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What really grinds your gears?

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Red Squirrel Jan 2017 4:36pm, 18 Jan 2017 19,773 posts	Quote Pin Red Squirrel I've got one of those in my front garden. I love it. Never realised that's what it was. It's one of those plants oft-mentioned in fiction books which I used to think was pronounced cotton Easter.
Zorba Jan 2017 4:37pm, 18 Jan 2017 1,577 posts	Quote Pin Zorba Aggressive buggy pushers at parkruns ( inevitably , dodgy dads inflicting misery on their first born )...
tonyp2604 Jan 2017 4:39pm, 18 Jan 2017 513 posts	Quote Pin tonyp2604 Along with "wine o clock", "bad boys" etc. One I really, really hate is "show time!".
Dvorak Jan 2017 4:44pm, 18 Jan 2017 12,913 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak [Berberism begins at home, V'Rap? (as The Smiths put it)]
ChrisHB Jan 2017 4:46pm, 18 Jan 2017 14,438 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB I still pronounce it cotton-easter to myself.
Red Squirrel Jan 2017 5:00pm, 18 Jan 2017 19,774 posts	Quote Pin Red Squirrel I always think that as I'm cooking a sauce for couscous Dvorak.
Stewie Jan 2017 5:46pm, 18 Jan 2017 868 posts	Quote Pin Stewie Working a 60 hr week and then get hammered by emergency tax, that grinds my gears
Seratonin Jan 2017 7:24pm, 18 Jan 2017 13,804 posts	Quote Pin Seratonin I used to think it was cotton-easter too
Diogenes Jan 2017 7:35pm, 18 Jan 2017 20,161 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes I've never heard of cotoneaster, nor has my phone's dictionary.
JK chameleon Jan 2017 11:23pm, 18 Jan 2017 12,070 posts	Quote Pin JK chameleon So how do you pronounce cotoneaster?