h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I didn't notice!! Being as I am hopeless at the english language, if the last essay I gave in to uni was anything to go by!
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Someone in this thread is bound to have mentioned "I mean" and "you know", but has anyone noticed that Prime Minister Tony Blair is one of the worst culprits?

I personally hate "In the first place....", again something that appear on every single talk show I have ever watched. It is especially annoying when they go on to talk about other things and don't follow it with "In the Second place..." and "In the Third Place...." etc.

Oh yes, that's right. Or they start itemising points counting them on their fingers and keep using the same finger. Or they start with numbered items then move onto the alphabet or vice versa.

Also: "he turned round and said; then I turned round and said; then she turned round and said ......" It drives me mad. I imagine all these people having a conversation whilst spinning like tops.

Here in the U.S. I think the most iritating phrase right now is WHATSUUUUUUP!!! I would like to find and kill the person who thought of this.

Another one thats probly been mentioned is "I hate to say it" if your really did you wouldn't.

Wasn't that the Budweiser advertising campaign? We've had it in the UK as well but it kind of died out when all the TV presenters tried to do it and just proved how sad they were... No-one else wanted to be associated with them so it isn't all that prevalent.

Why do people have to say things like "Number A" no, its not a number arrrrghghghg

Actually , you've got me on another one there. How is it that footballers are always "half a yard faster" (or slower) than the oppsing player? When I was at school a yard was a unit of distance not speed.

Obviously, Orcus let the dogs out now. Very poor.
At the end of the day, that is so not three bad, we are basically all locals here, living la vida loca.
In terms of annoying, this forum is it. NOT!!!

Respec', innit?

How about emails saying "just keeping you in the loop".
What loop? What that email is doing is just widening the splash radius when the s**t hits the fan.

I think *any* phrase issued by those who it didn't develop. UK teenagers speaking like Buffy and gang, white street gangs using black gang talk (Don't you realise Ali G was taking the piss out of you?), old people talking like teenagers, teenagers talking like old people (William Hague at that Tory conference in the late 70s early 80s?)

The list goes on.

CHawke

Could I add politicians droning on about 'information superhighways' and the like, when they couldn't find a computer's power switch even if you superglued their fingers to it.

Almost anything poilicians spout could come in this category: a lot of it is made up of stock phrases that mean as little as possible (usually nothing).

Speaking of politicians droning on about the 'information superhighway' - Tony Blair hasn't even got an email address. Few polis go on about it more than he does.

Are you sure he hasn't got an alter ego on h2g2?
An e-mail address is needed, but not necessarily under his real name...

Ah, you could be right. But the people he governs aren't allowed to know it and use it, if he has one. We still have to use the slower and more primitive means of communications.

Gaining time that way is one of the oldest tactics... Politicians aren't the only ones to use it.

Hello,

UK teens are speaking like Buffy? Oh dear, it's not just American teen, but California on top of that. I feel for you. Of course, in the 80s, all the kids into British bands over here would start using words like "terrif" and pretending they were mods or something.

Funny thing about Buffy. It's written by an Englishman, and it has several major recurring British characters (only one of whom is actually British), some of which have really bad accents. Nothing's worse than an American aping a British accent poorly. Not that I've seen the show or anything.

I'm going to start speaking like a late 80s teen (like in Heathers). It'll be very. What's your damage anyway?

Yours,
Jake

Here's a good one:

"Don't assume anything, because assume makes an ass out of you (U) and me."

You really don't know whether to laugh or cringe do you?

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