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Some of these phrases that people say they find annoying are just geographical differences, and I think we need to respect those variations (like in line vs on line vs on queue). I have noticed that in some states people "call in sick to work" and in other states they "call out sick."
True! I always said call in, but I have heard call out.
This is funny. I had to do a search for "yanno" because I couldn't recall seeing it, and I wanted to know whose overuse of it was so egregious as to warrant blocking all their posts. I found at least three posters who use "yanno" so I still don't know who the offender was!
Haha, I did the same thing with the same result!
It took me a while to realize that yanno was supposed to mean ya know. In my head, I rhymed it with Dan-o.
It distresses me that so many people dislike it because the reason I say it is because it means, in a literal sense, that it is my pleasure to have done something for someone. It means that I don't consider my action on their behalf to be in any way a nuisance, annoyance, or interruption, but rather that I did what I did out of respect for them.
But the way it is received, apparently, I am the a--hole.
I've lived in TX and I haven't heard it either. I have heard "fixin' to go to the store" which I assume is the same thing.
It's the same thing. I hear people dropping that X all the time when they say it. "Finna" or "fidna" are common around here.
To be clear, people don't generally say it in a professional environment, but I hear it often casually. I live in NE Texas for the record. Where we live is about 1/3 white Non Hispanic, 1/3 Hispanic, and 1/3 African American. It's most common in AA communities but also in some white non Hispanic communities. I don't recall ever hearing a Hispanic person even say "fixin to go to the store," come to think of it, let alone "finna" or "fidna."
It distresses me that so many people dislike it because the reason I say it is because it means, in a literal sense, that it is my pleasure to have done something for someone. It means that I don't consider my action on their behalf to be in any way a nuisance, annoyance, or interruption, but rather that I did what I did out of respect for them.
But the way it is received, apparently, I am the a--hole.
If it really means "my pleasure" (and literally no, it doesn't really mean that), then just say "my pleasure." It's the same amount of syllables even! Takes no more effort to say it than it does to say "No problem."
The reason why people get irritated is because it damn sure better not be a nuisance, annoyance or interruption to take care of someone if that's what you're being paid to do (most people are more irritated by it if for instance a server or waitstaff or customer service person says it). But if you say it's your PLEASURE then that raises the bar, so to speak, from "Yeah, you're not an irritation to me," to "You bring pleasure to my day." There's a significant difference between the two statements.
It’s not a phrase but I need to vent. I hate it when people pronounce MAScarpone as “MARscarpone.” I watch a lot of cooking/baking shows and cannot tell you how many professional and/or celebrity chefs put that extra R in there. Ugh. I don’t know why it bothers me so much.
YOU DO REALIZE, don't you, that "y'all" doesn't necessarily mean "ALL Y'ALL." It's like this - you're hanging out with your neighbors grilling in the back yard and you say, on the side, to a couple of the wives "Y'all want a beer?" And a couple of the husbands say, "Hell, yeah." So you say,"Oh. ALL Y'ALL want a damn beer. Well, OK then."
So you go get a six pack, for ALL Y'ALL. Not just y'all.
Oh, yes, I absolutely love and prefer y'all to you guys, which sounds grating in my opinion. I love the soft sound of y'all, especially with a Texan accent.
I grew up with and still live with the western "you guys" as opposed to the southern "you all." I much prefer "you all" to "you guys."
My problem is the redundancy of all y'all. It's like saying all you people, all you people...
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