The little things that annoy you

[Crzwaco]

Sloppy paint work where someone paints the floor red for instance and it gets on the wall and they just leave it there.

[murfle]

People who think I'm lmgtfy.com

[mottamort]

People who think I'm lmgtfy.com

That's 90% of my job....I'm not complaining

[Dohc-WP]

all the idiots that God Created, its like there was a glitch in the system.

every morning im amazed by their natural stupidity on the roads.

[Xiphan]

Lack of grammar.

It really gets me when people who are meant to be grown up and adults (and sometimes teachers) cannot spell the most basic of words or know the difference between there,their etc.

Definitely this! The mistake I find most annoying is people who use your in place of you're. Drives me [expletive] nuts!

But what if you, like me, are not a native speaker and your grammer isn't good because you are too Afrikaans for your own good.

It's not the people who speak English as a second language that I have a problem with, afterall some of them have a better grasp on the language than some native speakers, rather it's the people who only speak English and who make asinine mistakes that irk beyond measure.

"poep" as in "fart", or "poep(s)" as an affectionate name for someone? If the latter, I agree. If the former, I use it and I have no idea which other word to use. "Ek het 'n windjie gelos"? just sounds too pretencious.

Out of interest, what do/would you use instead?

Not as pretentious if you had to use the proper words; i.e.: flatulence and defecate.

[FarligOpptreden]

Not as pretentious if you had to use the proper words; i.e.: flatulence and defecate.

What would the Afrikaans alternatives be though? I can only "angliseer" them to "flatulensie" and "defekasie" which would make me sound like an idiot. In general Afrikaans company you'd never actually talk about "poep"ing or "poef"ing. You'd fart silently and blame it on the dog and just up and go to the toilet when taking a dump without telling anyone.

Anyway, on topic:

Seeing an open cupboard when I in bed. Having to get out of bed to close said cupboard, or just having to get out of bed for anything right after getting in.

[HavocXphere]

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Bad English isn't a reliable indicator IMO. Accent is what matters.

It's very very hard to get rid of a non-English accent entirely even with language coaching and living in a predominantly English context.

[czc]

Bosses that wait to the last moment to work on big tenders.

[Xiphan]

Bad English isn't a reliable indicator IMO. Accent is what matters.

It's very very hard to get rid of a non-English accent entirely even with language coaching and living in a predominantly English context.

Um, a reliable indicator of what? I said grammar mistakes are things which annoy me. I'm not annoyed by accents; well, not unless you have an accent like this: