Things you hate that you say - Page 3

Trilby · 06-29-2006, 10:28 AM

I had a nursing instructor who called condoms condones--as in "I don't condone your use of condoms."

KinkyVixen · 06-29-2006, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

I'm from the east coast.

I say "flip flops" instead of "thongs".
I say "soda" and not "pop".
I stand "in line" not "on line".
I have to be somewhere "by" a certain time, not "for" a certain time.
I wear "sneakers" not "tennis shoes".
I say "shopping cart" instead of "basket" or "carriage".

Actually (yeah, I say that too much, too), I hate when people put an extra syllable in a word. Acme is ac-me, not ac-a-me. And color is kullur, not keller. I also say "got" too much. Instead of "he has rythm" I say "he's got rythm".

Well damn. Are you sure you're not a midwesterner hidden in an east coasters body?

wolf · 06-29-2006, 12:54 PM

It depends on where in the East you are. There is an awful lot of East Coast ... and what goes in Philadelphia doesn't work in New England, or in Miami.

Clodfobble · 06-29-2006, 02:18 PM

I start a large number of my sentences in conversations with "Yeah, no," as in, "Yeah, no I'm not sure where it is," or "Yeah, no you're totally right." It doesn't bother me, since in my mind it's usually because I'm agreeing with a negative, but it drives my father crazy and he nags me about it every time I see him.

WabUfvot5 · 06-29-2006, 03:56 PM

Not much gets me out here... but the weirdest accents / linguistics I have ever heard were from two different guys from Fresno. I blame pollution.

dar512 · 06-29-2006, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

I also say "got" too much. Instead of "he has rythm" I say "he's got rythm".

I don't see the problem. Gershwin's got rhythm. He's also got music. There's honorable precedent.

wolf · 06-30-2006, 01:16 AM

Philaspeak often requres that one say "He/She/It goes" rather than "says."

Brett's Honey · 06-30-2006, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Philaspeak often requres that one say "He/She/It goes" rather than "says."

I hate hearing that more than anything esle! "He goes" instead of "He said", and "He's like" instead of "He said". When I hear a person saying one of those phrases repeatedly, I want to have them write down what they're saying and listen to how stupid it sounds and looks when read.

Spexxvet · 06-30-2006, 08:07 AM

My brother-in-law exchanges "says" and "goes". As in "he goes "oh yeah?" then says bam on the side of his head"

Spexxvet · 06-30-2006, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by KinkyVixen

Well damn. Are you sure you're not a midwesterner hidden in an east coasters body?

I think a lot of your examples were New Yorkisms, especially standing "on" line.

Bullitt · 06-30-2006, 10:05 AM

I've been thinking about little ways I say words and stuff, and I've found a few more I'm guilty of overusing (or just using period):

Watchoo = What [are] you
'zif = as if
Whater = what are [you] (optional version of Watchoo)
'ag = cool, sweet, awesome, you get the idea
don' = don't
jus' = just
(i think i have an aversion to t's)
all ya'll
"hey man" - I say this to people regardless of their sex.. oops
"buggy" - shopping cart
Also guilty of "he/she/it goes"
"ya know?" after a statement
I wait on people instead of for them
I stall the elevator instead of hold it
No one can audibly tell the difference when I say pen and pin.. they both sound like pin

and yes rkzenrage i change all my and's to " 'n" .... " 'n then what happened?"

People always tell me I have an accent, but they can never quite pinpoint exactly what it is since I've done my growning up in thirds in California, Tennessee, and now Ohio.. now it all has melted together in a sticky mess of lingo and slang and who the freak knows what else.

Shawnee123 · 06-30-2006, 10:08 AM

Alternate form of "whater":
Whaddaya as in "whaddaya doin'"

A coworker just asked me how to spell "stinch" She meant stench. I told her she was so Ohio! (I am too, but try not to show it!)

Clodfobble · 06-30-2006, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bullit

I wait on people instead of for them

I use both. If someone is making me wait somewhat against my will, I'm waiting on them. If it's expected that they will arrive at a certain time, and they are not yet late, I am waiting for them.

barefoot serpent · 06-30-2006, 03:43 PM

Is it Pittsburgh where they say din't instead of didn't?

Torrere · 06-30-2006, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Brett's Honey

I hate hearing that more than anything esle! "He goes" instead of "He said", and "He's like" instead of "He said". When I hear a person saying one of those phrases repeatedly, I want to have them write down what they're saying and listen to how stupid it sounds and looks when read.

I've always interpreted "he said" as

"Now I'm going to repeat the words that he used"

and "he's like" as

"Now I'm going to do a whole body imitation of him at the moment that he said these words"

06-29-2006, 10:28 AM	#31
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06-29-2006, 12:54 PM	#33
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	It depends on where in the East you are. There is an awful lot of East Coast ... and what goes in Philadelphia doesn't work in New England, or in Miami. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-30-2006, 01:16 AM	#37
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Philaspeak often requres that one say "He/She/It goes" rather than "says." __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-30-2006, 08:07 AM	#39
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	My brother-in-law exchanges "says" and "goes". As in "he goes "oh yeah?" then says bam on the side of his head" __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

06-30-2006, 10:05 AM	#41
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	I've been thinking about little ways I say words and stuff, and I've found a few more I'm guilty of overusing (or just using period): Watchoo = What [are] you 'zif = as if Whater = what are [you] (optional version of Watchoo) 'ag = cool, sweet, awesome, you get the idea don' = don't jus' = just (i think i have an aversion to t's) all ya'll "hey man" - I say this to people regardless of their sex.. oops "buggy" - shopping cart Also guilty of "he/she/it goes" "ya know?" after a statement I wait on people instead of for them I stall the elevator instead of hold it No one can audibly tell the difference when I say pen and pin.. they both sound like pin and yes rkzenrage i change all my and's to " 'n" .... " 'n then what happened?" People always tell me I have an accent, but they can never quite pinpoint exactly what it is since I've done my growning up in thirds in California, Tennessee, and now Ohio.. now it all has melted together in a sticky mess of lingo and slang and who the freak knows what else. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass. Last edited by Bullitt; 06-30-2006 at 10:15 AM.

06-29-2006, 02:18 PM	#34
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I start a large number of my sentences in conversations with "Yeah, no," as in, "Yeah, no I'm not sure where it is," or "Yeah, no you're totally right." It doesn't bother me, since in my mind it's usually because I'm agreeing with a negative, but it drives my father crazy and he nags me about it every time I see him.

06-29-2006, 03:56 PM	#35
WabUfvot5 Operations Operative Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 634	Not much gets me out here... but the weirdest accents / linguistics I have ever heard were from two different guys from Fresno. I blame pollution.

06-30-2006, 10:08 AM	#42
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Alternate form of "whater": Whaddaya as in "whaddaya doin'" A coworker just asked me how to spell "stinch" She meant stench. I told her she was so Ohio! (I am too, but try not to show it!) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-30-2006, 03:43 PM	#44
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	Is it Pittsburgh where they say din't instead of didn't? __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

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