Words/phrases you hate to hear

[MartynK]

Finally, getting back on topic, hearing anyone say "The" HMS Whatever really grates. The HMS is NOT part of the name, it stands for Her Majesty's Ship.

Or His Majesty's Ship, of course...

 

[5n4pdr4g0n]

I'm pretty tolerant to most things however...

Tog

Reckt*

* any and all "cool" words used by kids today who somehow see themselves as hard as nails serious drug dealers who are living the high life, when in fact last weekend they got into a scuffle outside Maccies / Streetwise Sports, had two joints and a small bottle of cheap brandy before necking some pills that big dave swore blind were pure mdma straight from dam like and still live at mum's.

 

[viv1969]

I'm pretty tolerant to most things however...

Tog

Reckt*

* any and all "cool" words used by kids today who somehow see themselves as hard as nails serious drug dealers who are living the high life, when in fact last weekend they got into a scuffle outside Maccies / Streetwise Sports, had two joints and a small bottle of cheap brandy before necking some pills that big dave swore blind were pure mdma straight from dam like and still live at mum's.

Which reminds me.....
Maccies, or Micky-D's.

 

[dejongj]

As I hadn't looked in this thread for a while and just caught up, I'm actually pleasantly surprised how tolerant I am.

 

[john.margetts]

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If you have read this far here's the most confusing one of all. The Gross Ton, the one most often quoted in describing the size of a merchant ship, isn't a weight at all but a volume of 100 cubic feet!

Finally, getting back on topic, hearing anyone say "The" HMS Whatever really grates. The HMS is NOT part of the name, it stands for Her Majesty's Ship.

When I was first working - as an assayer in the mining industry - we used: tonne, ton, long ton and short ton. All very similar in weight and all required for different uses.