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One saying, which annoys me and I even heard it on TV today is, "off of". As in "he got off of the bus".

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The Rolling Stones were guilty of that with their song "Get Off Of My Cloud".

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Is this better?


I am an Officer of the 'Leu': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm2TAL53wVc

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infinitely

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Why can't radio and TV presenters pronounce sixth? They all seem to say sickth these days.

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A lesson in French pronunciation by Officer Crabtree.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2wfXB3CW18

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I get annoyed at people using the word of instead of have, it's just laziness in my opinion.

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Entirely agree, it does my head in.

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I hate listening to someone who at the end of every sentence goes UP on the last word. It makes every sentence sound like a question. You end up not listening to what they say, just waiting for each last word. Is it a South if England THING?

Also 'like'.
'I think, like, I can't come up with a whole sentence in one go, like'.

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Something called 'Vocal Fry' really irritates me. It seems that many young women (especially in North America) choke back on their voice to end sentences in what is almost a croak. Are they trying to sound more convincing? More authoritative? To me they sound ridiculous.

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Please note I've "liked" your comment above.

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I,like, like you liking my comment about 'like', like.

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The "like" thing bugs my ass (or is it "arse") too ... And now it seems as if one has to begin every declarative sentence with "so":confused:

Over here in the colonies, one can always tell a Brit by the way he pronounces "Ottawa", or "Toronto".

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Following on from the "like" bug, my bugbear is people ending a sentence with the word yeah as a question. I can't think of an example, so I won't give one, yeah?

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Back to pronunciation, for many years my dear mater, a fan of Agatha Christie, pronounced Poirot as Poy Rot. I once pronounced parentheses as Parent Thesis.