Oh, far more than 'meet with', I really dislike

'meet up with'    -   that's 2 redundant words. What the hell's wrong with    'meet'?   (I'll show you grumpy


   It's ok, I'm fine really.

   it's all these 'up's and 'up with's that get on my wick, e.g.

   'head up the organisation', (come to think of it, it sounds like he has !!)

   All those 'up's and 'up with's are a waste of space/breath.

   And why do people on the meeja have to give the whole year name every time? '"It was on two thousand and five when it began, and now in two thousand and seven......." Why not "oh five" and "oh seven"?

btw, if you have to say it in full, it should be "twenty-oh seven" anyway   :-)


And politicians, and now others, saying "the important thing..........", are pretty smart. Interviewers fall into line with that one. I've yet to hear one say, "Surely there are other important things to consider."


lastly, an overused word, IMO, on this side of the pond, globe and galaxy, is "sorry". I'm as polite as the next person (I hope - depends who the next person is), yet this relentless "sorry".....................well, anyway.




       Ivor