Observational Rant of the Day.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Is this not just the same as the pet hates thread?

No, anyone can moan, take a look at the thread, "it's raining", "I'm bored", "my cat puked on my face", it takes special people to rant, mad people usually.

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Originally Posted by ThunderPants73

People who don't know how to use an apostrophe correctly
People who say 'It does what it says on the tin'
People who can't pronounce 'th' as in - I fink, I fought, free (instead of three) etc
People who start answering a question with 'yeah' when it's an open question
That Godforsaken upward inflection that people use, making every damned sentence sound like a question. I blame the Aussies.
People in general, it would seem.....

I don't mind the raised inflection in a female voice, what annoys me it americanism's, it's slowly taking over the language, people can't give a speech anymore it's an address for instance

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

what annoys me it americanism's, it's slowly taking over the language, people can't give a speech anymore it's an address for instance

My niece was criticising her friend for talking and acting American in her youtube videos.
and not long after she starts doing youtube videos and is doing exactly the same.

it's an epidemic.

[Russ]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

I don't mind the raised inflection in a female voice, what annoys me it americanism's, it's slowly taking over the language, people can't give a speech anymore it's an address for instance

Pointless Americanisms are the worst, like calling your mobile a "cell phone".

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Russ

Pointless Americanisms are the worst, like calling your mobile a "cell phone".

Awwww that one is one of the worst, someone kept saying that the other day I could actually hear my teeth gnashing at one point. "can I get" is another that particularly grates.

[tweetiepooh]

Overuse of the word "one"

my one instead of mine
her one instead of hers

and so on.
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Overuse of the word "proactive" and adjectives, adverbs and related. The word often required is "active" as opposed to "reactive" or "passive".