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Posted By: paxvobiscum Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 9:17am
I am not a pedant but why on TV and Radio can no conversation take place without the word 'Absolutely'?

Other irritating phrases such as '110 per cent'.

Educated people who cannot express themselves without saying 'um' or 'er' every fourth word.

Why does everything have to be 'mega mega exciting', why not just 'exciting'?

Why don't so called experts not know there is no such word as 'hieroglyphics'.

I could write several more, but let's have your 'nightmares'

Have come to the conclusion the English Language is losing it's edge, and the standard of education is declining.
Is this due to texting etc?
Posted By: ex0__ Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 9:31am
Originally Posted by paxvobiscum
Why don't so called experts not know there is no such word as 'hieroglyphics'.


Really? Is it just 'hieroglyphic'?
Posted By: _Ste_ Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 9:33am
Here we go...
Posted By: _Ste_ Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 9:35am
The standard of education is declining due to the upbringing of ... by ... who have no respect whatsoever for their elders and cannot be told what to do.

Therefore cannot be taught.

learn
Posted By: rhoobarb2002 Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 9:41am
Thankfully I gave up watching TV a long time ago, but I still hear the garbage on radio.

I do totally agree, its like most people are either pretending to be a management sales executive by talking useless idioms and phrases or a complete imbecile that mashes words together to save brain power, init?.

Aside from the general trash-talk that most people seem to use, politicians seem to be good ones for it.

Just a few of my pet hates;

Grass roots (usually followed by 'campaign')
Austerity Measures
Percenters
Networking (when aimed at people just talking to each other)
At the end of the day
Oh, and most teenage speak

The list goes on and on.

Gone are the days when you were told 'theres a 't' in *insert word of choice here*', now its 'thats not even a word'. lol
Posted By: AR_One Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 10:00am
I don't like it when words (especially acronyms) become used out of context so if you look at the sentance properly they no longer make any sense. Examples

GM Food - Genetically Modified Food - that works correctly but over time "GMs" became the term - as in "He had GMs for his tea" which is cobblers.

PIN number is another one - as the N stands for number so are we talking about a Personal Identification Number Number?
Posted By: _Ste_ Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 10:12am
Originally Posted by AR_One
I don't like it when words (especially acronyms) become used out of context so if you look at the sentance properly they no longer make any sense. Examples

PIN number is another one - as the N stands for number so are we talking about a Personal Identification Number Number?


Yes, another is VIC check, vehicle identity check check.
Posted By: bazzoh Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 10:16am
Mph - miles an hour (somehow!)
Posted By: Wheels Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 10:24am
Originally Posted by bazzoh
Mph - miles an hour (somehow!)


Miles Per hour
Posted By: ex0__ Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 10:34am
How about people that use 'nauseous' when they should be using 'nauseated'.
Posted By: bazzoh Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 11:14am
Originally Posted by Wheels
Originally Posted by bazzoh
Mph - miles an hour (somehow!)


Miles Per hour


Sorry wheels - yeah I know it stands for miles per hour it just always seems to be referred to as miles an hour
Baz
Posted By: bazzoh Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 11:17am
Another one is "can I axe you a question?" I even heard a radio presenter using it "last night I axed you a question" - turned off after that!
Posted By: little_pob Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 11:49am
Originally Posted by ex0__
Originally Posted by paxvobiscum
Why don't so called experts not know there is no such word as 'hieroglyphics'.


Really? Is it just 'hieroglyphic'?
A single character is a "glyph", so I think OP's suggestion is that "hieroglyphs" is the correct pleural.

Certainly the use of hieroglyphic as a noun looks to have fallen from favour in academia.
Posted By: BandyCoot Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 12:03pm
White kids who talk patois, in Canada they call them "whiggers". The Jamaicans have their own speak so let them get on with it, no need for our indigenous crowd to start doing it, we have a perfectly robust language of our own. Just me on a rant. Absolutely.
Posted By: ex0__ Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 12:22pm
Originally Posted by little_pob
A single character is a "glyph", so I think OP's suggestion is that "hieroglyphs" is the correct pleural.

Certainly the use of hieroglyphic as a noun looks to have fallen from favour in academia.


Interesting. Cheers.
Posted By: chriskay Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 12:38pm
Originally Posted by ex0__
How about people that use 'nauseous' when they should be using 'nauseated'.


That's a good one; commonly mis-used.
Posted By: chriskay Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 12:42pm
Originally Posted by little_pob
the correct pleural.



Really? the membrane which surrounds the lungs and becomes inflamed in pleurisy? think
Posted By: little_pob Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 1:41pm
Originally Posted by little_pob
A single character is a "glyph"...
To clarify. Glyph is a general term. A "hieroglpyh" is a glyph with religious or sacred meaning, such as those found on Ancient Egyptian temples and pyramids.
Originally Posted by chriskay
Originally Posted by little_pob
the correct pleural.
Really? the membrane which surrounds the lungs and becomes inflamed in pleurisy? think
withthat crazy smack shh sorry
Posted By: AR_One Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 1:44pm
Not a spoken thing but written, but the almost total death of punctuation! Have none of them heard of:

The teacher said the boy is a fool.

and

The teacher, said the boy, is a fool.

Posted By: ex0__ Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 2:09pm
Originally Posted by AR_One
Not a spoken thing but written, but the almost total death of punctuation! Have none of them heard of:

The teacher said the boy is a fool.

and

The teacher, said the boy, is a fool.



Classic example:

'I helped my uncle jack off a horse' and 'I helped my Uncle, Jack, off a horse'
Posted By: chriskay Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 2:13pm
Don't get me started... in particular, the misuse or omission of an apostrophe.
Posted By: Wench Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 3:27pm
The ones that get to me most are the use and misuse of their, there, they're, your and you're, along with of and off. I hate the use of "text speak" with a passion. I don't even use it in text messages. I don't think it should be used on things such as Forums, emails etc.

The "drowning man lol" annoys me too.

As for speech, I get irritated by the "axe" and "axed" instead of ask and asked, along with words beginning with, or containing, "th" that are pronounced as if they start with an "f", e.g. fank, fick, fink and anyfink.

I have probably put a "," in that last paragraph that does not need to be there. If so, I apologise.

Posted By: _Ste_ Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 4:01pm
Originally Posted by ex0__
How about people that use 'nauseous' when they should be using 'nauseated'.


Would that not be "I feel nauseous after watching the shark tear off a mans limb" or "I was feeling nauseated"?
Posted By: Nelzy84 Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 4:16pm
Originally Posted by bazzoh
Another one is "can I axe you a question?" I even heard a radio presenter using it "last night I axed you a question" - turned off after that!


That's crept in with our multi culture, it's mainly pronounced like that by Black people, grass roots African here it a lot in America and is creeping in here also but alot of it is down to hoodies trying to talk gangsta dawg, the give a way is when Tim Westwood says it - NOT COOL
Posted By: ex0__ Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 4:17pm
Nauseated = when you feel sick
Nauseous = when something causes nausea

So even though it sounds wrong you'd feel nauseated after watching the shark tear off a mans limb.
Posted By: EvilCycle Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 6:03pm
Well, lanugage is always changing and evolving (or devolving in some cases) look at how different modern english is to "ye olde" days, I actually wouldn't be suprised if in a few hundred years a lot of the things that annoy you lot end up in the dictionary.
Posted By: CVCVCV Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 6:12pm
And of course there is the oh-so-common: "I could of..." when it should be "I could have..." (or "I could've...")
Posted By: EvilCycle Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 6:12pm
Sorry for the double post but...

Originally Posted by EvilCycle
lanugage


Oh dear... haha!!
Posted By: philmch Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 6:14pm
Originally Posted by paxvobiscum
Have come to the conclusion the English Language is losing it's edge


You mean ITS edge. "It's" is the abbreviated form of "it is". My own pet hate is apostrophe misuse. See below and take note:
http://www.apostrophe.org.uk/
Posted By: _Ste_ Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 6:33pm
Interesting topic smile

Rated.
Posted By: chriskay Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 6:53pm
Originally Posted by philmch

You mean ITS edge. "It's" is the abbreviated form of "it is". My own pet hate is apostrophe misuse. See below and take note:
http://www.apostrophe.org.uk/


I remember Keith Waterhouse in his Daily Mail column forming the A.A.A.A which was the Association for the Abolition of the Aberrant Apostrophe. It's a concept to which I wholeheartedly subscribe.
Posted By: flycaster Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 7:03pm
I think that this thread is Absolutely AMAZING!.
Posted By: CVCVCV Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 7:24pm
Careful there Fly, they will be forming the A.A.A.F. next... wink
Posted By: rhoobarb2002 Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 7:56pm
Originally Posted by bazzoh
Another one is "can I axe you a question?" I even heard a radio presenter using it "last night I axed you a question" - turned off after that!


I doubt you would like watching rastamouse on cbeebies then..lol
Posted By: paxvobiscum Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 11:04pm
Originally Posted by AR_One
Not a spoken thing but written, but the almost total death of punctuation! Have none of them heard of:

The teacher said the boy is a fool.

and

The teacher, said the boy, is a fool.



I used to laugh at the expression'The natives are revolting'.
Posted By: paxvobiscum Re: Irritating Media Language - 22nd Feb 2012 11:18pm
Originally Posted by little_pob
Originally Posted by ex0__
Originally Posted by paxvobiscum
Why don't so called experts not know there is no such word as 'hieroglyphics'.


Really? Is it just 'hieroglyphic'?
A single character is a "glyph", so I think OP's suggestion is that "hieroglyphs" is the correct pleural.

Certainly the use of hieroglyphic as a noun looks to have fallen from favour in academia.


Hieroglyphic is an adjective.
Posted By: woodley Re: Irritating Media Language - 23rd Feb 2012 5:42am
What really annoys me is the pronunciation of lieutenant as
"lootenant" by the media. no thumbsdown
Posted By: little_pob Re: Irritating Media Language - 23rd Feb 2012 8:34am
Originally Posted by paxvobiscum
Hieroglyphic is an adjective.
Yes, but previously it was also acceptable to use it as a noun. In fact some dictionaries still list it as one...
Posted By: MattLFC Re: Irritating Media Language - 23rd Feb 2012 8:49am
Originally Posted by Wench
As for speech, I get irritated by the "axe" and "axed" instead of ask and asked

Is that no really a black thing though, to do with the afro-Caribbean accent?? I know some muppets imitate it nowadays, but it's a bit wrong to criticise people for their accents.

smile
Posted By: rhoobarb2002 Re: Irritating Media Language - 23rd Feb 2012 9:33am
Originally Posted by MattLFC
Originally Posted by Wench
As for speech, I get irritated by the "axe" and "axed" instead of ask and asked

Is that no really a black thing though, to do with the afro-Caribbean accent?? I know some muppets imitate it nowadays, but it's a bit wrong to criticise people for their accents.

smile


True, it is accent based, but it has become adopted by people who dont have the accent as a replacement for 'ask'. Ive pulled up my kids for saying it.

Its like when British kids do American 'gangsta' speak. "Me and my brederin come from da mean streets of Detroi... I mean Birkenhead, yo."

Even then it gets butchered beyond recognition.

Its not about race, its about emulating a culture that you are not a part of.

It makes me cringe.

Another media one that I hate is 'nother', as in 'a whole nother level'. Just lazy.
Posted By: bri445 Re: Irritating Media Language - 23rd Feb 2012 11:37am
Originally Posted by Wench

As for speech, I get irritated by the "axe" and "axed" instead of ask and asked, along with words beginning with, or containing, "th" that are pronounced as if they start with an "f", e.g. fank, fick, fink and anyfink.


'Anythink' is even more commonly heard.
My pet hate is 'gonna'.
Another hate is the use of the plural verb in phrases like 'the Government are..','the company are..', 'the team are..', 'the BBC are..', etc.
The perils of a grammar school education!
Posted By: Mosaic Re: Irritating Media Language - 23rd Feb 2012 12:16pm
Since when did it become acceptable to start linking words randomly together? 'Aswell', 'alot', 'aslong'...

There is no such word as 'alot'! :sobs:

Posted By: derekdwc Re: Irritating Media Language - 23rd Feb 2012 12:36pm
Are and our
Posted By: BandyCoot Re: Irritating Media Language - 23rd Feb 2012 1:49pm
Originally Posted by woodley
What really annoys me is the pronunciation of lieutenant as
"lootenant" by the media. no thumbsdown


Aha! Our Jimmy was always the "1st lootenant" and we had "lootenant commanders" as well as ordinary 2 ringed "lootenants". Depends where you are serving. I think the Frogs might "lootenant" it as well, only in a Frog accent. I think I'm right but in "leff" of a difinitive answer I'll leave it at that.
oldman
Posted By: nightwalker Re: Irritating Media Language - 23rd Feb 2012 1:56pm
Sentences without proper verbs, init.
Posted By: paxvobiscum Re: Irritating Media Language - 23rd Feb 2012 2:13pm
Originally Posted by little_pob
Originally Posted by paxvobiscum
Hieroglyphic is an adjective.
Yes, but previously it was also acceptable to use it as a noun. In fact some dictionaries still list it as one...


Thanks Little Pob.
Posted By: bri445 Re: Irritating Media Language - 23rd Feb 2012 4:29pm
Phenomenon - singular, phenomena - plural.
'Different from', not 'different to'.
Posted By: CVCVCV Re: Irritating Media Language - 23rd Feb 2012 10:25pm
..and so, to food:

A "Panini" - whereas the singular should be a 'Panino'.
Two or more "Paninis" when Panini is ALREADY plural!
Posted By: Wench Re: Irritating Media Language - 23rd Feb 2012 11:33pm
The rogue comma strikes again wink

Attached picture stop clubbing baby seals lol.jpg
Posted By: Anonymous Re: Irritating Media Language - 26th Feb 2012 3:59pm
At last........


http://dmxart.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/grammar-police-special-apostrophe-unit/
Posted By: KevinFinity Re: Irritating Media Language - 26th Feb 2012 4:14pm
I like these.

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Posted By: Softy_Southerner Re: Irritating Media Language - 26th Feb 2012 4:20pm
Originally Posted by KevinFinity
I like these.


Except it should be AGGRAVATE smile x
Posted By: MattLFC Re: Irritating Media Language - 28th Feb 2012 2:52am
Originally Posted by Softy_Southerner
Originally Posted by KevinFinity
I like these.


Except it should be AGGRAVATE smile x

It worked then?
Posted By: CVCVCV Re: Irritating Media Language - 12th Mar 2012 4:32pm
"Sentences without proper verbs" by definition, are not sentences (they are phrases)...
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