Dateline London: The Plain English Society today declared that “At the end of the day…” is the most annoying cliche’ in the English language.

In this office, there is one person who was trained to speak proper English, and he does use that phrase extremely often. However, I have to say that if this is the most annoying crutch phrase on that side of the pond, you’re quite lucky. American English is littered with the silly things, and most of them are far more annoying than this.

Take, for example, “The whole nine yards.” Not one person in fifty actually knows what this refers to, but it’s used ridiculously often. Likewise, “It’s six of one and a half dozen of the other.” Mind-numbingly stupid phrase, I can’t understand why it’s so common.

How about the phrase so often used to indicate indifference, “I could care less!” It’s a complete non-sequitur … saying “I COULDN’T care less” would at least be logical.

Another phrase used to indicate indifference is “It’s the same difference either way.” The SAME…DIFFERENCE? Please.

I keep thinking about Weird Al Yankovic’s song, “Dare to be Stupid”…

OK, end of rant. For now.