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

[Kuchinawa212]

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Whooooooa misread the thread!

I hate it when people say "Lolz" in real life instead of laughing at something.

 

[Slaanax]

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

Are you from Pittsburgh, if you aren't never come here. Pittsburgh has some of the worst language I have ever heard my entire life.

 

[Tharwen]

People who ask a question so they can demonstrate that they already know the answer to it.

Example:

Annoying person: "Why does that happen?"
Well meaning person: "[Insert answer here]"
Annoying person: "Oh, so it's like this: [Insert more detailed answer here]"

 

[BloodyThoughts]

I absolutely HATE ITWhen people use text chat (example: "I loled at that joke, im serious I almost Lmaoed when you said that!")instead of proper English. I can barely stand it when you type it in some sort of chat, why would I like it when you do it in real life speech!

 

[deus-ex-machina]

I noticed a friend of mine would say 'Seriously?' quite a lot in situations she found unfair, aimed at the world or at a person. We used to mock her by exaggerating how she said the word with 'SEEEEHRIOUSLAAAY?'

I now find myself saying it all the time whenever I get frustrated. It's something I never used to do until I started mocking it and now it pisses me off.

 

[Weaver]

I also hate "I could care less" when they mean "I couldn't care less"

 

[deus-ex-machina]

I could care less.
I like could like care like less.
I like could like care like less ya know?
I like could like care like less ya know whatever.

I was about to use this, but you got there first.

I've also noticed that it only seems to be Americans who make this mistake - Texans mainly.

 

[PixieFox]

There are a lot of redundancies that irk me, particularly when someone says "a.m. in the morning," as in, "There was a fire at 9 a.m. this morning!"

I also knew of a few stupid girls in my class who would use the word "redundant" to mean "stupid."
Example: "We're taking a test today."
"Ugh, that's so redundant!"
These are the same girls who use "literally" to mean "honestly," "seriously," or "undoubtedly."

I also can't stand people who type on the computer the same way they type on their cell phones: with a keyboard, you have all the time and space in the world to say your message. Not only does it not make sense to use text speak, but then they justify it with, "Oh, it's just the internet."

 

[Lord Beautiful]

Improper use of the word "literally" gets under my skin.

Also, am I to believe some Brits take issue with our pronounciation of "aluminum?"

 

[Olrod]

That's because it's spelled with an extra "i" like all the other elements that end in "ium". ;-)

I think Calvin from Calvin & Hobbes put it best when he said "Verbing weirds language."

 

[hittite]

There's a game I play to keep myself sane. Every time a person uses "like" improperly (meaning not as a simile or in reference to a feeling) I mentally subtract 1 point from an arbitrary IQ score of 150. I know people with negative IQs.

I also hate "I could care less" when they mean "I couldn't care less"

I use this sometimes, but what I mean is "It's possible for me to care less, but it would probably involve something drastic like a lobotomy."

 

[Olrod]

I think it's a throwback when it was popular to add "NOT" at the end of sarcastic sentences.

"I could care less... NOT!"

 

[Enigmers]

People who think it's funny to talk like lolcats.

 

[sexual bus]

Whole lot of emotionally unstable whiners in this thread.

 

[Tinneh]

People who say "OMG" in serious conversation, they annoy the piss out of me.

 

[wwjdftw]

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.

I usually at least pretend that I'm interested in what anyone is saying, makes me look good.

 

[Tinneh]

There are a lot of redundancies that irk me, particularly when someone says "a.m. in the morning," as in, "There was a fire at 9 a.m. this morning!"

I also knew of a few stupid girls in my class who would use the word "redundant" to mean "stupid."
Example: "We're taking a test today."
"Ugh, that's so redundant!"
These are the same girls who use "literally" to mean "honestly," "seriously," or "undoubtedly."

I also can't stand people who type on the computer the same way they type on their cell phones: with a keyboard, you have all the time and space in the world to say your message. Not only does it not make sense to use text speak, but then they justify it with, "Oh, it's just the internet."

I have a problem with that, as well, though I cannot say that I never use "OMG" or "LOL," not very often though. In addition to my previous post, people who actually say "XD!" when something is funny is reallyfuckinggay

Ugh.

 

[Normalgamer]

I hate it when people are cynical bastards when we're reflecting on past conversations that people have had.

 

[Olrod]

How do they pronounce "XD!"?