phases that make me want to smack someone

[critter crazy]

Ok there are several phrases that really really make me want to slap someone.
1) y'all
Everytime I hear someone say that I look them in the face and say
"I don't see a U-Haul. The correct phrase please is all of you. I don't care if Dr. Phil says it. It is not correct and his IQ in my opinion just dropped 20 points.

2) Have a good one. Have a good what??

3) We're pregnant. Talk about dumb. No you are not. Your wife is but you are NOT. The baby is not growing in your body, you don't have heartburn, swollen legs, cravings and a million other things. You are both expecting a baby but your are not pregnant.

well I say Y'all all the time, Smack me I dare you!

[Cataholic]

WOW! I can't really generate the type of animosity towards people for using incorrect speech that y'all can.

[petslover]

If you come to the south, expect to hear Ya'll. I say it alot.

It really doesn't bother me how people talk, that's their own personal choice.

[Uabassoon]

There are really only two phrases that annoy me, one is "same difference", it just makes me cringe when I hear it. The other I think is a regional thing as I've never heard it anywhere else. People add "well" to the end of sentences for example "are you coming, well" It makes no sense to me and my best friend says it constantly, so of course I must make fun of her for it.

[Blue_Frog]

Corporate speak makes me want to smack someone. For example ...
"We’re an Innovative and Progressive Organization, with an infrastructure that is adaptable to Ever-Changing Global Paradigms. Moving Forward, Our Scalable and Robust Architecture will allow us to maximize Shareholder Value, while maintaining a customer-centric environment. We’re a Leader in the Global Marketplace, and maintain a socially concious attitude."

There. I threw in as many corporate-speaks as i could in one sentence. Someone can smack me now.

[IRescue452]

The word that really drives me nuts when people mispronounce it- betta.

BETA (bay tah)= second letter of the Greek alphabet, or an early version of vhs.

BETTA (bet tah)= fish species, possibly Latin, not Greek letter

[Glacier]

Yanno what makes me laugh.....you start a rant thread about other people's grammar and speech with a typo in your title!

[Lady's Human]

I have to admit something to y'all....

When I find out that something petty like an accent or the use of regional phrases irritates someone I have a tendency to remember to use the offending phrase in their presence.

Maybe I need sensitivity training.

[Marigold2]

Did I make a boo-boo, LOL I can be such a goof?

Yanno what makes me laugh.....you start a rant thread about other people's grammar and speech with a typo in your title!

[finn's mom]

BETTA (bet tah)= fish species, possibly Latin, not Greek letter

wow, i have NEVER heard anyone pronounce it that way! Interesting!

[finn's mom]

I do say y'all. It seems to be an acceptable way to make a contraction of "you all." My cousin (I think he's from Indiana, maybe?) says "you's." I love it. Or "you'uns", that one cracks me up.

I do admit, speech will oftentimes get my attention, but I don't typically let it bother me for more than a split second.

These threads are always enlightening.

[Miss Z]

I often cringe when I hear some of my relatives who live in Oxford (which is, for those who are maybe unsure, in southern England) speaking to each other. Their pronunciation is just too proper for me, very stereotypical English accents. Like 'grass' and 'glass' are meant to be pronounced like you would say 'mass' and 'gas', but the 'a' is drawn out into an 'aahh' sound. Gah! I hate it! Yes, I'm a northerner through and through.

Having said that though, I suppose a lot of southerners are annoyed by northerners' accents, saying we are lazy in pronunciation.

Bu' nay, ahdunt fink tha's t'case attall! Ent nobbut cus-tum!

And KBlaix, I agree about the 'could care less' thing. I mean, if you could care less about a situation, that must mean it's pretty important to you, right?

Oh, and also, 'tongue' is pronounced 'tung'. It is! Nearly everyone I kn ow says 'tong'. For those of you who may not believe me, take a look at the pronunciation guide on dictionary.com. 'Tongs', as in the grasping instrument, is pronounced as it's spelt.

[IRescue452]

Words from other countries, like France, are so ingrained into our language here in WI that its easy for us to pronounce them. The other day I heard somebody from England pronounce buffet the way its spelled and I almost cried laughing.

[Miss Z]

Words from other countries, like France, are so ingrained into our language here in WI that its easy for us to pronounce them. The other day I heard somebody from England pronounce buffet the way its spelled and I almost cried laughing.

Wow, that's interesting, most people I know can say 'buffet' how it's meant to be said (buh-fay). We get quite a bit of Europen languages mixed up in our language, although it has to be said, not nearly as much as they get of ours.

Maybe this English person you heard was scouse. Hee, hee, just joking.

[davidpizzica]

I often cringe when I hear some of my relatives who live in Oxford (which is, for those who are maybe unsure, in southern England) speaking to each other. Their pronunciation is just too proper for me, very stereotypical English accents. Like 'grass' and 'glass' are meant to be pronounced like you would say 'mass' and 'gas', but the 'a' is drawn out into an 'aahh' sound. Gah! I hate it! Yes, I'm a northerner through and through.

Having said that though, I suppose a lot of southerners are annoyed by northerners' accents, saying we are lazy in pronunciation.

Bu' nay, ahdunt fink tha's t'case attall! Ent nobbut cus-tum!

And KBlaix, I agree about the 'could care less' thing. I mean, if you could care less about a situation, that must mean it's pretty important to you, right?

Oh, and also, 'tongue' is pronounced 'tung'. It is! Nearly everyone I kn ow says 'tong'. For those of you who may not believe me, take a look at the pronunciation guide on dictionary.com. 'Tongs', as in the grasping instrument, is pronounced as it's spelt.

Miss Z, "bu' nay, ahdunt fink thas' t' case atall! Ent nobbut cus-tum!" sounds pretty much like how a person from Pittsburgh would pronounce them! We speak a form of english called Pittsburghese. I can PM you some samples.