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Grates on one's ear

Parf of speech: Expression, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

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Um, they drop their 'g 's', they 'who' and 'whom' and 'may I' and 'can 't I' and I, I could go on forever. I- it just, I 'm not a perfectionist but it just- it grates on my ear is what it does.
Annoying, hard to listen to