Lord Over Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 I detest "You know nothing, Jon Snow"I'm also not fond of 'Nuncle', It's noot a saying, I know but--- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sword of the Morning Wood Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 "For the nonce"I don't hate it but in Britain "nonce" means paedophile so that cracks me up."Musts needs" pisses me off a bit. I get that GRRM is making a point that the great houses go over the top with the analogies relating to their sigils but if I was in Westeros and a Lannister said something like "The lion prefers to sleep after a heavy meal" or a Tyrell said "The rose may smell sweet but grab it and you'll find it has thorns", I'd just want to punch them in the face repeatedly and scream at them that their house sigils are just arbitrary objects chosen hundreds/thousands of years ago and you don't have to make an analogy relating it to everything you do in your life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hear Us Roar Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 You know nothing, Jon Snow"Words are wind""They broke their fast"where do whores go?"osney kettblack..."The mountain, ser illyn.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenseer Stark Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Words are wind... it's a bit overused.Also any time Dany says she is only a young girl and unexperienced in the ways of war I would like someone to just tell her to be quiet/get a new phrase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterlord Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Also "I am but a young girl and know nothing of..." :tantrum: yea, Dany...if you are a young girl and know nothing it might be a good idea to listen to advice. just a thought...I automatically substitute, "I am just a simple hyperchicken from a backwoods asteroid..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storms End Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 I don't know if it's much of a saying, but the questions the tickler asked annoyed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditocorto Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 I really can't stand the word " fiery" overused and abused in the books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Taupe Grace Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 I don't hate it but in Britain "nonce" means paedophile so that cracks me up.Does it??! I don't know which part of Britain you're from. I got the impression it meant 'head', and is commonly used to refer to someone as a preening idiot.'must needs' is in Shakespearian usage, so I can kinda see why he uses that.The one that gets me is when characters say "MIStrust" instead of "DIStrust". It's not an archaism, which GRRM is fond of employing for the old-timey middle-agey feel. It's just incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sxxman Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Whenever Daenerys says "..... is MINE!!!" she sounds like those pigeons from Finding Nemo....MINEMINEMINEMINEMINEMINE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbqq Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Not exactly a saying, but whenever a character says 'had as well' instead of 'might as well', it completely throws me for a second or two, and the first few times I saw it I had no idea what they meant. Don't know whether it's just me, but I'd never heard that particular turn of phrase before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerMixalot Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 One of my favorite and I suspect GRRM's is "Hodor" says Hodor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David C. Hunter Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Anything that involves Dany talking about Valyria, Blood of the Dragon or Dracrys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Unicorn Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Any and all of the repeated descriptions of pubic hair throughout the series..."coarse thatch" in particular. :blushing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned's Epic Beard Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Barley stewNuncle Nipple on a breast plateI'm the blood of dragonyou wound me Bastard! (in case of jon snow)reek reek it rhymes with whateverThese are some of sayings and words that I dislike due to repetition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittyhat Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Nothing really. The books are fine, which is why I'm a fan.It's mostly the stupid things forum posters say that annoy me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojzelote Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 "Wherever the whores go." - at first an interesting turn of words, later oh no, here we go again"It´s as useless as the the nipples on a breastplate." - I burst out laughing the first time I read it, but repeated joke isn´t a joke anymore. It is known. :P"You know nothing, Jon Snow." - really, GRRM, we´ve got it - Jon doesn´t know who are the Others, what they want, how to fight them, he doesn´t know his parentage, . . . We´ve got it."I´m a woman flowered." - What is it about Westerosi girls telling random strangers that they already had their first period? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadLad Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 "For half a groat I'd...." Some women just want to watch the world burn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Lannister Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Nuncle.What. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWalder Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 In aDwD, when somebody made an outrageous claim, or talked about holding someone to their words, you expected the reply to be: "words are wind" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sword of the Morning Wood Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Does it??! I don't know which part of Britain you're from. I got the impression it meant 'head', and is commonly used to refer to someone as a preening idiot.I'm from Scotland but these words are the same all over..."nonce" = paedophile"bonce" = head"ponce" = preening idiot :laugh:Watch this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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