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[CLKD]

Could be a bit Welsh this awwww ………. 

[Hurdity]

Haha! No need to apologise!!!
I completely understand and often hear the sentiment you describe Taz and use it myself, but would spell the sound people make when they say it as "ohhhh" or "aaah" - it's the multiple ww thing (can't write it!) that irrationally gives me the heeby-jeebies when written down. It makes me imagine someone with their lips protruding saying "or" in a hard way, whereas in reality it's a gentle appreciative exclamation or sentiment!
How's that for pedantry and trivial nonsense?! 

Hurdity 

[Dulciana]

Someone's voice going up at the end of a sentence, to make it sound like a question, when it's not, and people ending a written sentence with a question mark when they should use a full stop, also drive me dippy.....................!!!!    (I hope nobody minds me saying this....)

[Dulciana]

And "heads-up"!

[CLKD]

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[CLKD]

I find that people 'in authority' tend to do this 

[Taz2]

It's termed "upspeak" which may be another new word that gets to some of us...   Strange that we think of it as American in origin but it appears to have started early in the nineteenth century in Northern England, Scotland and Ireland http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-04-24/upspeaks-use-by-smart-men-and-women-and-what-it-means

Taz x

[Hattie]

We could almost make up our own 'up' word - wonder if one would catch on.

upthink ?

[libby1]

I can't stand the "yeah" and "innit" at the end of every sentence that some young people say, I guess I'm getting old 

Libby
x

[Tabbycat]

Someone's voice going up at the end of a sentence, to make it sound like a question, when it's not, and people ending a written sentence with a question mark when they should use a full stop,

Oh hell, yes! It sounds so patronising - like they're asking if you understand them. For some reason, I find the question mark even more annoying.

[Dulciana]

It's termed "upspeak" which may be another new word that gets to some of us...   Taz x

Eek!

[CLKD]

I hate when people say "I can't wait to ……. go on holiday, see a new Film, buy a new pair of shoes" - well you'll *have* to wait  ……… unless you have powers the rest of us lack 

[Judith57]

Hi everyone and Happy New Year to you all.

I spent some time up in Lincolnshire over Christmas and on the local news they kept referring to a road and when they were going to be 'dualing' it. I assume they mean turning it into a dual carriageway but that was a new verb to me, rather like the verbs that were used to 'medal' and 'podium' during the Olympics.

I also hate the way people turn a statement into a sentence, whenever we have temps in the office from Australia they always do it or young people who come back from travelling....drives me crazy!

[CLKD]

Welcome Judith57 ……..

[Dulciana]

Thankfully, I haven't heard it much recently, but I couldn't stand hearing Christmas referred to as Crimbo.