Verbal Faux Pas, Jargon, Cliches, Boganisms, etc

[Cleavy]

'Positiveness', 'creativeness', 'aggressiveness', etc. What's wrong with the language we already have?

positivity, creativity, aggressivity (which is apparently a word)

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Aggression

 

[Bristol]

Aggression

It astounds me how often this word gets overlooked for "aggressiveness"

 

[Registered User]

"Ferocity"

 

[010203]

On Fox Sports News Tim Robinson called Essendon 'Essedon' just like Mark Robinson does.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

On Fox Sports News Tim Robinson called Essendon 'Essedon' just like Mark Robinson does.

They should just change the name. Too many people can't cope with adjoining consonants. Like vunnerable, seckertary, and so on.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

They should just change the name. Too many people can't cope with adjoining consonants. Like vunnerable, seckertary, and so on.

Australia (pronounced Aushtralia) is the one I hate the most.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Straya

 

[Number37]

They should just change the name. Too many people can't cope with adjoining consonants. Like vunnerable, seckertary, and so on.

Arks is the worst one.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

I used to work with a lovely guy who was intelligent and otherwise quite articulate but would always say 'pacific' for 'specific'

 

[peternorth]

Caller on sen said hopes the "stigmatism" will be removed (in relation to mental health)

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Caller on sen said hopes the "stigmatism" will be removed (in relation to mental health)

Callers to radio stations shouldn't be quoted - they are all bogans who can't talk proper .

(Present company excluded if you phone up radio stations... )

 

[peternorth]

Callers to radio stations shouldn't be quoted - they are all bogans who can't talk proper .

(Present company excluded if you phone up radio stations... )

Oh jhaha. last time i called a radio station was in the 80s. to vote for the top 8 at 8.

 

[Registered User]

Callers to radio stations shouldn't be quoted - they are all bogans who can't talk proper .

(Present company excluded if you phone up radio stations... )

But they come out with some of the best ones. Eg: "Warne's too fat. He's overbese"

Instead of saying someone 'stole my thunder', another guy said: "that last caller took my storm"

 

[Registered User]

David Schwarz said "the Louvre" instead of "the luge" a few times today until a caller rang it to correct him. They were talking about sports that Aussies are crap at, and he kept saying, "we're crap at the Louvre. Why are so crap at the Louvre?"

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Another one people say incorrectly is February.

They omit the first R every single time.

 

[KermitJagger]

This morning in Damo's attempts to sound knowledgeable, he referred to Beams as "suffering from mental health". He does this quite frequently, as though he doesn't know quite the words to use when he could just add "issues" to the end of it and not sound like a complete oxygen thief.

I wasn't aware that having mental health was something that caused suffering, but there you go.

 

[KermitJagger]

Boomer Harvey and using "them" instead of "those" - "I like them sorts of trades."

 

[Father Jack]

Another one people say incorrectly is February.

They omit the first R every single time.

Isn't either way correct?

 

[peternorth]

This morning in Damo's attempts to sound knowledgeable, he referred to Beams as "suffering from mental health". He does this quite frequently, as though he doesn't know quite the words to use when he could just add "issues" to the end of it and not sound like a complete oxygen thief.

I wasn't aware that having mental health was something that caused suffering, but there you go.

lol. I dont think someone can suffer from mental health. Everyone has mental health....whether or not it is "good or bad" is the question. It's like suffering from physical health. wtf does that mean?

or leg speed.
or leaving the field with the blood rule. WTF??? you dont leave with something, you leave because of the rule.
it's like saying player X is penalised with the holding the ball rule.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Isn't either way correct?

Er, no.

Like when someone I know spelt separate as seperate and claimed it was optional.

 

[KermitJagger]

Damian Barrett doubling down on the "suffering from mental health" call.

 

[Father Jack]

Er, no.

Like when someone I know spelt separate as seperate and claimed it was optional.

There's nothing wrong with dropping the first 'r' in February, it's pretty much why everyone does it. Spelling is a different beast again, though.

 

[Number37]

Mel Jones, JLT final commentary..."it's only early in the summer...but it's still autumn".
I think the word she was looking for is spring.

 

[010203]

Tom Wilson on Fox Sports News said 'expanation' instead of explanation.