Things people say in conversation that annoy the hell out of you.

[Immortalis_sp]

I don't really know why, but I work in a cubicle hell hole and have to hear people talk on the phone all day long and some things just drive me up a wall. For example:

1. Saying UMMMM at every pause in the conversation. This is probably one of the things that really annoys the hell out of me, same for "like."

2. Use words how they were intended damn it.
-All =/= Alls (i.e. Alls you have to do is click the button)
-Wash =/= Warsh
-You =/= Yous (yous guys going to go smoke?)
-Ask =/= Aks

God, a couple of the people at work constantly just butcher the english language and it drives me nuts. We are supposed to sound professional to our clients here and I just can't imagine what they think on the other end of that phone line.

/rant

 

[Kaboose the Moose]

People who finish a sentence with "know what I'm sayin'?"

No, I don't. Because people who say this every two seconds are usually speaking fucking gibberish.

Also people that say "it needs fixed" (instead of it needs to be fixed, and all similar usage - "my house needs painted", "that hole needs filled"

Grr! This is why we need a language tax!.

-Ask =/= Aks

Reference to "Futurama". In the future, nobody says ask. They say "aks".

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

Well, I have one friend who says 'penus' a lot during conversations.
Funnily enough, he used to be on the Escapist before he got banned for being an asshole.
Of course, he is the one which loses out when he says such stupid things.
His spelling is atrocious.

Apart from that, I'm just going to say to many things people say in conversations annoy me, as I am too lazy to try to remember and write them all down.

 

[Batfred]

I really hate "you know", you know?

I also get annoyed at English people saying sKedule instead of schedule. We know that the Americans have caned our fine language, but that is not an excuse for copying them. Add 'erb and aluminum to that list too.

 

[Mozza444]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv1aqmuyZE8

People like that..

 

[Zelurien]

When people say "literally" but don't use it properly.

"I'm literally going to explode because I've eaten so much"

No you aren't. You're just an idiot.

Also when people say "was" instead of were. Conjugation isn't difficult.

And "ain't" gets used very badly. Usually ending in a double negative - " I ain't never jumping off a cliff".
Excellent - get on with it then.

 

[ace_of_something]

"on my hood" is the most annoying phrase I have to hear on a very regular basis. Especially since those who I am speaking to will use the phrase about every three or four sentances.

 

[ace_of_something]

I really hate "you know", you know?

I also get annoyed at English people saying sKedule instead of schedule. We know that the Americans have caned our fine language, but that is not an excuse for copying them. Add 'erb and aluminum to that list too.

I've said it before and I'll say it again.
British English is no more correct than American English. Why?
Because our form of english evolved from what we were speaking and writing when we first came over here. Now if you spoke EXACTLY like an englishmen did in the 1600's then yes, I'd give you credit that we bastardized your language. However, you have bastardized it just as much as we have since than. Y'all just did it in a different direction.

2nd point.
I also hate 'ya know?'

 

[Batfred]

I also get annoyed at English people saying sKedule instead of schedule. We know that the Americans have caned our fine language, but that is not an excuse for copying them. Add 'erb and aluminum to that list too.

I've said it before and I'll say it again.
British English is no more correct than American English. Why?
Because our form of english evolved from what we were speaking and writing when we first came over here. Now if you spoke EXACTLY like an englishmen did in the 1600's then yes, I'd give you credit that we bastardized your language. However, you have bastardized it just as much as we have since than. Y'all just did it in a different direction.

Fair point, but it still doesn't excuse English people for saying these words incorrectly.

 

[Dragon_of_red]

"Ohmygod, whatareyoutalkingabouttwillightissocool, yourjustjelouscauseyourarentavampire"

Anything that fast.

It actually sucked to write that, i kept putting spaces in and having to go back and delete them...

 

[j0z]

Prople that use the 2nd person plural contraction "ya'll".
People saying "holler"
Basically any of those southern not-words.
It drives me up the way when people append "you know" to every sentence.
My #1 complaint is how some guys talk, best exemplified by Parez(sp?) Hilton

 

[MGlBlaze]

People who ask the same question more than once even though they clearly heard the answer the first time.

By extention, any really stupid questions.

Although this is partially a problem with me having a low tollerance for that kind of thing; those are just things that always manage to get under my skin.

I really hate "you know", you know?

I also get annoyed at English people saying sKedule instead of schedule. We know that the Americans have caned our fine language, but that is not an excuse for copying them. Add 'erb and aluminum to that list too.

This isn't so much a problem for me until they start thinking they're right and you're wrong.
For instance, one Retsupurae youtube video featured a guy doing a bad Let's Play of Resident Evil 4, and they started laughing when the guy said "herb" rather than "'erb". Admitedly, all their other jabs were spot-on and funny, but that one specific bit came across as really petty.

I don't really get why Americans removed some random letters from words, though... Is "Amuminium" really that much harder to say than "Aluminum"?

Then there's people who use words when they clearly don't know what it means, or how to use it properly. One of the more egregious (in my opinion) examples would be things like;

When people say "literally" but don't use it properly.

"I'm literally going to explode because I've eaten so much"

No you aren't. You're just an idiot.

I mean... if that were the case, they would have died or have to be rushed to the hospital for a stomach rupture first, and in that state I doubt they'd be in much of a state to say that. Oh, and most people would just throw up long before then, too.

 

[Project .hack]

I absolutely hate it when someone says something and ends it with "I'm not even gonna lie". Also when you ask someone how they are and all they say is "good" and then they seem disinterested when they ask you and you actually tell them how you are.

 

[Eliam_Dar]

in english, people ending every single sentence with the words "you know?"
in spanish, there is a redundant way of speaking that annoys me beyond any measure, a translated example would be:
"I was going to the school, I was"
"You cannot go there, you cannot"
I mean, wtf.

oh and people speaking of things they don't know as if they were experts

 

[Tattaglia]

Zeg maar.

Can I get an amen?

 

[Louis343]

When people use sarcasm excessively.

 

[Kushan101]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv1aqmuyZE8

People like that..

That was unbelievable. This. Definately this.

I pick up on things every now and then that annoy me, the current one is "actually". Its a complete non-word, I can't think of a single sentence where it can't just be removed.
"I think you'll find that, actually, it was Humphrey Davy who invented the light bulb" becomes "I think you'll find that it was Humphrey Davy who invented the light bulb". Why was there an "actually" there?
(coincidentally, if ever you want to try a new drinking game, watch QVC and have a shot every time they use the word "actually" you'll be completely trolleyed in no time)

 

[Disaster Button]

People who say like every other word, which is a problem for me where I live.