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Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... 09:33 - Jun 1 with 5885 viewsBloots

....people that can't pronounce the word "ask/asked".

Highlighted by Darren Bent on TalkSport this morning.

When did "Arks" and "Arksed" become commonplace?

He's not even "youth".

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Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:35 - Jun 1 with 2799 viewsfooters

Just West Indian tingz, innit?

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Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:36 - Jun 1 with 2786 viewsfabian_illness

Mine is when TWTD posters change the title of their reply to make a point.
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Only eejts, perverts and deviants on 09:40 - Jun 1 with 2746 viewsKeno

Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:36 - Jun 1 by fabian_illness

Mine is when TWTD posters change the title of their reply to make a point.


do that

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Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:42 - Jun 1 with 2736 viewsclive_baker

Not sure what Bent's heritage is but I've noticed it of Jamaican people specifically. Not sure why, presumably 'ask' is hard to pronounce. My old colleague said it, and one of my friends is of Jamaican descent and he says it. Although curiously he says asking, not arksing. But arks instead of ask. Not sure it has anything to do with youth though, I've heard proper Brixton Caribbean oldies saying aks when I lived there.

Not as annoying as a friend who says 'generally' ever other word. Especially as I think he means 'genuinely', which would be equally as annoying, but at least make more sense.

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Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:42 - Jun 1 with 2725 viewschicoazul

Could of

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Only eejts, perverts and deviants on 09:40 - Jun 1 by Keno

do that


deed

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Only eejts, perverts and deviants on 09:43 - Jun 1 with 2715 viewsGuthrum

Only eejts, perverts and deviants on 09:40 - Jun 1 by Keno

do that


Oh. I shall have to start doing that, then.

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Only eejts, perverts and deviants on 09:47 - Jun 1 with 2672 viewsfactual_blue

Only eejts, perverts and deviants on 09:43 - Jun 1 by Guthrum

Oh. I shall have to start doing that, then.


But you're not an eejit.

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Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:51 - Jun 1 with 2647 viewsEwan_Oozami

Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:42 - Jun 1 by clive_baker

Not sure what Bent's heritage is but I've noticed it of Jamaican people specifically. Not sure why, presumably 'ask' is hard to pronounce. My old colleague said it, and one of my friends is of Jamaican descent and he says it. Although curiously he says asking, not arksing. But arks instead of ask. Not sure it has anything to do with youth though, I've heard proper Brixton Caribbean oldies saying aks when I lived there.

Not as annoying as a friend who says 'generally' ever other word. Especially as I think he means 'genuinely', which would be equally as annoying, but at least make more sense.


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Just one small problem; sell their houses to who, Ben? Fcking Aquaman?
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I'm sure it fairly prevalent in the.... on 09:54 - Jun 1 with 2626 viewsBloots

Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:42 - Jun 1 by clive_baker

Not sure what Bent's heritage is but I've noticed it of Jamaican people specifically. Not sure why, presumably 'ask' is hard to pronounce. My old colleague said it, and one of my friends is of Jamaican descent and he says it. Although curiously he says asking, not arksing. But arks instead of ask. Not sure it has anything to do with youth though, I've heard proper Brixton Caribbean oldies saying aks when I lived there.

Not as annoying as a friend who says 'generally' ever other word. Especially as I think he means 'genuinely', which would be equally as annoying, but at least make more sense.


....non afro Caribbean community too.

Osmosis I guess.

Same with "gotten" which has snuck it's way into modern language from the Yanks.

It actually takes longer to say "gotten" than "got"!!

I'm old and confused.

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My pet peeve is people pointlessly baiting others... on 09:55 - Jun 1 with 2627 viewsKropotkin123

The English language hardly helps with pronunciation. 20 vowel sounds represented by 5 vowels + y, and they don't even bother to stick to their lanes.

Consonants hardly perform better. X = KS. C pointlessly takes the place of S or K, unless it is followed by an H.

Some words are just simply spelt wrong in the dictionary - Phoenix. No one can convince me that is correct.

And then we are supposed to blame the kids for giving up on trying, when their schools are underfunded.

But it's okay, we've elected another Etonian, as he just gets it. Says it like it is. A man of the people.

So, I guess my pet peeve is people having pet peeves about consequences and not causes.
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Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:55 - Jun 1 with 2621 viewsclive_baker

Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:51 - Jun 1 by Ewan_Oozami

Born in Tooting....


My guess is it must be hard for Caribbeans to pronounce 'ask', with their accent. So I guess some of those UK born of Caribbean descent that grew up around that pronunciation (parents / grandparents etc) probably just learnt that as the way to say it.

I might start using it.

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Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:55 - Jun 1 with 2631 viewsfooters

While we're on it, I've a new girl in my team who, like, says like, you know, like every other, like, word and it's, like, well annoying.

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Lucky that you managed..... on 09:56 - Jun 1 with 2604 viewsBloots

My pet peeve is people pointlessly baiting others... on 09:55 - Jun 1 by Kropotkin123

The English language hardly helps with pronunciation. 20 vowel sounds represented by 5 vowels + y, and they don't even bother to stick to their lanes.

Consonants hardly perform better. X = KS. C pointlessly takes the place of S or K, unless it is followed by an H.

Some words are just simply spelt wrong in the dictionary - Phoenix. No one can convince me that is correct.

And then we are supposed to blame the kids for giving up on trying, when their schools are underfunded.

But it's okay, we've elected another Etonian, as he just gets it. Says it like it is. A man of the people.

So, I guess my pet peeve is people having pet peeves about consequences and not causes.
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....to crowbar a bit of politics into it.

We're missing that on here.

Sigh.

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Bleedin' kids.... on 09:57 - Jun 1 with 2595 viewsBloots

Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:55 - Jun 1 by footers

While we're on it, I've a new girl in my team who, like, says like, you know, like every other, like, word and it's, like, well annoying.


....they're bare annoying.

Innit.

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Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:57 - Jun 1 with 2599 viewsclive_baker

Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:55 - Jun 1 by footers

While we're on it, I've a new girl in my team who, like, says like, you know, like every other, like, word and it's, like, well annoying.


Aks her to stop.

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Are you arksing for trouble? (n/t) on 09:58 - Jun 1 with 2588 viewsBloots

Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:55 - Jun 1 by clive_baker

My guess is it must be hard for Caribbeans to pronounce 'ask', with their accent. So I guess some of those UK born of Caribbean descent that grew up around that pronunciation (parents / grandparents etc) probably just learnt that as the way to say it.

I might start using it.



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Lucky that you managed..... on 10:05 - Jun 1 with 2547 viewsKropotkin123

Lucky that you managed..... on 09:56 - Jun 1 by Bloots

....to crowbar a bit of politics into it.

We're missing that on here.

Sigh.


Take it as you wish, sigh, but that is still my pet peeve.

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Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 10:06 - Jun 1 with 2545 viewsSeablu

Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:55 - Jun 1 by footers

While we're on it, I've a new girl in my team who, like, says like, you know, like every other, like, word and it's, like, well annoying.


That drives me feckin potty.
Our new recruitment girl does that, along with literally using the word literally like literally every sentence.
All with a dreadful vocal fry that she thinks makes her sound clever.
I want her to work permanently from home.
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I'm sure it fairly prevalent in the.... on 10:09 - Jun 1 with 2531 viewssolemio

I'm sure it fairly prevalent in the.... on 09:54 - Jun 1 by Bloots

....non afro Caribbean community too.

Osmosis I guess.

Same with "gotten" which has snuck it's way into modern language from the Yanks.

It actually takes longer to say "gotten" than "got"!!

I'm old and confused.


I don't mind 'gotten' as it is an old English word which went over to America with the early settlers. They've kept the old English; we haven't.
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My pet peeve is people pointlessly baiting others... on 10:10 - Jun 1 with 2532 viewsbluelagos

My pet peeve is people pointlessly baiting others... on 09:55 - Jun 1 by Kropotkin123

The English language hardly helps with pronunciation. 20 vowel sounds represented by 5 vowels + y, and they don't even bother to stick to their lanes.

Consonants hardly perform better. X = KS. C pointlessly takes the place of S or K, unless it is followed by an H.

Some words are just simply spelt wrong in the dictionary - Phoenix. No one can convince me that is correct.

And then we are supposed to blame the kids for giving up on trying, when their schools are underfunded.

But it's okay, we've elected another Etonian, as he just gets it. Says it like it is. A man of the people.

So, I guess my pet peeve is people having pet peeves about consequences and not causes.
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Yep.

People who worry other people's grammar, accents or pronunciation are nearly as bad as people complaining about what day of the week people mow their lawn.

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Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 10:13 - Jun 1 with 2514 viewsfactual_blue

Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:55 - Jun 1 by footers

While we're on it, I've a new girl in my team who, like, says like, you know, like every other, like, word and it's, like, well annoying.


Well, so long as can flip the burgers as well as the rest of your team...

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Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 10:14 - Jun 1 with 2512 viewssolemio

Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 09:55 - Jun 1 by footers

While we're on it, I've a new girl in my team who, like, says like, you know, like every other, like, word and it's, like, well annoying.


Two young women behind me on a bus - pre Covid - I counted 83 "like" usages in a fairly short journey, and one of them didn't say it at all.

That is like dreadful.
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My pet peeve is people pointlessly baiting others... on 10:14 - Jun 1 with 2503 viewsfactual_blue

My pet peeve is people pointlessly baiting others... on 10:10 - Jun 1 by bluelagos

Yep.

People who worry other people's grammar, accents or pronunciation are nearly as bad as people complaining about what day of the week people mow their lawn.

Far more important things to irritate you (Except the misuse of Euro2020 obs)


There's a full stop missing from your last sentence.




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Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 10:14 - Jun 1 with 2502 viewsfooters

Middle aged man pet peeves/annoyances..... on 10:13 - Jun 1 by factual_blue

Well, so long as can flip the burgers as well as the rest of your team...


I expected better from you than this cheap tap-in.

And anyway, she's on fries.

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