Random Irritations

[Crazyface]

So you'd both be super annoyed by this then....

Probably the 3rd or 4th time I've mentioned this but the phrases " there's nothing worse/better than...." need discarding to Room 101 ASAP.
My imagination can knows few boundaries....

I follow this with "er I think I can ...."

 

[Jensen]

Scroats riding around on unregistered motorcycles. Faces hidden, ignoring all traffic regulations

 

[Beezerk]

People who speed up when you attempt to overtake them.

 

[AmandaJR]

I rarely have one these days. But bizarrely, when I do, it is almost always preceded by me standing over the ball thinking I’m going to hit one. And that may be even if I haven’t had one for weeks.

Go figure.

Ditto - or at least when I played golf (hiatus right now and not missing it)!

I took that feeling to be something is wrong at address and, for me, it is about everything being a bit closed so I pre-set my right hip out of the way and make plenty of room.

 

[Bdill93]

Ditto - or at least when I played golf (hiatus right now and not missing it)!

I took that feeling to be something is wrong at address and, for me, it is about everything being a bit closed so I pre-set my right hip out of the way and make plenty of room.

It really just destroys you mentally.

Could not snap out of it last night, had a few one offs recently but last night I hit one shot straight and everything else was a shank.

 

[AmandaJR]

It really just destroys you mentally.

Could not snap out of it last night, had a few one offs recently but last night I hit one shot straight and everything else was a shank.

My husband has suffered from them on and off for years and it sucks. Have you tried the simple thing of putting something far side of the ball - avoid hitting that?

 

[Bdill93]

My husband has suffered from them on and off for years and it sucks. Have you tried the simple thing of putting something far side of the ball - avoid hitting that?

Not yet, it all happened on course last night in the match play so not had time to go and fix anything myself.

Actually booked in for a lesson tomorrow evening to address it, I don't think I can fix it myself and £20 for half an hour will be very well spent if its sorted.

 

[Robster59]

I'm starting to realise that younger people don't always know how to pronounce my name (spelt Stephen, pronounced like Steven). I've been called Stefan, Step Hen, Stefen. It's because nobody really calls their children Stephen these days so they don't encounter as they grow up. I don't mind that much, sometimes its quite fun watching them trying to work it out.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I'm starting to realise that younger people don't always know how to pronounce my name (spelt Stephen, pronounced like Steven). I've been called Stefan, Step Hen, Stefen. It's because nobody really calls their children Stephen these days so they don't encounter as they grow up. I don't mind that much, sometimes its quite fun watching them trying to work it out.

I think its probably more that older names are being re-pronounced to make them something they are not. I would speak it exactly as its spelt and pronounced with a V.....but then I suppose i'm not a kid anymore/Millennial/GenZ

 

[Rooter]

I'm starting to realise that younger people don't always know how to pronounce my name (spelt Stephen, pronounced like Steven). I've been called Stefan, Step Hen, Stefen. It's because nobody really calls their children Stephen these days so they don't encounter as they grow up. I don't mind that much, sometimes its quite fun watching them trying to work it out.

A mate spells it the same way, and ordered a Starbucks. It's Stephen with a PH! (As it bugs him)


Phteven.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

A mate spells it the same way, and ordered a Starbucks. It's Stephen with a PH! (As it bugs him)


Phteven.

Part of me feels he deserved that

 

[cliveb]

People who speed up when you attempt to overtake them.

+1

But even worse, people who overtake you then pull in and slow down.

 

[Voyager EMH]

A mate spells it the same way, and ordered a Starbucks. It's Stephen with a PH! (As it bugs him)


Phteven.

If he wanted to go more extreme he could say,

"Stephen, spelt the same way as the only King Stephen England has ever had!!!"

That wouldn't help them spell it correctly, but it would give him a feeling of superiority.

 

[srixon 1]

I'm starting to realise that younger people don't always know how to pronounce my name (spelt Stephen, pronounced like Steven). I've been called Stefan, Step Hen, Stefen. It's because nobody really calls their children Stephen these days so they don't encounter as they grow up. I don't mind that much, sometimes its quite fun watching them trying to work it out.

A mate spells it the same way, and ordered a Starbucks. It's Stephen with a PH! (As it bugs him)


Phteven.

I’m a Stephen and always say “with a PH “ when giving my name out to people. Something that I have done forever. I sometimes wonder if people that ask think my name is actually Stephenwithaph.

 

[upsidedown]

Surname has 4 letters ,with 2 the same . Always spell it out and even then they get it wrong ,about 30% get the pronunciation right .
Forename abrviated to Ben but Benjamin can be heard after hitting errant shots

 

[Orikoru]

I’m a Stephen and always say “with a PH “ when giving my name out to people. Something that I have done forever. I sometimes wonder if people that ask think my name is actually Stephenwithaph.

When I was a kid I think the 'ph' version was actually more common. One of my mates was named Steven but I figured it was because his family was Irish, all the others in my school were Stephens.

Basketball player (who also dabbles in golf) Steph Curry's name is actually Stephen. Obviously didn't fancy being a 'Steve'.

 

[RichA]

Shades of grammar policing, that I'm not proud of, but emails from people that begin, "Please except my apologies..." which almost means the opposite of what they're actually trying to say.

 

[Robster59]

I'm starting to realise that younger people don't always know how to pronounce my name (spelt Stephen, pronounced like Steven). I've been called Stefan, Step Hen, Stefen. It's because nobody really calls their children Stephen these days so they don't encounter as they grow up. I don't mind that much, sometimes its quite fun watching them trying to work it out.

Where I come from (Widnes), I'm actually called Ste (or Robbo, from my surname). When I moved to Scotland I started being called Stevie, other people call me Steve. When I was dealing with overses customers in one of my old jobs, I generally stuck with Stephen to try to avoid confusion and have stuck with it in my current job so most people in work call me Stephen now. TBH, there are so many variants I don't let it worry me. Some people ask me how I prefer to be referred to and I just say go for it.

 

[cliveb]

Have worked for a couple of US companies, and on the phone to American colleagues they had never heard of the name Clive, usually thinking it was Clyde.

So I resorted to spelling it out like so: "C for Cuba, L for Libya, I for Iraq, V for Vietnam, E for El Salvador".

 

[Billysboots]

Shades of grammar policing, that I'm not proud of, but emails from people that begin, "Please except my apologies..." which almost means the opposite of what they're actually trying to say.

We used to have a lady in our office who transcribed tape recorded interviews. She did not know the difference between there, their and they’re. Whenever anyone referred to the national speed limit she transcribed it as the “natural speed limit”. The list of errors was endless.

In short, she was utterly hopeless.