usually spoken by someone with very few teeth and not the greatest command of the language
my response is, of course "no. i have no fucking idea what you are saying."
that is usually met with a blank stare
i met some chick from florida that moved to chicago to stalk Billy Corrigan. no joke, every other group of words out of her mouth were, "you know what i'm sayin". after about the 10th time, i said no. she just kept going. other than the crazy part, she was bangable.
i don't think i'm really sticking to the actual intended topic..but the gf always says "honky dory"....it's hunky, dear.
But I don't tell her, I just about split my guts laughing on the inside when she says it though
All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow
They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
"We all go threw rough times with the silly children and they have there ups and downs with us"
^^actually saw this post on facebook this morning and immediately thought of this thread. These types of things irritate me to death. Comments were "amen" and "so true gurl". omg. :roll:
this is more of a grammatical complaint than a word complaint.
I cringe when I hear/see someone say:
"I seen it"
Now, I am no grammer expert, but that to me just sounds terrible. And it seems to be creeping into common use more and more, and by people, who up until that comes out of their mouth, I would think are intelligent. Worse than when I hear "I axed a question".
Proper use is "I HAVE seen it" or even "I've seen it" or "I saw it".
Those make me cringe, too. My own husband says "I seen", just to irk me. :roll:
I had a childhood friend that would say "I'll have to ax my mother" Move over, Lizzie Borden, lol
And, don't get me started on the misuse of plurals and possessives.
My last message to you ~
You're right. You are a monster! You are sick! Get help!
not one specific word...but I *hate* it when people throw in an 'R' or 'L' (or other random letter) into words...
'Seattle is in WaRshington State'
'I'm gonna waRsh my hands'
'I'm gonna drawL a pretty picture''
Speaking of adding an R to words ~ I'm wondering if it's a NJ/NY thing (?). Growing up, my family said "warsh". Although, I later corrected myself, once I realized it was wrong.
*And, whenever I hear Billy Joel's 'Scenes from an Italian Restaurant', it sounds like he's singing "Brender and Eddie". I also used to hear Rudy Guiliani on TV, refer to his ex-wife as "Donner", which I didn't realize till now, lol, sounds especially funny considering his name is Rudolph.
Here I am criticizing people, when I just started a sentence with the word AND.* (not proper)
My last message to you ~
You're right. You are a monster! You are sick! Get help!
not one specific word...but I *hate* it when people throw in an 'R' or 'L' (or other random letter) into words...
'Seattle is in WaRshington State'
'I'm gonna waRsh my hands'
'I'm gonna drawL a pretty picture''
Speaking of adding an R to words ~ I'm wondering if it's a NJ/NY thing (?). Growing up, my family said "warsh". Although, I later corrected myself, once I realized it was wrong.
*And, whenever I hear Billy Joel's 'Scenes from an Italian Restaurant', it sounds like he's singing "Brender and Eddie". I also used to hear Rudy Guiliani on TV, refer to his ex-wife as "Donner", which I didn't realize till now, lol, sounds especially funny considering his name is Rudolph.
Here I am criticizing people, when I just started a sentence with the word AND.* (not proper)
It could be a east coast thing...but many native Washingtonians still toss in R's and L's....must be a country bumpkin thing. :?
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
This reminds me of George Carlin's thoughts on euphemisms:
"I don't like words that hide the truth. I don't words that conceal reality. I don't like euphemisms, or euphemistic language. And American English is loaded with euphemisms. Cause Americans have a lot of trouble dealing with reality. Americans have trouble facing the truth, so they invent the kind of a soft language to protest themselves from it, and it gets worse with every generation. For some reason, it just keeps getting worse. I'll give you an example of that. There's a condition in combat. Most people know about it. It's when a fighting person's nervous system has been stressed to it's absolute peak and maximum. Can't take anymore input. The nervous system has either (click) snapped or is about to snap. In the first world war, that condition was called shell shock. Simple, honest, direct language. Two syllables, shell shock. Almost sounds like the guns themselves. That was seventy years ago. Then a whole generation went by and the second world war came along and very same combat condition was called battle fatigue. Four syllables now. Takes a little longer to say. Doesn't seem to hurt as much. Fatigue is a nicer word than shock. Shell shock! Battle fatigue. Then we had the war in Korea, 1950. Madison avenue was riding high by that time, and the very same combat condition was called operational exhaustion. Hey, were up to eight syllables now! And the humanity has been squeezed completely out of the phrase. It's totally sterile now. Operational exhaustion. Sounds like something that might happen to your car. Then of course, came the war in Viet Nam, which has only been over for about sixteen or seventeen years, and thanks to the lies and deceits surrounding that war, I guess it's no surprise that the very same condition was called post-traumatic stress disorder. Still eight syllables, but we've added a hyphen! And the pain is completely buried under jargon. Post-traumatic stress disorder. I'll bet you if we'd of still been calling it shell shock, some of those Viet Nam veterans might have gotten the attention they needed at the time. I'll betcha. I'll betcha."
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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usually spoken by someone with very few teeth and not the greatest command of the language
my response is, of course "no. i have no fucking idea what you are saying."
that is usually met with a blank stare
Mom: SO BLAH BLAH. SOOOO BLAH BLAH, SOOOO. BLAH BLAH, SO BLAH.
Me: Stop saying so so much.
Mom: Well.
They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
I totally agree! Like "Onwords"- oh brother- who came up with that lame idea?
Oh wait... ahh...
well, ok, but it is a little clever... maybe... :oops:
i met some chick from florida that moved to chicago to stalk Billy Corrigan. no joke, every other group of words out of her mouth were, "you know what i'm sayin". after about the 10th time, i said no. she just kept going. other than the crazy part, she was bangable.
But I don't tell her, I just about split my guts laughing on the inside when she says it though
They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
Jerry Remy drives me crazy on the sox games....
Pedroia-r
Amica-r
Matsuzaka-r
Okajima-r
They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
illanoise
"How are you doing?"
"I'm good."
"I know, but how are you doing."
"Oh, yeah, um, I'm well, thank you!"
or
"How was your test."
"Oh, I did good!"
"Well yes, I know you are a philanthropist, but how did your test go?"
"Oh, yeah, I see. It went well, thank you!"
^^actually saw this post on facebook this morning and immediately thought of this thread. These types of things irritate me to death. Comments were "amen" and "so true gurl". omg. :roll:
Those make me cringe, too. My own husband says "I seen", just to irk me. :roll:
I had a childhood friend that would say "I'll have to ax my mother" Move over, Lizzie Borden, lol
And, don't get me started on the misuse of plurals and possessives.
You're right. You are a monster! You are sick! Get help!
At least, I am not a fuck-up! A lying fuck-up!
Speaking of adding an R to words ~ I'm wondering if it's a NJ/NY thing (?). Growing up, my family said "warsh". Although, I later corrected myself, once I realized it was wrong.
*And, whenever I hear Billy Joel's 'Scenes from an Italian Restaurant', it sounds like he's singing "Brender and Eddie". I also used to hear Rudy Guiliani on TV, refer to his ex-wife as "Donner", which I didn't realize till now, lol, sounds especially funny considering his name is Rudolph.
You're right. You are a monster! You are sick! Get help!
At least, I am not a fuck-up! A lying fuck-up!
My main pet peeve is the use of 'you's' - which is widely used in NZ - "Are you's coming to the concert?" :evil:
We are not sheep (shut up Aussies).
It could be a east coast thing...but many native Washingtonians still toss in R's and L's....must be a country bumpkin thing. :?
- Christopher McCandless
"Shit a meat axe" (pleasant imagines there!)
"Umbreller"
"ya know?" (at the end of 90% of her sentences)
what a pretenious way to say drench
There is freedom within, there is freedom without... Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9gKyRmic20&ob=av2e
This reminds me of George Carlin's thoughts on euphemisms:
"I don't like words that hide the truth. I don't words that conceal reality. I don't like euphemisms, or euphemistic language. And American English is loaded with euphemisms. Cause Americans have a lot of trouble dealing with reality. Americans have trouble facing the truth, so they invent the kind of a soft language to protest themselves from it, and it gets worse with every generation. For some reason, it just keeps getting worse. I'll give you an example of that. There's a condition in combat. Most people know about it. It's when a fighting person's nervous system has been stressed to it's absolute peak and maximum. Can't take anymore input. The nervous system has either (click) snapped or is about to snap. In the first world war, that condition was called shell shock. Simple, honest, direct language. Two syllables, shell shock. Almost sounds like the guns themselves. That was seventy years ago. Then a whole generation went by and the second world war came along and very same combat condition was called battle fatigue. Four syllables now. Takes a little longer to say. Doesn't seem to hurt as much. Fatigue is a nicer word than shock. Shell shock! Battle fatigue. Then we had the war in Korea, 1950. Madison avenue was riding high by that time, and the very same combat condition was called operational exhaustion. Hey, were up to eight syllables now! And the humanity has been squeezed completely out of the phrase. It's totally sterile now. Operational exhaustion. Sounds like something that might happen to your car. Then of course, came the war in Viet Nam, which has only been over for about sixteen or seventeen years, and thanks to the lies and deceits surrounding that war, I guess it's no surprise that the very same condition was called post-traumatic stress disorder. Still eight syllables, but we've added a hyphen! And the pain is completely buried under jargon. Post-traumatic stress disorder. I'll bet you if we'd of still been calling it shell shock, some of those Viet Nam veterans might have gotten the attention they needed at the time. I'll betcha. I'll betcha."
it's the most unsexy word ever. isn't it ironic?
I use this one all the damn time. I grew up on the East Coast and this is a very commonly used word. Now living in the Midwest, I still use it.