Lost wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 4:15 am
People talking loudly on mobile phones.
Especially, if it's on public transport. Unless it's work or an emergency, can you not wait until you get home!? Or somewhere private? I don't wish to be forced to listen to your conversation, thank you.
Maaaan does it grind on me. I can probably count on one hand how many times I've answered my phone in public this year. They get a message.
I'm definitely gonna be a proper grumpy old man when I'm older. Already halfway there.
sateeb wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 5:26 am
Ex pats talking Tinglish to other ex pats.
Expats talking Tinglish to anyone! If a Thai can understand "I go market now" they can also understand "I'm going to the market now"... - and they might learn how to speak English properly!
That one bothers me, too. Even more so if the Thai the Tinglish is being spoken to is obviously more than capable of being spoken to in normal English.
I don't trust children. They're here to replace us.
The thing I hate is when the Farang uses all the correct words, but believes they'll be better understood by imitating a strange foreign accent, which actually makes them incomprehensible to everybody in the room, both Thai and Farang..
Dannie Boy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 11:33 am
I find it more annoying when a farang uses tinglish rather than a Thai - they should know better!!
A Thai using Tinglish doesn't bother me at all. They're learning a language and making an attempt.
Big Boy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 12:02 pm
The thing I hate is when the Farang uses all the correct words, but believes they'll be better understood by imitating a strange foreign accent...
Ohhhh, I've met a few of them chaps in my time. I found the accent gets stronger with each Chang.
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I don't trust children. They're here to replace us.
When I was a kid it was always "like" at the end of a sentence , although not in front of my father (if it could be helped)... A slap on the backside or across the back of the head was not unknown..
"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things" - Yma o Hyd.
Crappy/low IQ "Reality" Shows - "Made in Essex" et. al.....
Then again, there's "Lodgers for Codgers" which I've just seen (not the same as above - quite funny). Lost and DM could be a good match!! Just note Lost, DM bitches about not having stairs or a garden, could be a tight space...... have fun What a reality series that would be!!
"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things" - Yma o Hyd.
So, DM, I so totally agree with your annoyance of 'so'. I enjoy watching Pointless but 95% of the contestants under the age of 40 start every flippin' sentence with 'so'. It surely must annoy the likes of Zander and Richard.
I also rather enjoy watching '24 Hours in Police Custody' - some interesting stories and interviews. Check out those who are on drugs. No need for a drugs test as they always end a sentence with "...you know what I mean?"
Another addition to the pet hate list is the wrong use of the passive tense. "I was sat on the (insert noun)...". Who put you there?
I'm certainly turning into a GOW.
"Properly trained, man can be a dog's best friend"
pharvey wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 6:26 pm
When I was a kid it was always "like" at the end of a sentence , although not in front of my father (if it could be helped)... A slap on the backside or across the back of the head was not unknown..
I only experienced this trait when working in the NE of England. It was very strange/confusing. Its a habit I'd forgotten, but you're right, very annoying.
- and they might learn how to speak English properly! 
, although not in front of my father (if it could be helped)... A slap on the backside or across the back of the head was not unknown.. 
