2007-03-28 02:24:54 · 52 answers · asked by butterfly73 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"Innit!" And other phrases that sound like real words that people can't be bothered to say properly!
2007-03-28 02:28:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mam has a habit,when she's relating a conversation to me thats she's had with someone else, of saying "so I turned around and said"and im thinking if you where talking to someone ,why were'nt you facing them!.The local teens have a habit of saying NER,NA instead of a simple NO which is really annoying and finally,'at the end of the day'.If someone says it to me i say"ITS NIGHT".xxx
2007-03-28 06:42:55 · answer #2 · answered by tennantsbiatchsokeepurmittsoff! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Africa we have an expression that someone will do something "just now" or "now now"This is annoying because that could mean in 5 minutes or in 5 days!!!
2007-03-28 02:32:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Any kind of "buzz word" - urgh. Thinking outside the box, touching base (No-one's touching MY base!), at the end of the day...
Basically, whatever, innit, like,
"Can I get" instead of "Can I have"
Most generic Americanisms are entirely out of place in England...
Soz y'all...
2007-03-29 22:38:35 · answer #4 · answered by Mostly Happy Cat. I smile. ;o) 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"piggin' "is the most awful word it drives me insane.When Cannon and Ball used to come on to the tv I would have to leave the room until their act finished. Because I knew they would be saying the word. It makes my skin crawl I dislike it that much. So who does my husband like to watch on t.v.?
(I am sure its because I go elsewhere to read. )
2007-03-31 23:01:02 · answer #5 · answered by Dilili 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So many of them-
At the end of the day
At this moment in time
See the bigger picture
Run that by me
taken it on board
Talk to the hand
Whatever
2007-03-29 07:50:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I mean" when it is used to start a sentence, not to further describe something.
"so" at the end of a sentence. If you pay attention, people do it all the time. I guess they figure you'll fill in the rest of the thought.
But the one that really makes me nuts is "um". (Just say it, damn it!)
-MM
2007-03-28 04:57:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"At the end of the day" or "In an ideal world". Or there is a bloke at work who keeps repeating himself, and all he says is " like I say" then repeats the last 5 mins of his conversation!!!
2007-03-28 02:38:44 · answer #8 · answered by SkUnKmOnKeY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I should of/would of instead of should have/would have
Using a double negative particularly grates ... e.g. I never did nothing/ or the more eloquent I didn't do nothing, they're both the same.
If you didn't do nothing then you must have done something.
2007-03-28 07:56:29 · answer #9 · answered by elflaeda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At the end of the day
Having said that
Basically
like, like, like
I'm not being funny, but....
and my most hated...
'lets touch base'
aaaaaaaaaaaaghhhhhhhh
2007-03-28 02:34:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋