Hello?
Are there any English words that you can't stand? Why, because they are overused, snobby, or...?
Are there any English words that you can't stand? Why, because they are overused, snobby, or...?
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The most annoying words
Hello?
Are there any English words that you can't stand? Why, because they are overused, snobby, or...?
attitude
have got garage diarrhoea principality volcano stoic global warming postal worker fireperson snowperson chairperson snap he or she he/she him or her
I agree with "abc" on "dude".
I also dislike "ironical", "dramatical", and other such "-ical" words that mean the same thing as their "-ic" counterpart.
<<Don't "historic" and "historical" mean different things?>>
Yes, they DO mean different things. But I agree with Guest on "ironical".
I suffer from another type of annoyance: orthography. There are some words that make me look them up in a dictionary every time I need to write them.
"Analyse" and "algorithm" for example.
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Please, assess the correctness of following phrases using the scale by A.Timberlake. Rely on your own language perception. There is no need to think much on every example. All comments are appreciated. -=Please, try to assess each sentence separately, don't figure out any patterns=-Thank you!!!
Here's a few that annoy me in this forum:
Adam a concept of time Kernewek
I can't really use the word "annoy" when used in connection with words themselves. What annoys me is the people who use them either inappropriately or maliciously or whatever. There are plenty of words I don't really like without being sure exactly why - maybe just because of the sound of them or the way they look when written down. The poor wee things may simply look or sound ugly. For some strange reason words ending in the "-tch" combination fall into this category for me:
hatch * batch * match * titch * glitch * witch * stitch * etc etc. Of course words can fall into the "Hate Collection" because of their meaning - the more objectionable the meaning the higher up they are in the Hate Scale. Leaving out taboo words or expletives - I can list words like strangle, convulsion, excretion, sick, morbid, horror, tirade, neurotic, pox, regurgitate, flaccid, picket, diabolical, ugly, bug......etc etc The most horrid formation of letters in the English Language are the dreich "-ough" combination - and all the words spelt that way, no matter what pronunciation they take....and there are enough of them which must make it tough for learners of English when sorting them all out.
When people say that they "conversate" with one another. The word is CONVERSE!
I know I may sound stupid but I hate the word "Thanks or Thank you" in real life. I get to hear the word even when I do such trivial tasks like picking up a cup from kitchen or passing on a newspaper to someone else. It does not take too much effort or energy on my part to do such unimportant tasks so why say Thanks for every little thing. Listening to this word from people after every 10 seconds makes me feel crabby.
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