Bad English Annoying phrases

[bousozoku]

Inflammable = Flammable

Irregardless = Regardless

Please learn your English first before passing judgement on which one "by right" is right or not.

I can't think of any annoying phrases at the moment, but the bad usage of "whereby" pisses me off ALOT.

"You can sit here whereby you can see more clearly." <- It's so bad that I have no idea how they even form such sentences!

Inflammable was the correct word; however, there were so many people confused, thinking that it meant not capable of burning that they changed the word to flammable.

 

[zaren]

Inflammable was the correct word; however, there were so many people confused, thinking that it meant not capable of burning that they changed the word to flammable.

inflammable and flammable both mean the same thing.

 

[redstone]

I really hate "ownself"

 

[zaren]

Even the title's wrong ... shouldn't it be "Bad, annoying English phrases"?

Either "Annoying bad English phrases" or "Bad English : annoying phrases" should be better than the thread title.

 

[Pokerfaze]

"Thank you so much"

Yuks....

Just say:
"Thank You"

Nothing wrong with the expression. Nothing is more annoying than Singapore broken English a.k.a Singlish.

 

[Burnings]

inflammable and flammable both mean the same thing.

Yes, but to avoid confusion it is better to use flammable. Inflammable kinda give ppl an impression that it is noncombustible. The effects of negative prefix hehehe

 

[Zoomster]

Two things come to mind

Firstly, why do a number of CS-ers keep saying "len" and "lense"? Go figure.

And secondly, I really hate is those sentences which start with "Kindly". e.g "Kindly note that the photocopier is spoilt". Why must I note the fact that the photocopier is spoilt in a kind way, whatever that means. It doesn't make sense.

Just buggers the hell out of me! Ha ha.

 

[bousozoku]

Inflammable was the correct word; however, there were so many people confused, thinking that it meant not capable of burning that they changed the word to flammable.

Yes, but to avoid confusion it is better to use flammable. Inflammable kinda give ppl an impression that it is noncombustible. The effects of negative prefix hehehe

As I was saying, but it wasn't a negative prefix in the case of inflammable; it's just that people were confused that "in" and "in" don't mean the same thing. :bsmilie:

 

[superbeng]

"please revert"

horrible misuse and lack of understanding. Revert ? Revert into what? A white snake? F-ing hell.

Also, "please advise", "synergise" and any other dumb office/corporate email jargon.

 

[theveed]

I find the generic usage of the word "blur" strange in Singapore...

 

[soulFLY]

what is wrong being more polite?! :dunno:

 

[Adam Goi]

Either "Annoying bad English phrases" or "Bad English : annoying phrases" should be better than the thread title.

IMO "Annoyingly Bad English Phrases" sounds righter ... :bsmilie:

 

[kuantoh]

"at the end of the day..." - person dying liao... better do wat he wants.

"seriously speaking..." - past conversations all not serious.

"tell you the truth..." - whatever said last time all lies.

"noted" - as if really took note of what was mentioned.

 

[jackzhangxiao]

i dun see anything wrong with this sentence....

 

[johnlim]

And secondly, I really hate is those sentences which start with "Kindly". e.g "Kindly note that the photocopier is spoilt". Why must I note the fact that the photocopier is spoilt in a kind way, whatever that means. It doesn't make sense.

Just buggers the hell out of me! Ha ha.

Yeah, just say: "The photocopier is spoilt." Nice and simple.

Adding redundant words doesn't make any sense to me.:dunno:

 

[ricohflex]

IMO "Annoyingly Bad English Phrases" sounds righter ... :bsmilie:

Hyphen after first two words in title.

 

[zaren]

IMO "Annoyingly Bad English Phrases" sounds righter ... :bsmilie:

"righter" ? :bigeyes:

should be "right" or "more correct"

:bsmilie:

 

[Adam Goi]

Yeah, just say: "The photocopier is spoilt." Nice and simple.

Adding redundant words doesn't make any sense to me.:dunno:

So many words? The last time that happen, I just stuck a piece of paper "I'm screwed" on it ... everyone else got the message ... :bsmilie:

 

[paperhands]

Excuse -- esscuse
Exam -- essam.
Experiment -- essperiment
Explain --essplain,

OMG. its an X for goodness sake, not an S. sheesh.

 

[cichlid]

Inflammable = Flammable

Irregardless = Regardless

Please learn your English first before passing judgement on which one "by right" is right or not.

I can't think of any annoying phrases at the moment, but the bad usage of "whereby" pisses me off ALOT.

"You can sit here whereby you can see more clearly." <- It's so bad that I have no idea how they even form such sentences!

It should be .... pisses me off a lot instead of "alot"