Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[No Ta Doctor]

An ouster is someone who ousts.

Well it should be, and that's why I hate it. It's a US English thing. It's a noun for the the process of removing someone from something. So "the ouster of Maduro left Venezuela without a president". The ouster isn't Trump or US marines, it's being used- near as dammit - as I would have used "ousting" (if I absolutely had to)

 

[Alex321]

Well it should be, and that's why I hate it. It's a US English thing. It's a noun for the the process of removing someone from something. So "the ouster of Maduro left Venezuela without a president". The ouster isn't Trump or US marines, it's being used- near as dammit - as I would have used "ousting" (if I absolutely had to)

That is just crappy English and/or proof reading.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

That is just crappy English and/or proof reading.

You are incorrect to describe it as mispronunciation. crappy English and/or proof reading

It is the normal and correct pronunciation in the US.

Just because it is different to ours doesn't make it incorrect.

I may have taken some liberties with an earlier post of yours, but it is, unfortunately, standard in US English, and all over the place at the moment.

 

[Jameshow]

Temporary traffic lights.
So annoying when they are equally weighted 4 way with two side roads and other way and your in rush hour!

 

[classic33]

Temporary traffic lights.
So annoying when they are equally weighted 4 way with two side roads and other way and your in rush hour!

A four-way light system operating on a three way junction.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've just had about a third of a uncooked vegetable smoothie I made, and I now feel 🤢 🤮 I'll have the rest later, if I can stomach it! 🙄 I put cauliflower, broccoli, two tomatoes, a small onion, a whole bulb of garlic and a small glass of extra virgin olive oil in it, with water to blend it down and make it easier to go down. On taking my first mouthful the natural acid from the combination burned my mouth, then my oesophagus as it went down to my stomach!🙄 On hitting my stomach I felt a burning sensation, that made me want to throw the stuff back up, but I held on till the sensation went. I'll try and get the rest down later!🙄

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've waited in all afternoon for two separate parcel deliveries. One was delivered successfully by the Royal Mail, though his loud knocking on my door as I made my way downstairs to my door made me jump so much that I nearly fell down the stairs!🤨 The second parcel wasn't delivered successfully due to me waiting to see the DHL courier's van, but not spotting it, so on hearing what seemed like a hardly audible tapping on my door, I dismissed it as me imagining it. Only to find on going downstairs to check, I saw a card through my letterbox from DHL saying they'd been unsuccessful in delivering my parcel!😒

 

[Tashman]

The ICE acronym appears to be everywhere now. I first heard it years ago working in an electrical retailer and will forever be In Car Entertainment to me. It now also appears to mean internal Combustion Engine, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, In Case of Emergency and Ideas, Concerns and Expectations. Kind of loses it's usefulness when it has so many variations.

 

[mistyoptic]

The ICE acronym appears to be everywhere now. I first heard it years ago working in an electrical retailer and will forever be In Car Entertainment to me. It now also appears to mean internal Combustion Engine, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, In Case of Emergency and Ideas, Concerns and Expectations. Kind of loses it's usefulness when it has so many variations.

Oh , and “in case of emergency”