Grammar that makes you cringe

[Ben T]

Probably said it before but: "different than"   
It's different FROM!!   

[Torslanda]

Not 'different to'? 

[rogerzilla]

The intranet comments feature at work has an option to "Show less replies".

[T42]

Not 'different to'? 

One's as good than the other.

[Mr Larrington]

Probably said it before but: "different than"   
It's different FROM!!   

Standard usage in USAnia.  It grates.

[T42]

"Heirloom" meaning pricey but possibly a shade better than mass-produced.

[Ben T]

Not 'different to'? 

yeah that's fine, just not different than.


Today I asked the (fairly young) receptionist at the gym for the code for the car park barrier, she said "hashtag 266"   
Aaaaahhhh..  the ASCII CHARACTER # is not called hash TAG , it's JUST HASH YOU IDIOT 

[Kim]

Hash, pound (although you need to be USAnian to pull that off), number, sharp, square, octothorpe.

Anything but bloody hashtag.

It's worse than misuse of Asterix.

[T42]

Hash, pound (although you need to be USAnian to pull that off), number, sharp, square, octothorpe.

We used to call it a hashmark (70s/80s).  It felt a bit disjointed to work with US SW blokes who called it a pound.

I've heard it called a blivvet as well.

[ian]

I say hashtag. I've never heard an American call it a pound.

Heirloom, by the by, is a specific botanical term (for varieties that out of common cultivation but maintained by gardeners, hence heirloom tomatoes).

[tatanab]

I say hashtag. I've never heard an American call it a pound.

Perhaps not in these days of Twitter, but when I lived there 20 years ago it was always "pound".  As an old git, it has always been "hash" to me.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Used to be "pound key" on phones.

[T42]

I say hashtag. I've never heard an American call it a pound.

Heirloom, by the by, is a specific botanical term (for varieties that out of common cultivation but maintained by gardeners, hence heirloom tomatoes).

Certainly, but a company talking about its new line of heirloom tools I find blenchworthy.

Used to be "pound key" on phones.

Jab them, bash them, hammer them...

[ian]

Actually, I tell a big fat lie. An untruth of walrussian proportions. The American Webex robot says 'press the pound key' quite a lot. She seems to like saying it. Before she whispers kill them all, of course.

[Tim Hall]

There's a Mitchell and Webb sketch which has references to a Haydn suite in F hash tag minor.

[mattc]

There are few things more cringe-worthy than TV/radio presenters reading out stuff from Social Media that includes hashtags.

[T42]

Hashtag browns & gravy, please.

[Kim]

I say hashtag. I've never heard an American call it a pound.

Perhaps not in these days of Twitter, but when I lived there 20 years ago it was always "pound".  As an old git, it has always been "hash" to me.

Americans calling it 'pound' is a vital part of the confusingness that is the Apple UK keymap.

[ElyDave]

It does have a specific name, but I can't remember it right now.

As for me,

Male Toilets or Female Toilets 

That assigns a sex to the toilets, when they are gender neutral.  Gents' or Ladies' assigns the gender to those using them.

[citoyen]

Male Toilets or Female Toilets 

That assigns a sex to the toilets

I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees it that way.

[Ben T]

Hash, pound (although you need to be USAnian to pull that off), number, sharp, square, octothorpe.

Anything but bloody hashtag.

It's worse than misuse of Asterix.

although, at a previous work place, a tech support guy was asked if he'd ever done any programming or had any experience in .net, "Oh yeah, I've dabbled in C-hash" 

[hellymedic]

I'm never sure that the Disabled Toilet will work before I use it...

[Ian H]

I'm never sure that the Disabled Toilet will work before I use it...

Like disabled parking spaces, it might be rendered unusable by the able-bodied using it.

[hellymedic]

I frequently open the door to a Disabled Toilet with a coin or credit card.

Management often make sure they ARE disabled...

(I also have a RADAR key...)

[Kim]

although, at a previous work place, a tech support guy was asked if he'd ever done any programming or had any experience in .net, "Oh yeah, I've dabbled in C-hash" 

Most people learn technical computing stuff by reading though, so that sort of thing is a forgivable^[1] mistake (at least for things you've only dabbled in).  I mean, you get hashes all the time in programming languages, so you might not make the out-of-context connection to the musical pun on "C++".

Also, having looked it up, it's officially written "C#" not "C♯":

The name C# is pronounced “C Sharp”.
The name C# is written as the LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C (U+0043) followed by the NUMBER SIGN # (U+0023).

...which is the sort of thing that Microsoft would think was a good idea.


_{[1] I mean, really, what's not to like about someone having learned a thing by reading?}