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Post by peggs on May 19, 2021 14:44:12 GMT
Listening to a podcast and someone just said twenny and I physically winced.
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Post by peggs on May 19, 2021 14:49:49 GMT
They've just said 2020 as twenny twenty 😤
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Post by Dawnstar on May 19, 2021 15:03:45 GMT
Why is it that Vesta Chow Mein is only available at Mozzie’s? I mean, you CAN get it on Amazon but it’s crazy prices. Even though I’m a committed Ocado customer I have to get a Morrissons delivery every now and then to stock up on Vesta and no added sugar Dandelion & Burdock. I have no idea what Vesta Chow Mein is but I'm glad that I'm not the only person who has to do the occasional extra supermarket delivery for certain things. We mostly have Waitrose deliveries but every so often I have to get a Sainsbury's one for Davidstow cheddar, chocolate chip cookies and pasta sauce. The Waitrose versions just aren't the same.
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Post by TallPaul on May 19, 2021 15:31:38 GMT
Here you are, Dawnstar. I took this for BurlyBeaR, but I'm sure you don't mind sharing. Even allowing for inflation, there is no way Mater paid anything like £1.85 in Hillards! What makes the Ocado thing even more bizarre is that the home delivery arm of Morrisons is really Ocado, but with different coloured vans. They operate out of the exact same depots with the exact same staff.
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Post by nick on May 19, 2021 15:52:42 GMT
They've just said 2020 as twenny twenty 😤 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 19, 2021 16:12:32 GMT
There is only one HCB variant that I like and that is an apple and cinnamon one. Those flavours work really well with the original flavour profile and add something fresh.
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Post by alece10 on May 19, 2021 16:44:22 GMT
I love the M&S caramel one and glad they do it all year. I take one to work every day for breakfast, sliced with butter and a slice of cheddar cheese. As much as I like Marmite the marmite hot cross buns are horrible.
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Post by hulmeman on May 19, 2021 17:38:13 GMT
I love the M&S caramel one and glad they do it all year. I take one to work every day for breakfast, sliced with butter and a slice of cheddar cheese. As much as I like Marmite the marmite hot cross buns are horrible. I've now got the gist of this thread and I think alece10 is spot on about Marmite HCB. I like both elements but put them together and something wicked this way comes. But am I going to settle for that? Not likely. "What I'd like to offer yourself" much beloved by call centres. "So" as a prefix to every sentence. "Guys" to a mixed group of people.
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Post by alece10 on May 19, 2021 17:50:22 GMT
I love the M&S caramel one and glad they do it all year. I take one to work every day for breakfast, sliced with butter and a slice of cheddar cheese. As much as I like Marmite the marmite hot cross buns are horrible. I've now got the gist of this thread and I think alece10 is spot on about Marmite HCB. I like both elements but put them together and something wicked this way comes. But am I going to settle for that? Not likely. "What I'd like to offer yourself" much beloved by call centres. "So" as a prefix to every sentence. "Guys" to a mixed group of people. Totally agree with the use of"so" You even hear it on the BBC! Shocking behaviour. But "guys" is a difficult one and I am afraid I have used it in the past. When making announcements at the theatre I always say "ladies and gentlemen" but I never know what to say to a small group of people when it's not really an announcement and more informal. I say "guys" but never feel comfortable saying it especially at my age. Grateful for any suggestions for a better word.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 19, 2021 18:42:02 GMT
Here you are, Dawnstar . I took this for BurlyBeaR , but I'm sure you don't mind sharing. Even allowing for inflation, there is no way Mater paid anything like £1.85 in Hillards! What makes the Ocado thing even more bizarre is that the home delivery arm of Morrisons is really Ocado, but with different coloured vans. They operate out of the exact same depots with the exact same staff. So they're a sort of noodle stir fry type thing? That really is rather ridiculous! Have you ever had the same delivery driver bring you first Ocado and then Morrisons a few days later? I love the M&S caramel one and glad they do it all year. I take one to work every day for breakfast, sliced with butter and a slice of cheddar cheese. As much as I like Marmite the marmite hot cross buns are horrible. A caramel flavoured bun eaten with cheese sounds bizarre to me. I don't get sweet and savoury combinations.
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Post by peggs on May 19, 2021 19:49:13 GMT
I always disliked being referred to as 'ladies' especially when I was younger, it made me think of pearls and people decades older and posher than me. I failed to see what our gender had to do with anything though my dislike might have been influenced by my loathing of the person saying it. Still don't like being called it now.
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Post by robertb213 on May 19, 2021 21:47:01 GMT
I manage a team of four at work, three females and one male, so I tend to go for 'hi gang' 😂
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Post by theatreian on May 19, 2021 22:09:10 GMT
The pronunciation of the ITV continuity announcers has got very lazy and lax. Missing the end of words and sounding more like a rap artist than trying to say things clearly. Makes me sound a right old moaner but just speak clearly when expecting to be understood!
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Post by Jane Parfitt on May 19, 2021 22:16:02 GMT
The word "was" being used instead of "were", eg We "was" at the theatre; what "was" you talking about etc etc....🤬
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 19, 2021 22:22:33 GMT
I manage a team of four at work, three females and one male, so I tend to go for 'hi gang' 😂 How do you feel about using 'guys' in a gender neutral way? I know some groups who hate it (one has banned it completely) and some who are more than comfortable with it. Might be a US thing as Omigod You Guys features quite prominently in Legally Blonde
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Post by robertb213 on May 19, 2021 22:29:15 GMT
Yeah I've always used it in a neutral way. I definitely think it's come from the States, I remember it being widely used in Friends and Buffy among various other things.
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Post by daisy24601 on May 19, 2021 23:36:29 GMT
When people refer to a series of a British TV show as a season. Season is American. British is series. It bugs me!
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 20, 2021 5:27:42 GMT
Movie instead of film.
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Post by alece10 on May 20, 2021 7:20:09 GMT
When people refer to a series of a British TV show as a season. Season is American. British is series. It bugs me! And when something has been "dropped" rather than released.
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Post by daisy24601 on May 20, 2021 9:01:14 GMT
When people refer to a series of a British TV show as a season. Season is American. British is series. It bugs me! And when something has been "dropped" rather than released. Yes!
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Post by theatreian on May 20, 2021 10:31:02 GMT
A lot of these are Americanisms guys, dropped, season , movie ....Must admit I can't stand most of them.
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Post by frosty on May 20, 2021 10:45:09 GMT
This really annoys me: "Can I get a black coffee" instead of "Can I have...."
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Post by frosty on May 20, 2021 10:47:00 GMT
A lot of these are Americanisms guys, dropped, season , movie ....Must admit I can't stand most of them. And using the US date: "Coming on June 28".... No, it's coming on the 28th of June
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Post by Dawnstar on May 20, 2021 11:09:24 GMT
I'm not keen on "guys" anyway but it particularly annoys me that several times when eating out with my mother & aunt we have had young waiters saying things like "Hi guys, what can I get you?". My mother & aunt are over 70 & I don't think waiters less than half their age should be addressing them like that. What is wrong with just saying "Hi" or "Hello" without using any additional words, then there's no risk of offending anyone.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on May 20, 2021 11:36:51 GMT
This really annoys me: "Can I get a black coffee" instead of "Can I have...." I'm worse than that I say 'can I try...' Hate myself as soon as I say it. And then the person I am speaking to immediately thinks I want 'to try before I buy/have a taster' confusion and I have to explain what I really meant to say was 'can I have....'
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Post by frosty on May 20, 2021 11:37:24 GMT
I'm not keen on "guys" anyway but it particularly annoys me that several times when eating out with my mother & aunt we have had young waiters saying things like "Hi guys, what can I get you?". My mother & aunt are over 70 & I don't think waiters less than half their age should be addressing them like that. What is wrong with just saying "Hi" or "Hello" without using any additional words, then there's no risk of offending anyone. Reminds me of the Catherine Tate restaurant waitress sketch..."Hi Guys!":
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Post by vickyg on May 20, 2021 11:44:48 GMT
This really annoys me: "Can I get a black coffee" instead of "Can I have...." Even worse is: "I'm going to do a black coffee" which seems to be creeping in.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 20, 2021 12:03:27 GMT
Train managers and cabin crew who given access to a tannoy system think it’s their opportunity to give the captive audience five minutes of a comedy routine.
Let’s keep it strictly business please..
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Post by alece10 on May 20, 2021 12:15:48 GMT
Train managers and cabin crew who given access to a tannoy system think it’s their opportunity to give the captive audience five minutes of a comedy routine. Let’s keep it strictly business please.. When I was a holiday rep back in the day I used to sing over the tannoy on the bus back from night excursions. I know all the golden oldies like "roll out the barrel" and "oh what a beauty!" I'm still tempted when I get on a coach to grab the mic, tap it and say "can you hear me at the back?"
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Post by The Matthew on May 21, 2021 7:21:25 GMT
Default fonts in business letters. Grrr.
I've long had an interest in typography and I loathe the use of system-default fonts in letters. Arial in particular grates on me something chronic. It's not a brilliant font to start with, being Monotype's cheap knock-off of Helvetica, and it's particularly unsuited to large blocks of text on a page. It creates vast areas of bland greyness and when you use it in a business letter it creates the impression that your company is a vast area of bland greyness too. It's the typeface equivalent of walking into a restaurant and ordering a glass of room-temperature water and a plate of peas.
Companies really should put as much effort into their typography as they put into their logos, but give people a computer and a copy of Microsoft Word and they think they can do it all themselves.
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