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RE: Irrational Dislikes - JJB - 06-02-2026
(05-02-2026, 10:56 PM)Small chilli Wrote: The outrageously irritating buzz of a blue bottle.
Or a mossie or midge flying around your head as you're trying to get to sleep.
RE: Irrational Dislikes - Mark_Riga - 06-02-2026
Wood pigeons cooing, wasps bussing and squirrels laughing - but none of these are irrational.
RE: Irrational Dislikes - JJB - 07-02-2026
When Brits say schedule with a hard K like shkedule instead of our traditional soft shhhh sound. We are NOT American..... yet. I'm also anti the American influence of Halloween & Valentines Day, these were never a 'thing' in years gone by. My first experience of Valentines day was as a youngster of about 10 in an American school. On 14th Feb (not Feb 14) everyone in class was giving out cards to everyone else, I hadn't got a clue what was going on. I couldn't see the point then or now. We'll all be celebrating Thanksgiving next, at least i might see the point there. No offence to any individual Americans intended
RE: Irrational Dislikes - Mark_Riga - 07-02-2026
One of the problems is the inconsistency in the pronouncement of English words. Like schedule and then we have school which isn't pronounced shool. In a similar vein though I dislike new words taking over from perfectly good ones like obligate instead of oblige.
RE: Irrational Dislikes - Veggie - 07-02-2026
"It is what it is" - obviously it is, so why bother to say it?