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Another niggle is news reporters on tv who start their report with Well. They may be reporting on a drought, so hardly the most appropriate choice of word.

Yet another, is people who add r to words like saw. I sawr it. Saw is a three letter word, and should not have anything added.

Did I get out of the wrong side of the bed this morning?

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Found an article in the BBC News Magazine online on 13th July just after I'd read post 121 by HelenB. It was entitled 'Viewpoint:why do some Americanisms irritate people?'

Just read today's page and there have been 799 comments added so far. There is a list of the 50 most noted examples, some I admit to agreeing with.

I'd like to know why so many people pronounce liquorice as liquorish.

Another which rankles is people who pronounce DUEL as JEWEL.

Moan, moan, whinge whinge...

...and another thing...Why do so many announcers and comperes say "Next up"? ...and why do they ask us to put our hands together for what's coming next. Do they want us to clap very quietly? Oh dear, I think I need a lie down in a darkened room.

Talking of clapping, I really, really hate the phrase "give it up for". It's not Lent is it?

Siamcat, SOULMATES! That was the other one I was trying to remember!

I hate "give a shout out"

Have just read through this thread. For a new twist on well trimmed Beavers have a look at
The Beaver Ballad on Youtube.

I detest the way the word "closure" is used, at least here in the US. It is no longer primarily used by insincere and creepy TV reporters but also by anyone else who is able to deal with many-layered emotional challenges by sucking up all their feelings into a word like this. You'll actually hear something like: "They've finally found the murderer of our little girl. Now we have closure." There was a time when you'd more likely hear: "They've caught this evil monster. Now I want them to fry him." I for one don't think that the former response is an improvement (call me old-fashioned). It's not just the sickening ubiquity of the word but what it's done to our psyches.

Aristophanes,

Agree about "closure". They use it often in divorce proceedings too.

How about "I took it off of the table".