on this one - misuse of pronouns.
I am frequently irritated by the voicemail message of a single friend of mine that says " We are not available at the moment..."
Who are we?
Have you got a partner or flatmate?
No- you live on your own, so why WE?
I just reply with
"wanna say that to my dad?"
:mad::mad::mad:
f**king hate it.
Did anyone see the Mitchell & Webb sketch tonight where Mitchell as the boss pulled a gun out and shot staff members for saying "haitch" instead of "aitch" - "pacifically" instead of "specifically", and turned the gun on himself (why didn't they postpone it in these sensitive times, after the Raoul case*) for saying "ignorami" instead of "ignoramuses". Those examples drive me up the wall too.
Also "mute point" instead of "moot point" - grrrrr.
EDIT * am not pro-RM
...you never get to hear if Will got shot or not.
....and it's never explained why they're picking on him.
People who pronounce the plural of "text" as "texters", often seen on Jeremy Kyle e.g "she keeps sending me loads of texters"...It's TEXTS for goodness sake!!
People who pronounce 6th as "Sikth". It's an x not a k!
People who say "arks"/"arksed" instead of "ask"/"ask".
I'm sure there are more
"Firty Fousand Pounds." It's THirty THousand!:mad: