
What makes you angry? Get it off your chest so we can laugh at your impotent rage.
( , Thu 1 May 2008, 23:12)
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Once you get to my age most things are annoying at some level, but one that really pisses me off now...
People who say "Say Again" when they mean "Pardon".
Let me explain. Once upon a time we used to say "pardon" or "I beg your pardon" to indicate we hadn't heard what someone had said. The inference was that we (the listener) were at fault for mishearing what was said. Now people say "Say again" and imply there is something wrong with the speaker's diction. It's arrogant and 'Thatcherite" in it's assumption that it's someone else's fault, not our own.
A small thing, but then the small things are often the most annoying...
( , Fri 2 May 2008, 10:28, 4 replies)

And I don't think it's Thatcherite - it may be from radio useage way back in the past but it's stuck.
And with crappy mobile signals abounding, it's come back.
( , Fri 2 May 2008, 11:06, closed)

...it's an Army thing. I started saying it when I worked at the Department of Defence.
( , Fri 2 May 2008, 11:13, closed)

In the military, the phrase "repeat" is an artillery command, so if you missed what someone said on the radio you say "say again, over". That's the only reason, nothing to do with Thatcher.
Oh, and "over and out" is a nonsense.
( , Sat 3 May 2008, 13:41, closed)
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