Which phrase annoys you the most?

[Bass Viking]

See post 654. I especially love it when that phrase is uttered in reference to a bass that I have gone wrong with (in some cases more than once).

Ha, and I answered that post too!

You can’t go wrong with a Warwick.

 

[5StringBlues]

Could I get more Ipod in the monitor?

 

[Bass Viking]

I've spent years cultivating my annoying filter, because if you spend anytime at all on the interwebs, and have no resistance, you will be perpetually annoyed. I tend to not get annoyed by specific phrases, though, "the tone is in the fingers" deserves special mention. But I get very annoyed at posts that have no relation to the thread, and contribute nothing. Most recent example, a thread in the effects forum, asking
What's the dumbest reason you did/didn't get a pedal?

and someone responds like this

I haven’t used a pedal in almost 30 years. Not going to start up now. Back then it was comp, chorus or flanger. None of them make me sound any better.

That is annoying.

Did you know that Talkbass has a feature where you can ignore selected users? Best feature of all.

In threads about Carvin I’ve seen one particular TBer chime in that he’s never played one, has no interest in them, and doesn’t consider them professional instruments. How does that help anyone?

 

[lokikallas]

“Literally”
Annoys me most when pronounced “litrally” as if you are a cockney Brit.

 

[The Hook 1988]

Of late one of the MOST annoying...."game-changer"

 

[MynameisMe]

Jumbo shrimp?

That's actually the name of our Minor League Baseball Team.

 

[MynameisMe]

I guess some of our "Southern" expressions like:
"scarcer than hen's teeth" referring to the rarity of an item
or "finer than frog's hair split three ways and parted down the middle" when you ask someone how they are, might really set some of you fine folks off....

 

[roccobass]

That's actually the name of our Minor League Baseball Team.
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Love the mascot!
Not to sidetrack, but I pulled through this little Missouri town some years ago and saw this logo for their ballclub.

 

[Michedelic]

Whatever cutesy phrase Buzzfeed is using at any given moment in the heading of their latest “we’re hipper than you/even millenials are old” junk food ‘news’ blurb.

 

[Shalto]

“Literally”
Annoys me most when pronounced “litrally” as if you are a cockney Brit.

Yeah but "literally" is so fun when people use it as a malaproprism (e.g. "He literally chewed my ear off") that it's worth the pain of hearing the pronunciation.

Also as far as dropping a sound from a word it's pretty common, e.g the very common US quirk of turning the five syllable "Al-u-min-i-um" into four syllable "A-loom-in-um". I'm personally guilty of saying "En-vire-ment" instead of "En-vire-ron-ment" at times.

 

[Hoyt]

I get tired of people making definitive statements about personal opinions on subjective questions.

Just because you think it’s the best thing since sliced bread, doesn’t mean that I don’t think it sounds like your bass is passing wind inside a cavernous aluminum dumpster.

I also get tired of “tone is in the hands” as if equipment played no significant role in your sound. Yes, it is the largest part of the equation, but to discount the entire signal path is shortsighted at best.

 

[lokikallas]

Yeah but "literally" is so fun when people use it as a malaproprism (e.g. "He literally chewed my ear off") that it's worth the pain of hearing the pronunciation.

Also as far as dropping a sound from a word it's pretty common, e.g the very common US quirk of turning the five syllable "Al-u-min-i-um" into four syllable "A-loom-in-um". I'm personally guilty of saying "En-vire-ment" instead of "En-vire-ron-ment" at times.

We spell it aluminum just like we say it lol. It’s just the word literally is often used in some odd Mary Poppins accent to sound “sophisticated”.

 

[Gordon Mills]

Yeah but "literally" is so fun when people use it as a malaproprism (e.g. "He literally chewed my ear off") that it's worth the pain of hearing the pronunciation.

Also as far as dropping a sound from a word it's pretty common, e.g the very common US quirk of turning the five syllable "Al-u-min-i-um" into four syllable "A-loom-in-um". I'm personally guilty of saying "En-vire-ment" instead of "En-vire-ron-ment" at times.

The modern distinction between these two terms is clear: aluminum is correct in American English, as well as Canadian English, while aluminium is correct in British English, as well as most other forms of English. ... In Webster's 1828 dictionary, there was only one word offered for the atomic element Al: aluminum.

 

[Shalto]

The modern distinction between these two terms is clear: aluminum is correct in American English, as well as Canadian English, while aluminium is correct in British English, as well as most other forms of English. ... In Webster's 1828 dictionary, there was only one word offered for the atomic element Al: aluminum.

The actual spelling being different in the US was something I was not aware of. Slightly treasonous of Canada to spell it differently than the rest of the commonwealth . Intersting history here:

World Wide Words: Aluminium versus aluminum

 

[Heavy Blue]

Ha, and I answered that post too!

You can’t go wrong with a Warwick.

My right shoulder says otherwise unless Warwick’s have suddenly gotten much lighter.

 

[Heavy Blue]

Yeah but "literally" is so fun when people use it as a malaproprism (e.g. "He literally chewed my ear off") that it's worth the pain of hearing the pronunciation.

Also as far as dropping a sound from a word it's pretty common, e.g the very common US quirk of turning the five syllable "Al-u-min-i-um" into four syllable "A-loom-in-um". I'm personally guilty of saying "En-vire-ment" instead of "En-vire-ron-ment" at times.

I would say it’s pronounced A-loo-mi-num. Canadian English, the happy ground between UK & US English.

I never knew the UK spelling was different. No wonder they pronounce it they way they do.

Guilty as well on the en-vire-ment too.

The modern distinction between these two terms is clear: aluminum is correct in American English, as well as Canadian English, while aluminium is correct in British English, as well as most other forms of English. ... In Webster's 1828 dictionary, there was only one word offered for the atomic element Al: aluminum.

Hmmm...so in this instance it’s the current UK spelling that’s the outlier here then. Seems unusual.

I wonder where they spell spaghetti starting with a P? As in “pissghetti”. That’s a mangle that I still hear occasionally. One of my best friends growing up always said it like that and still does.

 

[ProbablyTooLoud]

I just came to the phase that I can not more stand phrase like ''Cut through the mix'' etc.

So what's Your most annoying phrase?

Feel free to add Your own nightmares.

My least favorite phrases on Talkbass are any that use this construction:

"[Insert famous bassist] didn't need [insert gear item someone asks a question about]."

 

[Bass Viking]

My right shoulder says otherwise unless Warwick’s have suddenly gotten much lighter.

I play my Thumb 5 string at home while seated. God help me if I had to gig with it!

 

[The Hook 1988]

I play my Thumb 5 string at home while seated. God help me if I had to gig with it!

I feel the same about my Alembic...absolutely awesome, but heavy for a long gig with arthritic shoulders. Got a couple of modified ESP's to use on gigs (when there's gigs again). Not the same league but with the mods do a great job.

 

[mongo2]

Someone pronouncing comfortable as "comfturbul" makes me feel "uncomfturbul"