Vexing phrases

[vetran]

I've never known what that means but this one was definitely pronounced with a H so probably not that one.

Oh yes - the oh tends to get lost so its just yes.

I used to work with a militant scot who wanted Scottish dialects recognised as an actual language. Nice bloke, terrible drinker.


or if with NLyUK


OOOOHHHHH YESSSS!

[La Petite Valse]

Oh yes - the oh tends to get lost so its just yes.

I used to work with a militant scot who wanted Scottish dialects recognised as an actual language. Nice bloke, terrible drinker.


or if with NLyUK


OOOOHHHHH YESSSS!

O.I.C

I hadn't realised beans on toast were actually British. learn something new. I assumed they were Mexican or similar.

https://minimalistbaker.com/easy-bak...20white%20bean.

I believe they're originally from the US. Isn't the bean in baked beans a navy bean & these are predominantly grown over there? Also think cowboys, Blazing Saddles etc

[vetran]

O.I.C



I believe they're originally from the US. Isn't the bean in baked beans a navy bean & these are predominantly grown over there? Also think cowboys, Blazing Saddles etc

Oh beans in sauce are American/Mexican but the on toast bit is British.

[OwlHoot]

So, beginning a sentence with a conjunction really gets my goat

God yes, and we've had a load of that with all these Covid academics they've wheeled out over the last couple of years to pontificate!

[OwlHoot]

A project manager used to always start his meetings with "okay..."

But, instead of pronouncing it okay he would, bizarrely, pronounce it "hock-eye" instead. Maybe he had some kind of speech impediment, or something, but it really got my goat.

Maybe he wanted to sound vaguely Japanese, in the (probably forlorn) hope of subliminally encouraging renowned Japanese speed and efficiency in his staff!

[northernladuk]

So, beginning a sentence with a conjunction really gets my goat

And why is that? It's not incorrect.

[vetran]

Maybe he wanted to sound vaguely Japanese, in the (probably forlorn) hope of subliminally encouraging renowned Japanese speed and efficiency in his staff!

Fair you should be - Kaizen and Kanban make massive improvements implemented properly.

[Paralytic]

"To be fair...." - someone trying to justify something they know doesn't have support of others

"I, personally, ....." - as opposed to someone else personally?

[northernladuk]

When people use literally incorrectly. Only this morning some put in our chat they 'literally drank their bodyweight on Friday night'

[malvolio]

And why is that? It's not incorrect.

Beginning with "so" is incorrect, if there is no preceding statement from which this statement follows on, or if "so" is followed by a justifying statement (as in, "So, because people start speaking with the word 'so', they are irritating f***wits"). "So, I'm James and I'm a f***wit" is grammatically incorrect.