Least favourite phrases on SD

[Island]

Anal evisceration works for me and does not contour up unwanted imagery

Nope.

That just makes me wince...

 

[User100]

Buddy
Bud
Mate
My friend

 

[John Gryphon]

Mate

ya gonna hate orstraya ...mate

 

[Steve Q]

How about...... "I am not a BASC member but why are they not doing something about XXXXXXXX?"

 

[kenbro]

Th

Mostly on ads..
"Tactical"
Tactical trousers, tactical belts, tactical pouch, tactical underpants....

Thats an advertising tactic ‘cause anything tactical commands a premium price.
Ken.

 

[Steve Q]

Th

Thats an advertising tactic ‘cause anything tactical commands a premium price.
Ken.

New confectionery..........Brown and green Tic-Tac(ticals) only £5 a pack.

 

[Foxyboy43]

“It's that time of the month again, when we get to announce the winners of this month's prize draw”….
Hate it, like really, really hate it….

 

[kenbro]

“It's that time of the month again, when we get to announce the winners of this month's prize draw”….
Hate it, like really, really hate it….

How many times you won Fb?
Ken.

 

[Scuffy]

Moddy........ Its a FACing sound MODERATOR

 

[Tim.243]

Buddy
Bud
Mate
My friend

Pal also

 

[Hook'N'Bullet]

“an“ FAC, Nooooooooo ffs!
it’s a FAC.

I think it is AN F.A.C. Use "an" when the acronym has a vowel like sound

 

[Hook'N'Bullet]

Finally, this thread's picked up, and switched into grammar pedantry! I'm with @Dalua

My learning was that you write 'a' or 'an' depending upon how the word is verbalised. How one says it when read aloud.

If it starts with a consonant sound, choose 'a'; if it starts with a noun sound, choose 'an'.
So, it's "an SLR", "an LMG", "a SAM", "an EMP", "an IED", "an MTB", "a USP".......

The classic is hotel, depending if you drop the 'H' when saying the word; "an 'otel" versus "a hotel".

I have no idea why it's "an umbrella" and "a U-boat" though. God I love English.

you dont say a yewm-berella same way you dont say a Uh boat

 

[flatliner]

It's that time of the month again, when we get to announce the winners of this month's prize draw. @Foxyboy43

 

[pob]

you dont say a yewm-berella same way you dont say a Uh boat

You're just making an fuss, a unnecessary fuss.

 

[Foxyboy43]

How many times you won Fb?
Ken.

Schwein!

 

[kenbro]

Schwein!

Think you’re in cahoots with Stalker 1962.
Ken.

 

[greylag]

Crisis and emergency to describe normal day to day life

 

[John Gryphon]

“It's that time of the month again

They all say that, sometimes fortnightly.

 

[FrenchieBoy]

MARMITE! Surely some members know more than one word!

 

[John Gryphon]

MARMITE! Surely some members know more than one word!

Yes, Vegemite.