You know what I really hate, you know...
That part of the illiterate masses speech could be removed, I wouldn't mind at all.
I also hate that my spell checker constantly underlines anything I write with "ise" in it. It even did it then when I put quotes around it. I am told that if I install the correct dictionary it won't do it, but I told it what country I live in, surely it can work it out for itself. Webster should have been shot at birth.
My other pet hates about the misuse of the English language;
- everythink (shudder) or nothink (although if you split it at just the right place...)
- the replacement of "ph" with "f" (I had an interesting conversation with some US colleagues, the upshot of which was when they start spelling phosphorous with two "f's" I'll spell sulphur with one (yes, I'm a chemist, that's the sort of banter we have))
- de-planing (meaning disembarking an airplane)
That's enough for now, it is making me ill.
Cheers
Stuart