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What really grinds your gears?

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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Oct 2016 7:23pm, 21 Oct 2016 24,354 posts	Quote Pin Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) And advise when they mean advice
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Oct 2016 7:23pm, 21 Oct 2016 24,355 posts	Quote Pin Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) And lend when it's borrow
Velociraptor Oct 2016 7:31pm, 21 Oct 2016 34,723 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor [Most of that stuff doesn't bother me. Some folk just aren't brilliant with language. However, it does grind my gears when colleagues - who SHOULD know better since they've managed to pass a medical degree - write notes that are full of non-standard abbreviations and bad spelling and devoid of punctuation.]
Fenland_Plodder Oct 2016 7:42pm, 21 Oct 2016 10,268 posts	Quote Pin Fenland_Plodder WTF do U mean Vrap
NoFleecingAround Oct 2016 7:44pm, 21 Oct 2016 31,038 posts	Quote Pin NoFleecingAround disinterested instead of uninterested THEY MEAN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FUCKING THINGS! Disinterested means you have no dog in this fight, uninterested means you don't care whose fucking dog wins. Very educated people fuck this up, and it drives me insane!
Cheg Oct 2016 8:32pm, 21 Oct 2016 1,680 posts	Quote Pin Cheg People who get driven insane by minor things.
Velociraptor Oct 2016 9:09pm, 21 Oct 2016 34,725 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor Fortuitously instead of fortunately. Radio presenters seem to like that one. THEY should know better.
Badger Oct 2016 9:12pm, 21 Oct 2016 7,766 posts	Quote Pin Badger Defiantly for definitely just makes me laugh. "I'm defiantly having a lie-in this Sunday." You do that, you rebel, you.
Fragile Do Not Bend Oct 2016 1:57pm, 22 Oct 2016 1,130 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend People who say expresso instead of espresso.
decorum Oct 2016 3:51pm, 22 Oct 2016 1,079 posts	Quote Pin decorum [Indeed, they can go for coffee! [odd choice of icon, really ]]