1. As I said to your researcher, Victoria.
2. I'm not a racist, but...
3. With all due respect, Stephen
4. At the end the day, Alan
5. Know what I mean like (said in fake West Indian accent)
6. Shouldn't of
7. He's got to go (as in Alan Curbishley, he's got to go)
8. It's got to be said, Richard
9. I'm working class, I am
10. You've got to be 'avin a larf
And I am sure you can come up a load more...
Here are my top 94 lists
ReplyDelete"What people have forgotten, Stephen, is that this is a Christian country"
ReplyDeleteI'd like to raise a point not yet covered in the debate...
ReplyDeleteWait until tomorrow
ReplyDeleteHazel Blears is on Talksport
"why do you refuse to answer all my questions?, Iain"
ReplyDeleteTim Ireland
I've never listened to 5 live, but when I was a kid I listened to a "midnight caller" style radio show in Newcastle, and that was famous for the number of people who would ring up and start by saying "eeee Alan, am a forst teyme caalla an am a bit noorvus"...
ReplyDelete(apologies to viz!)
Out of ideas - bloody brilliant. Iain Dale - must try harder. Anonymous 12:46 - are you sure you're allowed on here.
ReplyDeleteChris Paul @ 12.54 -
ReplyDeleteWhy do you refuse to answer all my questions?
It's not like I'm paranoid or anything....
Tim Ireland
Andyr -- that's Night Owls on Metro Radio, and it's still going. "Have you ever had sex with a ghost?" that sort of stuff. Compelling listening.
ReplyDelete"later, we'll be speaking to conservative blogger Iain Dale"
ReplyDelete"shouldn't of" is far worse in writing, of course, along with "could of", "would of", etc.
ReplyDelete"Hard pressed British families"
ReplyDelete"Hard-working British families"
"British jobs for British workers"(remember that one ?)
"The British Economy is best?well-placed ....."
""The credit crunch started in America....."
"No more boom & bust"
"I am just getting on with the job"
In fact every time Brown opens his mouth a load of irritating phrases come out of it
Good morning, this is Victoria Derbyshire.
ReplyDeleteGood afternon, this is Simon Mayo
Joining me now is film crirtic Mark Kermode.
This is 606 with Spoony.
This is 606 with Tim Lovejoy.
Why listen to a 5-live phone-in when you can go down the pub and listen to any number of ill-informed, opinionated bores in person?
ReplyDeleteThat's inappropriate.
ReplyDeleteBut the narrative...
It's ironic...
Dinner party
But the narrative...
We set the agenda.
All bets are off.
But the narrative...
Toasted sandwich
Iain, Well, you know, like I was, you know, finkin that, at the end of the day we woz calling, you know like, for the community, you know, to speak up as one, like you know.
ReplyDeleteIain Dale is joining us ...
ReplyDeleteGoing forward.
ReplyDeleteWe will do whatever it takes....
But look.....
"I am 92/23...."
ReplyDeleteCallers over the age of 75 or under 25 seem to think it's necessary to share their age before giving their opinions, as if they are somehow more relevant.
As I wrote on my blog...
ReplyDeleteand now Victoria Derbyshire with 3 hours of condescending left-wing chat.
ReplyDelete"Credit crunch" - most overused phrase anywhere. The pound shop down the road from me has recently been renamed "The Credit Cruncher." Argh!
ReplyDelete"I hear what you say....but" and
ReplyDelete"With all due respect.."
Translation - "You are talking a load of b******S." The speaker then going on to refute all that has been said.
Not a phrase, but the word "absolutely" seems to have replaced the much shorter alternative "yes".
ReplyDeleteAfter 30 years of politics and voluntary public service - mostly unpaid - how tiresome it is to hear on the doorstep...
ReplyDelete"Politicians are all the same." i.e. You are all greedy corrupt bastards only in it for the money...
Lots of doctors have been murderers - Dr Crippen, Dr Shipman, Dr Ruxley (1930s doctor who murdered his wife and maid)etc. People don't say "Doctors are all the same - go round murdering their wives and patients..."
torymory
ReplyDeleteWhy, just because most people don't think most doctors are murderers, should they also think that most politicians aren't self-serving?
I don't think that most raw apples are poisonous, but I do think that most deadly nightshade is.
Am I on?
ReplyDeleteCan I first say how much I enjoy the show ..
ReplyDeleteHello, Mr/Ms Broadcaster, how are you today?
Well, I was going to say what that last person said, but now she's gone and said it...
ReplyDeletecan I make another point?
The 3 most irritating things are:
ReplyDelete1. Lists of 10
2. Lists of lists of 10
3. Compendia of the best lists of list of 10.
I could easily have expanded this to 10 most irritating lists but I have 7 reasons not to.
Shouldn't "Shouldn't of" really be "shouldn't 'av"?
ReplyDeleteAnyroadup ...
Far and away the most irritation phrases are to be found on BBC1, usually between 7.30 and 8.00PM
wotcher doin' 'ere then?
wossat?
wossis?
oozat?
wotcha mean?
gerraaat
innit?
wiv
nah!
"Resistance is useless."
ReplyDelete"At the end of the day"
ReplyDelete"I'm not being funny but..."
"I think it's an absolute disgrace"
"When will they listen to what the man on the street thinks..."
"If I could just come in there..."
Hi presenter, how are you?
ReplyDeleteAs if the listener has forgotten since the previous caller asked.
or perhaps callers ask in order to gauge whether the inanity of their contribution will tip the presenter over the edge?
List of 10:-
ReplyDeletePeople who can count in binary;
people who can't.
Number one on your list, a very irritating little verbal tic many people make.
ReplyDeleteYou've left off:
ReplyDelete"errr .... errr .... errr ..."
and of-course
"Ya know what I mean ...."
And if they dont irritate you then they drive me mental ...
sed the single most irritating:
ReplyDelete"Good evening, I'm Stephen Nolan".
I'm from Northern Ireland, and I still loathe the tosser.
I am passionate about.....
ReplyDeleteI have made it clear...
I am not complacent.....
Lessons will be learnt
We must focus on.....
Torymory (9.45) is on the money. I always knew when I was about to be put back in my box by my father-in-law (a formidable lawyer) if he started his reply with either
ReplyDelete"With (the greatest) respect...."
or
"Forgive me. but....."
in other words, "You're completely wrong, and I'm about to tell you why..."
schools-and-hospitals
ReplyDelete(neither of which I use)
"It is right for the government to do (...insert latest policy reflex action here)."
ReplyDelete"Thank you for having me on!!"
ReplyDeleteshould be listening to john gaunt "talksport 1053am"
ReplyDeleteNO LOVE LOST BETWEEN ME AND HIM!! BUT AT LEAST HE WILL TACKLE DIFFICULT ISSUES. he calls five live "five dead" lol them bloated BBC Folks lol
Richard
Northants British National Party
Argh!
ReplyDeleteMy top ten list of annoying grammatical points would be people writing down "should of" instead of the "should've" that is surely a more accurate representation of the dialect.
It's also surely as valid a contraction as "I've" is in everyday speech.