Words used incorrectly that get on your tits.

[LeoMc]

So.

As in "So today we bought some ethical ...."

Usually uttered by a fuckwit to begin a sentence, worse when used in written communication to begin an email.

Fuckwits , each and every one of them.

That was where I was going with this. It is the new emmm.

A long drawn out soooo at the beginning of an answer.

[muppet]

Emmm.......

Sure I wouldn't know any incorrectly used words surely, wouldn't I not?

Although their's a fella from work who does be at it.

[5 Sams]

These boys are brilliant at taking the piss.

https://www.facebook.com/BELFASTLAD?fref=ts

[ONeill]

The double-is is starting to drive me mental.

Explain?

Two consecutive is's, usually with the emphasis on the first.

The thing is is that everybody's at it. Everywhere - it's more common now (it seems to me) than the correct construction and heard all over the international media. I've never seen it written, though.

The problem is is nobody seems to notice.

I don't like the use of the apostrophe in is's in the example Hardy has used here.

I just don't like it.

[Hardy]

It's ugly.

[Eamonnca1]

I could see them merging into a single word eventually if they're used often enough. Like "air line" used to be two words, then the space dropped out and the words merged. That couldn't have happened too long ago either. If you drive past San Francisco Airport and look at the big hangar off the freeway there's a big sign on the building saying "United Air Lines." Looks like it was built around the 60s or 70s.

When I saw the photo in the context of the conversation, I thought you were showing 'a lot'.

Well played, sir.

[Eamonnca1]

So.

As in "So today we bought some ethical ...."

Usually uttered by a fuckwit to begin a sentence, worse when used in written communication to begin an email.

Fuckwits , each and every one of them.

Absolutely. (Oops, sorry.) This is especially prevalent among high-tech and scientific industry types of a certain age. And it's not just to begin a sentence. It's to begin every statement.

I find it's the young Silicon Valley types giving their talks riddled with "ahhhm" as if it makes them sound thoughtful. Makes it very hard to concentrate on what they're saying.

[Old yeller]

So how was your day?
"Yeah, it was ........"
That drives me mad

[ONeill]

It's and its. Tits.

[brokencrossbar1]

So how was your day?
"Yeah, it was ........"
That drives me mad

yeah,  I know what you mean, its totes frustrating.  So anyway, anything else annoys peeps out there?

[ONeill]

Totes, amazeballs. f**k AFF.

[Maguire01]

People (generally politicians) who "refute" things when in reality they're only denying them.

[Minder]

People (generally politicians) who "refute" things when in reality they're only denying them.

Yeah it's a favourite of Gerry Adams

[5 Sams]

"The reality is..."

[Niall Quinn]

Double-checking in lieu of checking gets my goat.
A legitimate double-check is a pretty rare beast.