Friday, January 16, 2009

Oxford University: Top 10 irritants

RESEARCHERS at Oxford University recently compiled a list of the top 10 irritating expressions.
Heading it was “at the end of the day”, which was followed in second place by the phrase “fairly unique”.
In third place was the tautological statement “I personally”.

Also making the top 10 is the grammatically incorrect “shouldn’t of”, instead of “shouldn’t have”.


The top 10 most irritating phrases:
1) At the end of the day
2) Fairly unique
3) I personally
4) At this moment in time
5) With all due respect
6) Absolutely
7) It’s a nightmare
8) Shouldn’t of
9) 24/7
10) It’s not rocket science

Haha...I personally do not have good sense on words especially when hearing people blurped out these words....so this is one thing good for me as I won't be feeling uneasy when comes with these phrases. Do you? So if you do, make sure you know how to control your temper, because the person that says these out might just be another person like me who doesn't really have the intention to irritate you....please pardon us...

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