The most irritating phrase in the... (difference, meaning, quote, words)

[Asheville Native]

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

Are all southerns schizophrenic?

Well bless your heart..............

[Green Irish Eyes]

My pompous Political Science professor in college was wont to start pronouncements with, "Were I you ....."

To which I was sorely tempted to respond, "Were I YOU, I would never say, 'were I you'."

A phrase that I heard a lot in one area of the country was "might could," as in "I might could let you borrow the car."

[_redbird_]

Any form of sentence with the word "kool-aid" that is uttered with such an air of AM radio talk show snottiness.

Don't drink the kool-aid, etc.

Also high on the list is "I'm sorry" uttered when someone is simply making a statement. As in, "Man, I am hungry!" "I'm sorry."

Grinds teeth. Why do you need to say you are sorry? How is it your fault that I am hungry?

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by Dark of the Moon

My pompous Political Science professor in college was wont to start pronouncements with, "Were I you ....."

To which I was sorely tempted to respond, "Were I YOU, I would never say, 'were I you'."

A phrase that I heard a lot in one area of the country was "might could," as in "I might could let you borrow the car."

I've heard that in Texas and New Mexico. It's right up there with "you betcher doggone boots" and "Boy howdy".

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by Tia 914

y'all is often singular... in plural it's y'alls
of course, in some parts of the South, the term is youins...

My ex used to say your all's (-----), possessive form of y'all.

In WV we said youse guys and youns. Lot of Pennsylvania Dutch and Italian influence there.

[Green Irish Eyes]

Originally Posted by Buzz123

Along those lines, does it bother anyone else to hear, "Do you want to go with?" I wanna scream, "WITH WHAT???" I think that's more of a Midwest thing though.

See, now, I thought that was a New York City thing, as many times my friends there would ask me "You wanna come with?"

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by Dark of the Moon

See, now, I thought that was a New York City thing, as many times my friends there would ask me "You wanna come with?"

I hear it in the scripts of TV shows too. It's like fingernails scraping a chalk board to me.

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by Asheville Native

Well bless your heart..............

One of my favorite Southern phrases. Which, of course, means anything from "It truly is a pity that you're so unenlightened" to "What are you, nuts?"

[carlymac]

"Welcome to my world." Bleh!!!!

[Tia 914]

Originally Posted by Dark of the Moon

See, now, I thought that was a New York City thing, as many times my friends there would ask me "You wanna come with?"

heck no... I'm from NY, & the only place I've ever heard that was in the midwest (Iowa & Wisconsin)