The shortening of words 😡

[Oohthedrama]

BEAUT!
And my new youtube pet peeve.
Pickkie for picture

 

[AmberSpyglass]

^ I agree with you- it is annoying that some words get shortened unnecessarily but uni is fairly standard, surely?

Yes it’s standard but I still loathe it , I blame Neighbours for that one

 

[StephenTJackson]

Not just shortened words but people who write in an accent. For example if from Yorkshire using the word reyt for right and theesen for yourself ...

This! I’m a Yorkshireman, I speak like that, but I don’t write with a Yorkshire accent. It’s not difficult to write properly.

 

[Departed member 294]

Avo, Guac and uni I have no problem with.

Reno and inspo, yeah those are annoying,

I’d never use the word bro, and refer to my brother as my brother.

 

[Sweetard]

Im so glad you started this thread, I love my husband dearly but he has to shorten everything like we have booked an all inclusive holiday and the conversation went like this from him " its ages since we went all inc, I cant wait to have a full eng on holiday " it annoyed the life out of me, he also says when hes working a long weekend , hes doing Fri , Sat , sun , that's just two examples he knows it drives me mad and does it all the more, he thinks its hilarious how worked up I get

Sounds like something off Towie. It’d drive me nuts too.

 

[erin182]

I think my least favourite is 'wuu2?' because it just reminds me of MSN days.

'wuu2?' 'nm, u?' 'nm lol' and then that would essentially be the end of a conversation.

Or brb, lmao and kkz

 

[SunshineDreamer]

My dentist keeps calling me a shortened version of my name, even though I've never referred to myself as this and it's only three syllables long!

Her first name is double barreled - and her assistant and myself always call her by this! Bet she would be annoyed if I just missed half off.

She seems to make the secretary and receptionist call her by Dr Surname. I think she thinks she's above other people.

People keep doing that with my daughter. Her name is Charlotte (and admittedly we do call her Lottie) but people keep calling her Char and it gets on my last nerves.

People shortening words is my pet peeve. I know someone who calls daffodils ‘daffs’ and I want to scream every time she says it.

 

[ClaireBear117]

Some are on with me like uni, but so many of them irritate me. Also, on a related note, when people use the wrong form of a word/just completely cock up a fairly straightforward phrase. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, CHESTER FUCKING DRAWS.

 

[Tulips]

Yes it’s standard but I still loathe it , I blame Neighbours for that one

Lol, I blame Neighbours for "this arvo" (but I think I like it really)

 

[boredjess]

there was this white girl on youtube whom I watched once, who kept going SIS SIS SIS.

I wanted to slap her

 

[Rlaw1978]

My pet hates are when people use abbreviations for the word toilet. Such as loo, lav or John. It’s a bloody toilet, use and respect it’s full unadulterated form.

 

[AmberSpyglass]

 

[HowLongOhLord]

The corruption and misuse of -v-/versus by casters.
E.g.
1) In today's match, X is versing Y, as the verbalisation of X v Y, when the caster means 'X is sparring with/fighting against Y'
2) in a versus battle, (Joe Sugg), when he means going 'head to head with' or 'highly competitive'.