Things or sayings people say that bother you.

[Ashley]

Title says all. What are some things that people say that really burn your ass.

One of many of mine is
"I hope I don't wake up dead"

How in the world do you wake up dead. Hate to say it but if you wake up you ain't dead and if you are dead you won't be waking up.

[Fisting_Chili]

Does stuff like "Indian giver" and "gyped" count?  Those bug me.

[J-sews]

I've gotten so I can't stand it when people constantly begin sentences with, "And at the end of the day....."

[Sazabi]

Irregardless of what some say, it annoys me when someone says he could care less.

See what I did?  Yup, people who use that word really irk me, too. 

[Mr. Whippy]

"Have a good one"

Somehow that seems a little flippant and too familiar for a gas station clerk or waitress to say to someone they don't actually know--at all.

Have a good day, have a nice life, thank you, have a good trip, all fine.  What's "a good one"?

[Ashley]

I say 2 of the things mentioned here that bug ppl.

Yuppers and have a good one. : :

[Sazabi]

I say 2 of the things mentioned here that bug ppl.

Yuppers and have a good one. : :

No... Yuppers doesn't bother me; it's the word "irregardless" that does.   Reread my post and you'll see a bit of irony in that first sentence.

[ducttapetech]

Not so much as what people say as in what people do. People who dont eat with there mouth closed and when they smack there lips. Those are the 2 things that make me want to b!#*% slap someone.

[Sparky415]

  “That really burns my ass”  WTF 

“Have a good one”     I say that   

I also use it in PM's but that might be because I'm not sure what time it is where the PM  is going, so I use it instead of saying have a good evening/afternoon etc 


I'm off to check my bottom isn't burnt now

[rlocock]

When people start a sentence with "with all due respect" you know they are not about to show you any.

[Mr. Whippy]

To be fair, "Have a good one" doesn't bother me when I hear it from someone I know, either casually (like a clerk I see regularly at the grocery store), or someone I know pretty well.  But if I'm talking to someone I've just met, it just seems a little too informal--something one says to one's peers and friends, not a customer, or a patient.

[Sparky415]

To be fair, "Have a good one" doesn't bother me when I hear it from someone I know, either casually (like a clerk I see regularly at the grocery store), or someone I know pretty well.  But if I'm talking to someone I've just met, it just seems a little too informal--something one says to one's peers and friends, not a customer, or a patient.

Have a goodun Mr W

[Mr. Whippy]

To be fair, "Have a good one" doesn't bother me when I hear it from someone I know, either casually (like a clerk I see regularly at the grocery store), or someone I know pretty well.  But if I'm talking to someone I've just met, it just seems a little too informal--something one says to one's peers and friends, not a customer, or a patient.

Have a goodun Mr W

Thanks man!  You too! 


 

[Grant Lamontagne]

I hate it when people use expressions wrong, or even just say them wrong, even when used in the right context.  I can only think of one example off the top of my head, and that's guys saying "Walah!" when trying to show something.  The term is actually "Voila" and it's French, loosely translated as "Look there."

I'll add more as I think of them! 

Def

[Mr. Whippy]

I hate it when people use expressions wrong, or even just say them wrong, even when used in the right context.  I can only think of one example off the top of my head, and that's guys saying "Walah!" when trying to show something.  The term is actually "Voila" and it's French, loosely translated as "Look there."

I'll add more as I think of them! 

Def

You mean like

"Danged casa-dilla"


Instead of "kaysa deeya"

[Fisting_Chili]

When people start a sentence with "with all due respect" you know they are not about to show you any.

Or "I don't mean to offend, but...."
lol

[ducktapehero]

The worst statement ever.



"I'm sorry sir, we're all out of beer". 

[ducttapetech]

The worst statement ever.



"I'm sorry sir, we're all out of beer". 

Followed by, "there's no more duct tape"

[Millhouse]

I hate the word awesome.

[nuphoria]

Oh, I could write an essay on this subject - stupid people who use meaningless interjections throughout every bloody sentence in particular.

Here are some fine examples of that ilk:

"you know what I mean"

"right"

"like"

"at the end of the day"

"um"

"actually"


I personally think the standards of spoken English in this country have gone to hell in a hand basket 

[ryan1835]

people who say "oh what" to anything you say and "is it not"

those two are my main pet peeves

[AimlessWanderer]

Following on from DTH ... on a  scale

"We're out of (single malt whisky of choice)"   
"We're out of (red wine of choice)"   
"We're out of beer"   
"We're out of bacon"   

Also

Text speak ... "ment to say iv got sum is 4 enuf 4 u" "wud u luk in ur car plz" 
 

The being "familiar" comments are very common round here - Yorkshire thing! Lots of people will talk to complete strangers as if they've known them all their lives. Does occur in other parts of the UK too. I also do use "all due respect" and "no offence - but" ... kind of pre-empts a cutting criticism or other unflattering statement that needs to be said, but in a kind of "don't want to say this - but have to" kind of a way. Combined with the "being familiar", I'm sure this would (and does) rub A LOT of people up the wrong way

Another thing which winds me up is people who when talking about someone replying (this is probably more of a colloquialism) will say, "they turned around and said" or "I turned around and said" ... why can't they just stand still and say it? Why is everyone "turning around" before saying anything?

[AimlessWanderer]

Oh, I could write an essay on this subject - stupid people who use meaningless interjections throughout every bloody sentence in particular.

Here are some fine examples of that ilk:

"you know what I mean"

"right"

"like"

"at the end of the day"

"um"

"actually"

I personally think the standards of spoken English in this country have gone to hell in a hand basket 

Guilty as charged 

[Mr. Whippy]

Ok, enough negatives for a few minutes.

I love colloquialisms.  Absoulutely love them.

Colloquialisms and dialects.

Since moving from the west coast, I've found that I prefer the use of "soda" over "pop", and "y'all" over "all of you" or "all of you guys"

Also like the phrase, "You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a...." (used to connote there's a large number of whatever it is)

You Brits have some of the best of all time.  (such as "Tossing a spanner in the works")

[AimlessWanderer]

"Not enough room to swing a cat", derives from the maritime use of a cat o' nine tails 
There are some VERY GOOD colloquialisms, I must agree ...

"are you lifting my leg?"
"as black as Granny's knitting bag"
"like a rat up a drain"
"Couldn't stop a pig in a ginnel" (Someone who is bow legged)
"Between the devil and deep blue sea" another nautical term
"Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey" nautical again - and not what you might think 

There's THOUSANDS 

[Threeme2189]

"Not enough room to swing a cat", derives from the maritime use of a cat o' nine tails 
There are some VERY GOOD colloquialisms, I must agree ...

"are you lifting my leg?"
"as black as Granny's knitting bag"
"like a rat up a drain"
"Couldn't stop a pig in a ginnel" (Someone who is bow legged)
"Between the devil and deep blue sea" another nautical term
"Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey" nautical again - and not what you might think 

There's THOUSANDS 

"Tough as old boots". I love that one!

[ducttapetech]

"colder than a well diggers ass"
"like grease threw a goose"
"worthless as the tits on a boar hog"
"dumber than a sled track"
"like trying to stop a greased pig."
"he can break an anvil with a rubber hammer"
"throwing a monkey wrench into the works"

[yud]

Um I got to say I um use um alot not as much as I did I think.

I hate "like" when used too much like um every other word

Also "b4"  my sister texted me where in a theater she was sitting, she said  "b4" so I went to seat B4 when she meant where we were before.

"My bad" also gets me

[Gareth]

Irregardless of what some say, it annoys me when someone says he could care less.

See what I did?  Yup, people who use that word really irk me, too. 

That's one you chaps over the other side of the pond say differently to us.  As I understand it you say "I could care less what you think" right?  doesn't that imply that you do in fact care some?

Whereas we would say "I couldn't care less what you think".  In other words; there is absolutely nothing that could make me care about what you think.

[Mr. Whippy]

Irregardless of what some say, it annoys me when someone says he could care less.

See what I did?  Yup, people who use that word really irk me, too. 

That's one you chaps over the other side of the pond say differently to us.  As I understand it you say "I could care less what you think" right?  doesn't that imply that you do in fact care some?

Whereas we would say "I couldn't care less what you think".  In other words; there is absolutely nothing that could make me care about what you think.

I think it's like:

"Fat chance" and "Slim chance"  means the same.

Or

"Flammable" and "Inflammable"

Who wrote the code for this language?