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kathryn
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 Posted - 12/03/2004 : 15:24:32
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If I hear one more idiot tell me that something is "off the hook" I will kill. What "hip" expressions bug you? I'd be interested in knowing, because I love to bitch, and especially from people outside the U.S. Thanks for sharing and thanks for caring.
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Posted - 12/03/2004 : 15:26:39
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Do you need some portuguese expressions, because that´s all I can do!
Valeu a pena? Tudo vale a pena
Se a alma não é pequena.
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kathryn
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Belgium
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Posted - 12/03/2004 : 15:29:39
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Only expressions that annoy you.
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Posted - 12/03/2004 : 15:32:10
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I understood that, my english isn´t that bad, but there aren't anyone in english that "annoys" me, maybe because it´s not my language, I don´t have to listen to it everyday.
Valeu a pena? Tudo vale a pena
Se a alma não é pequena.
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Carolynanna
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Canada
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Posted - 12/03/2004 : 15:42:15
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I absolutely flipping hate it when people say goes instead of go or went.
My mom always does that and knows that I hate it but continues to do it just to irk me I think. Like saying, so I goes to the store, or so I goes to the guy, arrrrggggghhhh!
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Godfather of nothing, ancesters of none.
Black glasses and feedback took my sense of fun.
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Posted - 12/03/2004 : 15:56:04
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Some of my family moved to cornwall and are always saying "where you to?" instead of where are you going, that annoys the living piss out of me.
People who say oh I'm 24 years young can fuck off..
and obnoxious twats who think they're really clever ruin the phrase "Saucer of milk, table three, meow" by overuse in totally inappropriate times.
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KimStanleyRobinson
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Posted - 12/03/2004 : 16:19:45
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Snap
Sweet
Solid
Off the Hook
Sick
All very bad things.
A whole god-damned nation of assholes driving automobiles, eating, having babies, doing everything in the worst way possible, like voting for the presidential candidate who reminded them most of themselves. |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 12/03/2004 : 16:21:30
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I heard some American girls the other day:
"It was, like, awesome!"
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Posted - 12/03/2004 : 16:30:07
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hmm totally
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Daisy Girl
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Belize
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Posted - 12/03/2004 : 16:52:17
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I am so guilty of using expressions that annoy people. Awesome and cool are examples. 24/7 gets on my nerves...i also hate it when people do the L sign on their head for looser...those people are usually bigger loosers.
I also hate... "let's talk 'offline'" uuggh |
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Posted - 12/03/2004 : 17:05:38
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ah ah exagerated inverted commas as a hand movement.. they should die
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kathryn
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Belgium
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Posted - 12/03/2004 : 18:50:59
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Tre, do you mean doing quotation marks on the air? Shudder!!!!!!
I hate it when white people (always white guys) say "a'ight" - you know,
trying to sound "ghetto."
Rita makes a good point: it's the frequency with which we have to hear certain expressions that gets to us.
Like, totally, dude.
Oh, yeah, I once had a student of mine at the university where I taught call me "dude." And I was like, dude, I am your professor, I am, like, twice your age, like, chill, dude. No, really, what I said was, "Mr. Smith you were not addressing me just then, were you?" And I raised an eyebrow. He never called me "dude" again.
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
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Posted - 12/03/2004 : 19:12:26
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At the moment I can't think of any expressions ...(other than those already mentioned) because through my daily life I try so hard to block them out when I do hear them. But the one thing I can not forget is the thug walk, like they are wounded hyenas. and that fake nose wipe?!? What the fuck is that!? "Yo guy...that's wack!"
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dayanara
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Australia
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Posted - 12/03/2004 : 19:57:56
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Yes, any kind of ghetto-speak drives me insane, especially the "I'd been went to the sto'" and "He done called me," etc. The sad thing is, the people who speak like that usually aren't just lazy or trying to be cool, unlike those who say things like "Yo guy, that's wack." They really don't know any better and couldn't say it correctly if they wanted to, despite the fact that their families have lived in an english speaking country for generations and they all graduated from high school.
I live in an area with a huge hispanic population, and it drives me crazy when people who aren't hispanic insist on calling everyone "mami" or "papi," i.e. (hanging out of car window) "Hey sexy mami, what you doin' later? You wanna ride out with me and my boys?(purses lips, furrows brow)"
Yech.
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NimrodsSon
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Posted - 12/03/2004 : 20:06:16
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Y'all (although I let it slip myself occasionally)
Oh, snap!
When people say don't when it should be doesn't, like, "He don't know what he's doing"
Anything involving, "Watcha..." instead of, "What are you..."
What's up, Whatcha been up to, etc. -- Why the Hell do people ask this, when the answer is ALWAYS the same: "Nothing." Why in God's holy name can people not just fucking say, "Hello"?
"What do you know?" I get asked this by older people mostly, but seriously, HOW THE HELL ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO ANSWER THAT??!! I always just end up mumbling, "I don't know." And then occasionally I'll throw in, "How about you?" just so I don't sound like a complete imbecile.
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Sir Rockabye
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Posted - 12/03/2004 : 20:46:04
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Originally posted by kathryn
Oh, yeah, I once had a student of mine at the university where I taught call me "dude." And I was like, dude, I am your professor, I am, like, twice your age, like, chill, dude. No, really, what I said was, "Mr. Smith you were not addressing me just then, were you?" And I raised an eyebrow. He never called me "dude" again.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank
Remind me again, which university did you teach at Kathryn? I'm sure that you've posted this before, but it has seemed to elude me. I'm leaning towards the University of Vermont though, but thats just because you had all that helpful advice for my stay there this past summer.
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Posted - 12/03/2004 : 21:37:33
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Whatcha, bad
Wotcha!, good! as in hello there chaps!
yes Kathryn dear that is exactly what I meant...
And as for fucking ghetto speak, there is a girl on my course from a nice area of the country who insists on saying "innit" "aw mate" and "know whatta mean?" and "like, yeah man" all the fucking time. She's up from the Bristol MAssive, innit...
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The King Of Karaoke
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USA
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 03:18:41
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Hey, how ya' doin'?
I'm doing fine.
You fucking idiot.
That's phat.
No your mothers fat.
I'm Rick James bitch!
No you're a twenty one year old white boy that watches too much tv.
Talk to the hand.
Talk to the hand? Yeah, okay thanks! I'd actually rather talk to the hand because your breath makes me think I'm talking to the ass.
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Newo
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 05:49:36
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Kathryn, what do you teach?
P.S. Mine is when someone finds something and sez Always in the last place you look eh?
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kathryn
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Belgium
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 05:52:16
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KOK, last night at the pool someone told me they were afraid to go to the Northwest because of the Saskwatch (sp?). Thought you of you as I made fun of her.
Anyway, back on (off) topic:
"Wassuuuuuuuup" drives me nuts (as does any "ghetto-speak"). Ditto that antiquated "not!" tacked on to the end of something, from Wayne and Garth. Why can't thatexpression hurry up and die? It's almost 20 years old, you'd think it would disappear.
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Newo
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 05:55:22
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Hopefully we can bury it with that awful Mike Myers
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kathryn
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Belgium
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 07:13:22
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Them's fightin' words, Owen! Only a crazy man would get the Canadians angry by saying that. Though I do agree with you -- he is overrated and all the Austin Powers-derived lingo made me wanna puke.
Another expression I have started hearing lately, with much dissatisfaction and chagrin: "I'm all lit up." Like all lame cultural cliches, it came from a rap song. Someone actually said that at Thanksgiving dinner when they were offered more wine. "No thanks, I'm all lit up." Somehow I don't think the rappers who are making that expression popular envisioned a white ski-bum from Alta, Utah saying it. Or maybe they banked on rich white people adopting that expression.
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 08:46:58
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quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
KOK, last night at the pool someone told me they were afraid to go to the Northwest because of the Saskwatch (sp?). Thought you of you as I made fun of her.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank
Word. That's Dope Kay.
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kathryn
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Belgium
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 08:53:16
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It's whacked. Whacked. It's so whacked it's off the hook. Word.
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Monsieur
* Dog in the Sand *
France
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 09:00:45
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aaaaaaaaawwwwwwweeeeeeesooooooooome
During my year of Uni in Sweden, I had an American neighbour who kept saying that all the time. Everybody called him "awesome" although his name was Tony.
Howdy Awesome, what's up?
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 09:38:16
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Oh, and I should add, since my name is Adrian, I get this a WHOLE lot: "Yo Adrienne!" It takes a lot of patience to not just strangle the person to death right there on the spot.
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 10:10:08
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Do you work in a petshop, perchance?
I think 'innit' is the biggest over here - chav culture is all pervasive.
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kathryn
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Belgium
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 10:25:01
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Originally posted by Monsieur
aaaaaaaaawwwwwwweeeeeeesooooooooome
During my year of Uni in Sweden, I had an American neighbour who kept saying that all the time. Everybody called him "awesome" although his name was Tony.
Howdy Awesome, what's up?
I will show you fear in a handful of dust
What you mean is, "Howdy Awesome, wassssssup?", right?
Adrian, you must have the patience of a saint on Valium. Me? I would kill those people.
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Bryan Shepherd
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 10:40:17
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I had a guy call me yesterday trying to get my business (I do purchasing for a chain of stores) who called me "buddy". Not once, which would make me wince, but at the end of EVERY SENTENCE! It went past ridiculous into aggressively insulting. Calling me "guy" is right up there. I must admit to being guilty of dude, though. Usually with friends and in a semi-comical way. Later dudes!
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 15:30:06
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I tend to call anyone I work with boss, mostly it inflates their ego and they like me more, seriously, some people are too easy! The last job I had I always called this woman boss, as in "sure thing boss" what would you like me to do now boss?" "there is a phone call for you boss" She'd blush and giggle every time... Made my working day a lot easier too...
My father calls everyone chief, I think boss is way better...
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floop
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 15:53:03
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i call people "sir" because i'm a polite motherfucker. even though it does sound a little formal and silly maybe, i think people do like it. as in, my boss.
i hate it when any TV or commercial saying becomes popular, and everyone has to start saying it. like the Budweiser "Wassup" thing.. "wassssssssssssup!"..
or, do you remember when everyone was saying "cha-ching!" for a while there. "that's going to cost some money, CHA-CHING!!!!!!" that one used to bug the shit out of me.
i do like using ghetto speak though. because it's annoying. and i find it entertaining.
i started saying "a'ight" instead of alright. and now i can't stop saying it.
"Hey, can you grab that for me?"
"A'ight!"
parents always like that
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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LBF1976
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 16:06:26
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I don't know anyone other than my mother who does this, but she says things in the singular that are actually plural, for example:
waiting table, or wait table = it's waiting tables, drives me nuts
Do want to make mashed potato = if there were only one potato that would be acceptable, but generally there are many potatoes in a batch of mashed potatoes
I don't understand why she does it, I think she knows that it annoys me. She's extremely literate and is always correcting grammar in newspapers and flyers and articles and things...
Floops quesedillas zijn te vergelijken met het likken van fatsige Albert's aars nadat hij een fles laxeermiddel heeft leeggedronken. |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 16:09:27
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Originally posted by Tre
I tend to call anyone I work with boss, mostly it inflates their ego and they like me more, seriously, some people are too easy! The last job I had I always called this woman boss, as in "sure thing boss" what would you like me to do now boss?" "there is a phone call for you boss" She'd blush and giggle every time... Made my working day a lot easier too...
My father calls everyone chief, I think boss is way better...
Frank Black ate my hamster
Have you ever considered a career in kebab retail?
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 16:21:39
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Originally posted by Cheeseman1000
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Originally posted by Tre
I tend to call anyone I work with boss, mostly it inflates their ego and they like me more, seriously, some people are too easy! The last job I had I always called this woman boss, as in "sure thing boss" what would you like me to do now boss?" "there is a phone call for you boss" She'd blush and giggle every time... Made my working day a lot easier too...
My father calls everyone chief, I think boss is way better...
Frank Black ate my hamster
Have you ever considered a career in kebab retail?
"4000 posts I reach/And still not look as good as Dean, hmm?"
nope, ever considered a thrashing from a five foot tall brummie lass, I think you're due one
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LBF1976
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Posted - 12/04/2004 : 16:24:46
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I also hate when people say crucial instead of critical...
something that is crucial means life or death, so it does not apply to sports
I always hear commentators say, "this is a crucial possession for Miami"
or something like that
Dumbass.
Floops quesedillas zijn te vergelijken met het likken van fatsige Albert's aars nadat hij een fles laxeermiddel heeft leeggedronken. |
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What expressions do you hate? Vent!
