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EW EXPLORER

Latest post on 07 November 2011 - 18:07

MAID!

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 07 November 2011 - 17:55

"nibbles" "cuppa"

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EW EXPLORER

Latest post on 07 November 2011 - 17:50

Isn't it ok for the upper class to say "What?" lmao

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EW EXPLORER

Latest post on 07 November 2011 - 17:48

condiments - I mean come on, it's 2011!! Really? I often use that word to save saying to DH "can you please bring tomato sauce, bbq sauce, mustard, salt AND pepper to the table". I really love condiments, great catch-all word imo! Agreed. What other word are we supposed to be using in 2011, instead of 'condiments'?

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EW GURU

Latest post on 07 November 2011 - 15:22

What about leaving a word out. It seems to mainly affect South Africans, including my BIL and SIL. They leave out are. As in 'we going to the beach'. It drives me bonkers and I just want to shout at them it's ARE going!! It's just one little word that only sounds like one little letter so stop being lazy and use it!:\: I think its just your inlaws.... Im South African and dont leave out words,neither do any of my friends. No offence meant Appletiser. Obviously not all South Africans do it! My DH doesn't either, but a lot of his friends etc do. Maybe it is Western Cape slang? I don't know, but I see it on FB a lot and heard it many times this summer. Either way I still find it extremely annoying no matter who says it!

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 07 November 2011 - 15:16

"Gotten". Does my head in!

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EW GURU

Latest post on 07 November 2011 - 15:13

Burglarized as in, my home was Burglarized.

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 07 November 2011 - 14:43

SZR Why VP? Is it the laziness? I'm just too lazy to write the whole name each time. :D :)

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EW EXPERT

Latest post on 07 November 2011 - 13:37

SZR Why VP? Is it the laziness? I'm just too lazy to write the whole name each time. :D

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EW OLDHAND

Latest post on 07 November 2011 - 13:33

Just spied a word on another thread that I hate. Crimbo instead of Christmas!!

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 07 November 2011 - 10:56

SZR Sorry I used szr on the other thread. I will remember to write the full version next time so not to annoy people :)

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EW GURU

Latest post on 07 November 2011 - 10:50

One I've only heard here - "for a while" meaning "wait for a while". Why do you miss out the most important word in the phrase?! SNAP! I already said that on page 2 of this thread! But was told off as it is a language 'issue' not a word thing :\:

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 07 November 2011 - 10:47

....lol (after saying something controversial)

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EW MASTER

Latest post on 06 November 2011 - 07:56

Precisely, Dahling,

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EW EXPLORER

Latest post on 06 November 2011 - 07:45

what what what

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EW MASTER

Latest post on 06 November 2011 - 07:20

Isn't it ok for the upper class to say "What?"

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EW EXPERT

Latest post on 06 November 2011 - 07:14

What or huh instead of pardon. 'Pardon' is disliked by the upper class, apparently. I wonder what they say instead?

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EW EXPLORER

Latest post on 06 November 2011 - 01:20

What or huh instead of pardon. 'Pardon' is disliked by the upper class, apparently. Read 'Watching the English' by Kate Fox. Hilarious!

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EW MASTER

Latest post on 06 November 2011 - 00:10

The way ppl get so worked up about this sort of thing always amuses me...i wonder how some posters manage to get through the day lolol...But i have to admit to an ad on the radio really getting on my wick - the fake (?) Australian accent man who advertises hot air balloons (i think - by the end i've usually stopped listening) and goes on about hot air coming out of someone's [i'>gob[/i'>...the way he says it grates on me soooo much..

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 05 November 2011 - 23:11

#1) literally usually pronounced, by those who use it incorrectly, lit'TRAL'ee i.e., 'I litTRALee died when he/she said that." #2) babe unless it's referring to the *** in that movie, the movie, or quoting an archaic phrase such as 'babe in the woods', there's simply no justified utterance

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EW OLDHAND

Latest post on 05 November 2011 - 21:57

People use the word traumatised for the most trivial things. A grown woman once told me that she was traumatised because she had just spent a fortune on her nails and one snapped off when she was getting into her car!!!

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 05 November 2011 - 20:29

Also 'whimsical' and it's overuse on the websites MadeIt and Etsy and Pintrest. drives me insane!

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EW OLDHAND

Latest post on 05 November 2011 - 20:17

One I've only heard here - "for a while" meaning "wait for a while". Why do you miss out the most important word in the phrase?!

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EW EXPLORER

Latest post on 05 November 2011 - 18:23

I'm sure the lady who posted on here that she urgently needed the 34G bra, must have urgently needed it!

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EW EXPERT

Latest post on 05 November 2011 - 16:08

Urgent!!! Totally overused on this forum :)

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EW EXPERT

Latest post on 05 November 2011 - 12:49

My bad. I CANNOT STAND IT!!!

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EW MASTER

Latest post on 05 November 2011 - 12:38

'bad' - when used to mean 'a lot' or 'so much', why such a negative way of saying you would really like something?

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EW MASTER

Latest post on 05 November 2011 - 12:24

I use it when the word "you" sounds too specific.

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EW OLDHAND

Latest post on 05 November 2011 - 12:16

Although I know it is "correct" (and apologies to those who use it), it makes me cringe when people say "one" rather than "you or "I"", as in ...."does one pay for parking". Sorry! I thought 'one' was reserved for Her Majesty 'One thinks it's gin o'clock' :-) One has come across it even in Dubai.

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