I hate this word...

[Chris101]

Eye Cue ...?

 

[FS Vontz]

I hate it when people ask me if I'm a professional/going to be a professional when I use an slr.

 

[johannielscom]

So how do you feel about APUG? 😀

I hate it when people introduce words here that bother them on other forums

 

[Michael Markey]

Rising intonation which turns every statement into a question. If you are not sure ask a question.

 

[Gumby]

Rising intonation which turns every statement into a question. If you are not sure ask a question.

Rising intonation which turns every statement into a question? 😀

 

[Michael Markey]

That`s it ,that`s it 🙂

 

[Gumby]

"G'day" or "No worries", when spoken/written by a non-Aussie.

"Cheers", when spoken/written by a non-Brit.

"Eh?", when spoken/written by a non-Canuk.

"Have a nice day", when spoken/written by anyone.

 

[oftheherd]

they are not too bad!....but the constant use of the word - 'AWESOME'...ugh! :bang:

Whatever! 😀 😀

 

[Roger Hicks]

"G'day" or "No worries", when spoken/written by a non-Aussie.

"Cheers", when spoken/written by a non-Brit.

"Eh?", when spoken/written by a non-Canuk.

"Have a nice day", when spoken/written by anyone.

Eh?

(Traditional British usage. Means 'What on earth are you talking about' or 'I can't/didn't hear you'. How does the Canuk usage vary? Pronunciation? It sounds just like 'A?' in English.)

Cheers,

R.

 

[wgerrard]

"Loose" when used as a variant of the word "lost".

As in "Where did I loose my dictionary?"

If you've lost something, people, you did not "loose" it!

 

[wolves3012]

I hate you lot! Now you've got me going on my pet hates...

Non-photography words:
key, impact, sustainable (in order of most over-used and abused)

Photography-related:
glass (you mean lens/lenses WITHOUT an "e" at the end)
bokeh (I just hate it)

Generally:
Any word misused by someone who thinks it's cleverer than using plain English and does so to try and cover their lack of vocabulary and to try and impress (they fail miserably).
Gratuitous apostrophes on plurals also annoy me (more so when applied randomly). I have a local shop whose sign proclaims they sell "Beer's Wine's Spirits and Cigarettes".

 

[Al Kaplan]

"cheers" makes the grade. Unless you're talkin' about the sitcom?

How about "Me no know" ?

 

[Gumby]

Eh?

(Traditional British usage. How does the Canuk usage vary?)

Cheers,

R.

Y'got me again, Roger... I dunno. It might be the same. The Canucks had to get it from somewhere, eh?

But WRT Brits... what's the expression they use in Lancs. for "mate"? I seem to recall finding that quite odd. Ahh, now I recall - they say, "Luv". Queer, I thought (implying multiple definitions of that word). 🙂

 

[Roger Hicks]

"cheers" makes the grade. Unless you're talkin' about the sitcom?

It's perfectly acceptable to most English-speakers, if not to American-speakers. Been in use since the 80s at least, especially as a sign-off to a phone conversation: cheers, mate.

Saw a bit of the sitcom once. Situation, unarguably. Comedy, no.

Cheers,

R.

 

[oftheherd]

One of my pet peeves is metrics. Eh?

 

[Gumby]

"Reality TV". What's real about it?

 

[wolves3012]

Non-Photo related... Tech words often make it into general use in a slightly annoying way. Like "Band width". Is that one word or two?

Band width: the width of a band.
Bandwidth: the frequency range or information-carrying capacity of a signal transmission system (e.g. radio channel).

 

[Gumby]

One of my pet peeves is metrics. Eh?

... but the beer is still sold in pints. Hmmm.

 

[Michael Markey]

Gumby

It`s usually " All right luv " but cheers as a sign off is used all the time now. By the way where is the toilet ? 🙂

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

Eh?

(Traditional British usage. Means 'What on earth are you talking about' or 'I can't/didn't hear you'. How does the Canuk usage vary? Pronunciation? It sounds just like 'A?' in English.)

Cheers,

R.

Actualy it's from the Yorkshireman's greeting - as in :- "eh-up lad!...hows tha doin?
Dave.