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I don't think this one has shown up in this discussion yet. Maybe I'm the only one it bothers: Gift as a verb. I only started noticing it, mostly online, in the last few years. It grates on me for some reason. "She gifted me a gift card". Ugh.
In a typical Canadian mish-mash of US and UK, "burnt" is common, but not learnt or smelt as much. So I'd be likely to say "I smelled burnt popcorn".
I have wondered about using gift as a verb. It is used all the time, so I think we will have to get used to hearing it. I think using gift as a verb does convey a shade of meaning, however. Gifting conveys a more specific act than giving does. In order to convey the same meaning using the verb give, you would have to say giving a gift.
At any rate English usage and vocabulary constantly change.
I consider myself rather particular about correct spelling and grammar in general, but reading this thread makes me feel I must be part hillbilly or uncouth or annoying, or all three!. I say many of the things that so many of you have complained about, at least occasionally.
I think what annoys me is when I hear any phrase (even ones that I use) excessively. But I'll admit I've been know to *occasionally* say "it is what it is," "So.....," "With that being said," etc.
I do find "learnings" as a noun annoying, but languages change. English does have a lot of "-ing" words that can function as a verb or a noun. Maybe once upon a time today's -ing nouns were only verbs. I don't know. I'm thinking of words like cleaning, decorating, wrestling, painting, etc.
It us what it is is my mantra. Too bad if someone else hates my saying it.
To me that says I am right and you are wrong but I will no longer discuss it.
I think that phrase has its place. When I have used it, I didn't mean (or think) "I am right and you are wrong." I would just mean we had exhausted the subject, we view it differently, but that's okey dokey.
I intend it to be an "olive branch."
So I'm like "No way!" and then he's like "No, it's true!" then I'm like "Where did you hear that?" and then he's like "I don't remember" and then I'm like ...
I can't stand no worries either because I'm hardly ever worried about it
Hahaha so true.
In music, the word "Well" at the beginning of a lyric sentence is way overused. I don't mind it.
There are many idiomatic language usages that do not make grammatical sense. I imagine there are many in British English as well.
Of course there are, you’re spot on about that. Even more so with British English, although I speak Australian English, which is another level entirely of colloquilist mangling. I think when you haven’t grown up with certain idioms they take a bit of getting used to. As I said generally speaking colourful regional vernacular is a good thing, if everyone spoke proper English the world would be a dull place indeed.
Even after so many years I still can’t stand to listen to someone who says “you know” every third word.
Or worse, someone spelling "yanno" several times in one post. After I blocked that person, my visits to CD have been much more bearable.
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instead of "Will you take me home?"
LOL
