I am so sick of entitlement

[Zantos]

Aluminium. What is the problem with the five syllables? Honestly

Aluminum grates on my nerves as well, but for different reasons. However to answer the question if your talking about the difference between EU and US pronunciations, I think that would be having the letter I stand for an entire syllable.

The syllables change depending on the pronunciation. In the UK pronunciation it goes Al-U-Mi-Ni-Um, the US says Al-U-Min-Um (or possibly A-Lu-Mi-Num depending on region, or just who you talk to), all of these pronunciations have a syllable made up from a single vowel, so the I thing wouldn't really work.

 

[Zoomy]

People who express how little they care about something with "I could care less". No, you fools, it's couldn't.

 

[Nimcha]

I'm getting sick of entitlement too. Not so much the word, but more people thinking they have it with regards to a developer or publisher.

 

[RyanBishop]

Fanboy.
Nuff said.

 

[Susan Arendt]

Awesome.

It's been overused to the moon and back. I'm so sick of hearing everyone and everything saying awesome. Its just so annoying.

Couldn't agree more. It's a lazy way of describing things. I don't mind it in everyday speech, but in writing, it drives me insane.

 

[AlexLoxate]

Words cannot describe this

 

[GundamSentinel]

Tsunami.

After Japan and before that Sumatra everyone started using the word tsunami (as a metaphor) while there are so many perfectly reasonable alternatives in my native language. Stop it!

 

[Blue2]

I don't know if this counts but I am sick and tired of seeing people blaming or assuming one thing of world problems when other things did equal or more.

"events that you could see/hear, Public reaction" (Truth behind the event)

"Johny shoot up his school? BAN VIDEO GAMES!" (Family issues and easy obtain a firearm)
"A women seems to have a broken arm, ABUSIVE HUSBAND!" (A work related injury)
"A guy playing with a bunch of children, PEDOPHILE!" (A volunteer worker for children)
"Driver A Crashed into Driver B, DRIVER A IS AT FAULT" (Driver B didn't see the stop sign)

Also Both "Racist" and "Sexist". Come on, it's a joke not a genocide.
Also(2) The N word, Nuff said

 

[viranimus]

Aluminium. What is the problem with the five syllables? Honestly

Aluminum grates on my nerves as well, but for different reasons. However to answer the question if your talking about the difference between EU and US pronunciations, I think that would be having the letter I stand for an entire syllable.

The syllables change depending on the pronunciation. In the UK pronunciation it goes Al-U-Mi-Ni-Um, the US says Al-U-Min-Um (or possibly A-Lu-Mi-Num depending on region, or just who you talk to), all of these pronunciations have a syllable made up from a single vowel, so the I thing wouldn't really work.

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Fair enough, but I think the difference is that in the UK pronunciation, the letter I is to represent an EEE sound, whereas putting the emphasis on the U in a 4 syllable configuration still has the U representing a sound that it naturally makes. Having I stand in place of E is somewhat counter intuitive.

Also you hit on what aggravates me about aluminums pronunciation in 4 syllable format. Kudos.

 

[Casual Shinji]

"Overrated" and "underrated".

For some reason things aren't allowed to simply be good or bad anymore.

 

[4173]

'Homophobic'

I just don't like that word, it doesn't make sense to me.

A phobia is a fear, so "homophobic" would mean a fear of gays.

How does that not make sense to you? Homophobics hate and fear homosexuals.

Hate, yes, but not fear.

In a non-clinical setting, phobia frequently encompasses terms like dislike, or aversion.

And really, outside "buttsex is icky," I think most arguments boil down to afraid of being around/being hit on, afraid of children being converted or afraid of being converted themselves.

Or I suppose, fear of hellfire and damnation, either for self or others.

 

[martin's a madman]

What's wrong with the way someone says Nook-u-lur?

 

[Me55enger]

Having heard its pronuciation butchered so often by so many people it grinds my teeth to hear it anymore.

Um...

You spelt Pronunciation wrong...

Just thought id capitalize on that irony.

worst word in the world: tight, as used as to convey that something is impressive, or expensive or whatever Turk lovers use it for...

 

[StBishop]

Epic and Fail. Together or on their own. Both are bad and we need to move on.

I'm pretty hipster about it because they use to be cool before everything became EPIC! or FAIL! or EPIC FAIL lol!

Aha! And THAT is exactly what I was talking about in my post. That may just be a typo, but saying "use to" instead of "used to" is also a common mistake that bothers me to no end.

*sadface* It's a typo. Sorry.

But yeah, I hate the way people say would in the wrong context.

"If only I would have killed him when I had the chance."

"I wish you would have been there."

 

[HalfTangible]

The phrase 'Just kidding'.

Mostly because somebody apparently decided that means 'I was wrong' or 'i made a mistake'.

Now i want to punch someone everytime i hear it. *twitch*

 

[FalloutJack]

Semprini.

*Gets carted off by the police*

OT: It's not so much the words I have a problem with. It's the people.

 

[Irridium]

"Haters gonna hate"

While I can appreciate the original intention, it has quickly devolved into "valid criticism gonna get a passive-aggressive response".

 

[Laxman9292]

'Homophobic'

I just don't like that word, it doesn't make sense to me.

A phobia is a fear, so "homophobic" would mean a fear of gays.

How does that not make sense to you? Homophobics hate and fear homosexuals.

No, he's right, it's not hate and fear, it's just straight up fear. Like I have an irrational fear of gay people, they make me curl up in a corner and cry. That's being homophobic technically.

 

[Icehearted]

Another one is Nuclear.

Spoiler: I think you mean nucular.

Mine would be proactive. The arteries in my head throb at it's utterance.

 

[Laxman9292]

'Homophobic'

I just don't like that word, it doesn't make sense to me.

A phobia is a fear, so "homophobic" would mean a fear of gays.

How does that not make sense to you? Homophobics hate and fear homosexuals.

Hate, yes, but not fear.

In a non-clinical setting, phobia frequently encompasses terms like dislike, or aversion.

And really, outside "buttsex is icky," I think most arguments boil down to afraid of being around/being hit on, afraid of children being converted or afraid of being converted themselves.

Or I suppose, fear of hellfire and damnation, either for self or others.

I have a phobia of snakes though, and you don't see me picketing the zoo protesting snakes rights to live with other snakes in the reptile house. They're just intolerant.