Quote Originally Posted by jennie285 View Post
Well here is my grouch...I hate it when people optain a new object and they have brought that, and not bought it....
That's my biggest gripe. I absolutely hate it. It gives you the perception that the person is uneducated, yet some of the worst offendors I've come across who do it, are in very senior roles within large organisations. Obviously the grammar checking in MS Word doesn't catch it for them....

The things that Gen Y come out with at work are hilarious. I got an email from one today asking me to confirm some operating specs on a part for a guy at "Pump and something a-rather" not "something or other"....... I guess you can't blame them for trying, but does anyone else see the huge flaw in the trend of teaching kids to spell phonetically?

Blocker touched on another one of my pet hates - word redundancy. Although the examples he gave were quite subtle, the obvious ones you hear in daily life are very annoying - like ATM Machine, PIN Number, AC Current etc.


All you have to do is browse a car forum with Gen Ys posting on it.... they go to the wreakers to get spare break callapers because the pistins in the old ones are ceased.