Words/Phrases You're Sick Of Hearing?

[Harry P.]

We're just going to have to disagree on this one, Harry...

I agree with you on that point!

[Roadrunner]

More that I personally perceive as being obnoxious, Boyz, Carz, Noiz, Toyz, etc.

[Mr Stock]

These annoy me

Roll with the punches ......

Can I get ..... (instead of can I have?, when ordering something)

OMG ........

Prolly ....... its probably not prolly

You da man ......... hate this saying!

 

And not so much a phrase i suppose but when a new kit is announced the whole "Oh Im gonna get me 2,3,4 cases of these"

That really bugs me

 

As for regional dialect, I'm from Cornwall in the UK and we have a lot of our own words and sayings down here, some would make you laugh. Most would really annoy people.

One being " Drekly" which stems from directly,  but in our usage means it will get done later on as in "I'll fix that drekly".

 

 

[blunc]

there is NO "r" in wash!

[Kit Basher]

"rediculous"   I know we sometimes say "ree-diculous" for emphasis, but it's spelled ridiculous.

[dodgefever]

Evilbay, Epay, Feebay - any of those. 

[Pete J.]

there is NO "r" in wash!

Depends on what part of the country you are from.  Personally I like colloquialisms.  It allows you to connect with others from the same area instantly. For instance, the south would not be the same without y'all and depending on how it is said, you can determine the state almost instantly.  A Texas y'all is much different from a Georgia y'all.  Don't kill the language with uniformity.   

By the way, my Vermont grandmother did the warsh.  My Nebraska grandmother did the wash.

 

Edited February 16, 2016 by Pete J.
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[Maindrian Pace]

"You know what I'm saying?"

A little irony there, because when someone says that to me, it immediately makes me uninterested in hearing the rest of what they are saying.

[10thumbs]

@Gary, Mr Stock a few lines above.  I can really imagine in the UK the differences in dialect.  Some of you guys I can understand fully, others though, I don't understand a word!

Those that I don't understand are not even speaking their full local dialect, but are trying to speak so that I can understand them! 

But it's all English, just spoken quite differently.

By the way guys, as a teenager I had a summer job working on a tug boat in the harbor.  A fellow deckhand was from the back woods of Tenn., and I didn't understand him either.  I asked to change boats and luckily I was able to get another boat.  I've never heard American English spoken that way, and I'm from the south.

 

[Mr Stock]

@Gary, Mr Stock a few lines above.  I can really imagine in the UK the differences in dialect.  Some of you guys I can understand fully, others though, I don't understand a word!

Those that I don't understand are not even speaking their full local dialect, but are trying to speak so that I can understand them! 

But it's all English, just spoken quite differently.

By the way guys, as a teenager I had a summer job working on a tug boat in the harbor.  A fellow deckhand was from the back woods of Tenn., and I didn't understand him either.  I asked to change boats and luckily I was able to get another boat.  I've never heard American English spoken that way, and I'm from the south.

 

Michael that's very true, the UK is pretty small compared to other country's but we have a huge amount of different regional accents. You can be 20 miles from a different county and the accents are totally different. To get an idea of the Cornish accent you'll have to search youtube. Even us Brits struggle comprehending each other sometimes, the Geordies and Scousers  (Newcastle and Liverpool) are particularly difficult for me to understand. 

[Snake45]

"You know what I'm saying?"

A little irony there, because when someone says that to me, it immediately makes me uninterested in hearing the rest of what they are saying.

I often say it somewhat ironically, pronouncing it as "Yome Sane?"

[MrObsessive]

Speaking of accents, I was down south once and someone knew right away I was from PA! They even had it zeroed in to the part of the state I'm from (South-Central)! They said that I have an "accent" that they picked up on-----I said "Really?? YOU have the accent!"

Interesting enough, that wasn't the first time I had heard that. Years ago when I was a cab driver, I picked up a girl from Great Britain, and she also mentioned about being able to pick out a Pennsylvania accent. I guess when you live hear long enough----everyone else has the accent 'cept you!

 

[Harry P.]

everyone else has the accent 'cept you!

Correct!

I once read that Johnny Carson had the perfect "American" accent... the nondescript midwestern accent that has the least quirks in pronunciation and sounds the most like "standard" American English as defined in the dictionary's pronunciation guides.. BTW... I have that same midwestern accent..

Bill... Dave Wannstedt used to be the head coach of the Bears. He had a really strong Pennsylvania accent... those of us in Chicago could immediately tell he was from "somewhere else"...

[Pete J.]

Correct!

I once read that Johnny Carson had the perfect "American" accent... the nondescript midwestern accent that has the least quirks in pronunciation and sounds the most like "standard" American English as defined in the dictionary's pronunciation guides.. BTW... I have that same midwestern accent..

Bill... Dave Wannstedt used to be the head coach of the Bears. He had a really strong Pennsylvania accent... those of us in Chicago could immediately tell he was from "somewhere else"...

Johnny Carson, being from Omaha, had a Nebraska accent.  Being from the other side of the state, I can pick it out, though it is very faint.  The two that really get my attention is the Baltimore(pronounced Balmur) and New England.  The Baltimore is quite hard to pin down because it has more to do with inflection than anything and New England is a lot to do with cadence.  Love to hear both.

[fog cutter]

"i need ..."

"could you donate..."

"like to buy some girl scout cookies?"

[blunc]

"Help me do (insert task here)." usually turns out to mean "Just shut the f-up and do (insert task here)!"

[Kit Basher]

 The two that really get my attention is the Baltimore(pronounced Balmur) and New England.

I'm from Virginia (pronounced Vajenya). I stopped at a general store in Maine. I did not understand a single word the shopkeeper said, and I'm pretty sure he had the same problem with me. We finally managed to communicate "Marlboro". Passed thru upstate New York (Lake Champlain region), the gas station attendant (remember those?!) sounded like he grew up down the street from me. Go figger.

[SfanGoch]

 Unfortunately, regional dialects are are slowly dying off. They are being replaced by the flat, accent-neutral Midwestern news anchorese. I have a distinct "Noo Yawk" accent and I'm darned proud of it. Anyone west of Milton, Pa. instantly knows where I'm from; and, that's the way I want it.   My kid sounds like he was a Bowery Boy. So does every native of the neighborhood. It's easy to spot the interloping transplants as soon as they open their pie holes. My old man came to this country in 1952. When he spoke in English, it sounded like Bela Lugosi with a Brooklyn accent. By the way, the Brooklyn accent had its beginnings in Greenpernt in the late 19th century. You can thank us for Toid Avenya, foist base, motor earl, Oil Wilson, kern, and trun a scare inta da bum. It's sad that there are Noo Yawkahs who go to speech therapists in order to lose their accents. They're actually ashamed of the way they sound. They must feel that speaking like a stamped-from-a-cookie-cutter network news talking head is, like, kewl.

Interestingly, the closest thing to a New York accent is New Orleans English. This also developed around the late 19th century due to the large influx of people from New York after the Civil War. It has nothing in common with what some people think of as a "Southern" accent. Check out this guy. He's a New Orleans native. He sounds like he's from Lawnguylant:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

One of the "you might also like" videos shown at the end of Joe's example above. This girl is fun to watch, and she seems to have a pretty good handle on some of the regional accent stereotypes. It doesn't hurt that she's a cute, smiling, blue-eyed redhead, either. 

 

Edited February 17, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy

[Mike_G]

"Help me do (insert task here)." usually turns out to mean "Just shut the f-up and do (insert task here)!"

"Hey Mike, you're an electronic technician, right?" means "I want you to install my car stereo for free."

[Harry P.]

This girl is fun to watch, and she seems to have a pretty good handle on some of the regional accent stereotypes

Not only does she nail the accents, but she's very easy on the eyes!

[Tom Geiger]

I often puzzle people because I have no accent.  I grew up as an army brat so I lived all over the country, and abroad.  I believe that your accent is formed when you are learning to talk and doesn't change once you get older.  My wife's grandmother came from Ireland when she was 16 and maintained her Irish brogue her entire life.

[SfanGoch]

I often puzzle people because I have no accent.  I grew up as an army brat so I lived all over the country, and abroad.  I believe that your accent is formed when you are learning to talk and doesn't change once you get older.  My wife's grandmother came from Ireland when she was 16 and maintained her Irish brogue her entire life.

Unless you're Madonna or Gwyneth Paltrow. Spending six months in Blighty made them sound like Margaret Dumont or Hillary Brooke.

[Harry P.]

I often puzzle people because I have no accent.

Everybody has an accent. But the thing is, you don't think of yourself as the one with the accent... it's everyone else that has one.

I can identify a Noo Yawkuh immediately. Or someone from Lawnguyland. Same with someone from Baaahstun. Or a Valley grrrl, fer sure.. Or someone from Minnisoooohduh. But I'm sure they could all just as quickly ID me as a guy from the midwest.

[SfanGoch]

Everybody has an accent. But the thing is, you don't think of yourself as the one with the accent... it's everyone else that has one.

I can identify a Noo Yawkuh immediately. Or someone from Lawnguyland. Same with someone from Baaahstun. Or a Valley grrrl, fer sure.. Or someone from Minnisoooohduh. But I'm sure they could all just as quickly ID me as a guy from the midwest.

Thee rrrrrrrrine in Spine falls minely on thee pline.