What phrases annoy you most?

[jacqualina]

1. This beautiful tanzanite ring would make a wonderful engagment ring - yes, if you want to ruin it or put it away in a drawer.
2. Wow, there are fifty diamonds in this ring. No, wait a minute, that's 70 diamonds! - great because the carat weight has stayed the same.
3. Look at the lovely solitaire in the middle of the stones - I'm with Argey, Meesh and MrsMad on this one, but they all seem to say this. So annoying!

 

[suzyglam]

'look at these stones 'kissing' the centre stone'

 

[MissMagpie]

"I really like this" for every single piece shown. Sorry - just not convincing. Everyone has different taste, and you can't like everything.... some of them are hideous, anyway!

 

[suzyglam]

that inbetween games advert gets me.. u can buy jewellery and watch us live on Gems tv..
I always hear it in my head as 'you can buy jewellery and WATCHES live at gems tv'.

 

[Dingbat]

I agree with every one of you and everything you've said already... another one which makes me turn over straight away is...

'Stop the music!!!!' OMG what are they going to say now???????? :sleepy:

 

[persianglitter]

argh, dont get me started! lol. Sorry but it has to be Vicki for her over emphasis on most things like Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!! (like caroline on R&C) and when they pull the silly faces, and say "noooo waaay, we can be going so loooow, can weeee? are you sure?" and the other use of THRILLED, and then theres the, this isnt just jewellery, this is designer jewellery, and then its designer, designer, designer!!! and then how rare tanzanite is going to be - and every presenter has a different length of time for when it is going to run out. Thats just a few, amongst the many, many, many things said that winds me up! lol

 

[argeybargey]

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[Beady Belle]

This is a lovely preeeeeeeeeeeeeeeba tourmaline, nearly as pretty as this Tareeshun pearl :tongue2: :4:

 

[jacqualina]

First come, first served; When it's gone, it's gone; ColUmbian emeralds.
(That's six and counting)

 

[argeybargey]

This is a lovely preeeeeeeeeeeeeeeba tourmaline, nearly as pretty as this Tareeshun pearl :tongue2: :4:

Pronunciation - another horror story (and I don't mean accents). I wouldn't blame anyone outside presenting, but they put themselves up as experts and can't pronounce their own products - Thai-eshun - is what I'm getting this morning. I'm not gonna name anymore names as I'm not out for blood or jobs, just want them to do it right.

Daft foreign accents (I'm not talking about jokes, but serious presentation) used for one word, and incorrectly to make it even more irritating. This is an affectation that the BBC banned the newsreaders from doing, so I know it ain't just me. I find this only acceptgable when the person is from that country/region as with Rae and Welsh names (then it's a pleasure). There's nothing more pathetic looking than someone trying to be clever, but getting it wrong. Gems Television, it's GemsTV, drives me crackers as well, don't they know the name of the company they work for? My ex boss would've made my life a misery if I'd got his or the company name wrong.

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[persianglitter]

On wednesday, i was watching another jewellery channel, a tanzanite hour, and a beautiful solitaire ring came up, and the woman was saying that the stone was a simple, beautiful cut, and the white gold complimented the stone, and that tanzanite costs £1,000.00 per carat, and then she said, these stand alone stone set rings dont need diamonds to enthasis their beauty! stand alone stones???? SOLITAIRE - I mean the name itself speaks for itself, solitaire - solitary - ALONE!!! arrrrrrrrrrrrrrggghhhh its enough to make you want to scream at the screen all day! lol :flower:

 

[Greenie]

I agree with Argey Bargey on pronunciation. Particularly troublesome varieties are Chalcedony and even something as simple as Agate.

I've had my name read out on live TV a few times when I've snatched something and there's only been one person who's ever got my town right. I live in Lewes - pronounced Lewis, not Loo's. But I'll let them off as they're not to know, bless 'em.

 

[Pimms]

Platnum. There are words and phrases that have annoyed me much more in the past, but I was watching TJC this morning and there was a tanzy ring on, and it was platnum platnum platnum every other second. It went straight to the top of my list.

 

[evie21]

this is red carpet jewellery, shouldnt think there are many of us who buy jewellery to wear when walking down the red carpet, I usually wear mine to sainsburys, or if I have just been paid to waitrose. lol.

 

[briolette]

Couldn't agree more with Evie21..have often felt slightly guilty about wearing all my jewels to watch the telly and admiring them all by myself! Even go into the kitchen under the halogen spotlights to watch the sparkles going crazy. When these presenters start describing what kind of woman is likely to buy whatever it is on offer, and go on about 'high end' design, 'high calibre women' 'red carpet lifestyle' I laugh my socks off thinking if only they could see real people at home. Well I speak for myself of course!
Low end more like!1

 

[Dingbat]

more words than phrases

'grammage' by adina

I have heard a presenter on another channel use this word, so I decided to look it up to see if it existed and what it related to...

Grammage is a metric measure of paper weight based on the same square meter sheet of paper, regardless of paper grade.
Says a lot about their beautiful 'gems' lol .......

Me thinks they should check things out before they spout forth :tongue2:

 

[Greenie]

Even go into the kitchen under the halogen spotlights to watch the sparkles going crazy.

Snap! :grin:

 

[persianglitter]

Another one today, being shouted at me "these ARE genuine Madagascar Rubies, these ARE NOT costume jewellery!" And another word i have heard "Exclusiveity!" The other thing that gets on my nerves, some presenters say "your friends will be envious of you, and will want to know where you got your jewellery from!" or "oh, this is huge, you can see it from across the room" and "people WILL comment on your jewellery, and they will ask you questions! Well, no one as yet has made any comments on the bling i have worn! i feel quite let down sniff, sniff, boo hoo lol:sad: lol xx

 

[argeybargey]

Another one today, being shouted at me "these ARE genuine Madagascar Rubies, these ARE NOT costume jewellery!" And another word i have heard "Exclusiveity!" The other thing that gets on my nerves, some presenters say "your friends will be envious of you, and will want to know where you got your jewellery from!" or "oh, this is huge, you can see it from across the room" and "people WILL comment on your jewellery, and they will ask you questions! Well, no one as yet has made any comments on the bling i have worn! i feel quite let down sniff, sniff, boo hoo lol:sad: lol xx

Don't be sad PG - this just means that your friends and family have good manners! xxx

 

[argeybargey]

Back on the "designer" subject, Lucy has just displayed a piece with "sooooooo Chanel". I'm not having a go at Lucy specifically here as it happens often and generally, but are Gems not sufficiently proud of their own work that they have to constantly claim it is remeniscent of another's? xxxx