Fayette.Talk

By Arnold Drummond

September 25, 2007 1:53 PM | Link to this

Wat choo talkin’ bout Willis?

By Apologizing 4 Wooten

September 25, 2007 2:05 PM | Link to this

Blogs annoy. Words annoy. Popular expressions from Saturday Night Live annoy.

We lost the art of conversation long ago, in the 19th century. We grunt now. We mug. We lance the instrument of our oral epression with piercings designed for sodomy. (but then I repeat myself). We are the great satan and we are going to be condemned by Gd as a nation of enunciation muscle abusers. Worse, some of us pierce our instrament of utterance, others their utters. others their putters. Gd is going to have a field day. (along with funk and wagnal)

By Paige

September 25, 2007 2:06 PM | Link to this

I say this a lot, and I know others who do….”I was like (bla bla)…and then you were like(bla bla).

By emjay

September 25, 2007 2:09 PM | Link to this

“Like” is one that really bothers me, and so many of our young people use it far too much. I went to a leadership conference recently that was heavily attended by college-aged young women who were in leadership roles on their campuses, and almost every one of them used “like” at least 3 to 4 times in a sentence. It sounds so silly, uneducated, and unprofessional! I wish we could teach our young people how to speak so that they don’t sound like we shouldn’t take them seriously! “Um” is another one… I had a friend once who was an “um” abuser. One time I counted, and she said “um” 45 times in a 20 minute conversation!

By Kenneth Cobb

September 25, 2007 2:18 PM | Link to this

Like, give me a break

By Diogenes

September 25, 2007 2:28 PM | Link to this

The incessant use of “you know what I’m sayin’?” Obviously, the speaker is used to his/her listeners having NO idea what he/she’s saying, and therefore must tack this on to every declarative statement.

Also, the grossly overused words “community,” “opportunity,” and “situation.” It IS possible to speak without using one of those three words in EVERY sentence.

By Fred

September 25, 2007 2:28 PM | Link to this

Use of the word “Drama”. Especially when people describes their lives as ” Drama Free”. Even worse is the description. ” He’s or She’s a drama queen”. I can’t stand it.

By Marietta

September 25, 2007 2:46 PM | Link to this

My list:

*You know what I’m saying. (I totally agree with that one!!)

*My bad. *True that.

Anything people say and pronounce wrong is annoying:

*ath-a-lete (ex: instead of athlete)

By Political Mongrel

September 25, 2007 2:46 PM | Link to this

At the end of about every third statement, my wife says “you know what I mean?”

By Maria

September 25, 2007 2:52 PM | Link to this

Fred, I agree with you about the overuse of the word “drama.” And the people who use it, including those who claim to be “drama free,” are usually the ones attracting it to their lives.

Also, I can’t stand the overuse of the word “random.” Not everything that’s surprising, spontaneous, coincidental, eclectic, or out of place should be described as “random.” I hear it applied to people, too. As in, “Oh, he’s such a random person.” Argh!

By sue

September 25, 2007 3:04 PM | Link to this

Adults should NEVER say, “My Bad”

By Old School

September 25, 2007 3:33 PM | Link to this

It irks me to hear folks say “real-a-tor” instead of the correct “real-tor”…especially when the offender is a “REAL-TOR.”

I also don’t like car salesmen yelling at me in their commercials.

By Tray

September 25, 2007 3:38 PM | Link to this

Unfortunately, we will not be able to do anything to correct one’s speech. If we tried, we would be called ‘prejudice’ for trying to force people to learn our language in a certain way…why do you think so many immigrants don’t have to know how to speak english at all! If we try to teach people that saying ‘my bad’ is inappropriate, then we’re probably going to be called racist for saying that expression is not right…

This is a problem that will never be solved unless the government does something to protect the ENGLISH language…

For example, in webster’s dictionary, the word Homer Simpson uses (D’oh) is now a real word i our language. WHAT THE HECK IS THAT!?!

By Missie

September 25, 2007 3:50 PM | Link to this

I have a friend who is always saying “it’s to die for” when she talking about good food, job, etc. I’ve started saying “who was it that died?” just to annoy her.

By kara

September 25, 2007 3:51 PM | Link to this

When people say realAtor instead of realtor

By kara

September 25, 2007 3:52 PM | Link to this

When people say realAtor instead of realtor

By kara

September 25, 2007 3:52 PM | Link to this

When people say realAtor instead of realtor

By kara

September 25, 2007 3:52 PM | Link to this

When people say realAtor instead of realtor

By Racebaiter

September 25, 2007 3:53 PM | Link to this

People who use the word “got” all the time. And it’s everywhere now. Look people: “I’ve got” is redundant. It’s “I have”, not “I have got”. I don’t “got” to go to the store. I “have” to go to the store. And I definitely don’t “have got” to go to the store. Jeez.

By Boo

September 25, 2007 3:55 PM | Link to this

xspecially and acrossed

By Fred

September 25, 2007 3:59 PM | Link to this

I have co-worker that screams ” What Up”? In the voice from the distant Budweiser superbowl ad. It never changes and never ends. It sounds like…”Whazzz Up”? It’s not cute and not funny.I have listened to this for years now.

By Skooch

September 25, 2007 3:59 PM | Link to this

Da bomb.

By CJ

September 25, 2007 4:05 PM | Link to this

How about “you welcome” UGH!!! Almost every person that I know says it-and I work in a customer service call center and I swear I’m the only person that says “you’re welcome” No more saying YOU WELCOME!!!

By kelly

September 25, 2007 4:09 PM | Link to this

I work in a small office and my co-worker always says “anyway”.. I say it to0 but she says it LOUD and frequently! A couple of others on my list:

alterations not alter-na-tions (happens a lot) truth not trooff valentines not valentimes

I hate when people say real-a-tor as well, it’s realtor people.. but it really bugs me when people call an agent a realtor when actually they aren’t realtors they are agents. A realtor belongs to the National Association of Realtors and many AGENTS don’t belong to that club :)

By English-speaking mom

September 25, 2007 4:10 PM | Link to this

I always scold my daughter and her friends when they say “that’s so gay” to mean that something is stupid. I really protest the use of the word “gay” as a pejorative.

By kelly

September 25, 2007 4:10 PM | Link to this

I work in a small office and my co-worker always says “anyway”.. I say it too but she says it LOUD and frequently! A couple of others on my list:

alterations not alter-na-tions (happens a lot) truth not trooff valentines not valentimes

I hate when people say real-a-tor as well, it’s realtor people.. but it really bugs me when people call an agent a realtor when actually they aren’t realtors they are agents. A realtor belongs to the National Association of Realtors and many AGENTS don’t belong to that club :)

By kelly

September 25, 2007 4:10 PM | Link to this

I work in a small office and my co-worker always says “anyway”.. I say it too but she says it LOUD and frequently! A couple of others on my list:

alterations not alter-na-tions (happens a lot) truth not trooff valentines not valentimes

I hate when people say real-a-tor as well, it’s realtor people.. but it really bugs me when people call an agent a realtor when actually they aren’t realtors they are agents. A realtor belongs to the National Association of Realtors and many AGENTS don’t belong to that club :)

By Diogenes

September 25, 2007 4:19 PM | Link to this

I hate it that even JEWELERS can’t say the word “jewelry” in their own ads — it always comes out “jewel-er-y.” That’s WRONG!!! It’s “jew-el-ry.” You would think that if they sell it, they could pronounce it.

By Lori

September 25, 2007 4:24 PM | Link to this

I can’t stand when the president pronounces “nuclear” as “nuculur”. That drives me nuts. My father in law also says “simular” instead of “similar”.

By CJ

September 25, 2007 4:26 PM | Link to this

Also…

libary (library) supposably (supposedly)

By OnceMightyThor

September 25, 2007 4:36 PM | Link to this

Please teach our newsreaders and sports announcers that there is this thing called an adverb. It’s where we add “ly” to the end of many adjectives. An adjective modifies a noun. An adverb modifies a verb. The reporter should not say “They played terrible”, or “he played terrific”.

Rap/HipHop stars at least have the excuse of trying to have “street cred”. However, if you’re paid to speak on TV or the Radio as an authority figure,please go visit your kid’s fourth grade class and re-learn the bit about adverbs and adjectives.

Like, get real, ya’ know what I’m talkin’ about.

By Sweetpatootie

September 25, 2007 4:42 PM | Link to this

Oh, the long list…..

ask your question, don’t ax it.

the plural of instance is instances the plural of incident is incidents there is no such word as incidences

jewelery, not jury, or jewry

as an affirmative response “I know, right?”

da bomb

my bad

what up

pronouncing the T in often or the L in salmon - always WRONG

there is no such word as hisself

and my current biggest peeve: to be ‘on point’ means to be relevant, as in, in my fight with the city council I found a city ordinance which is on point. Being on point is NOT synonymous with being good, correct, perfect, etc.

By KEITH

September 25, 2007 4:42 PM | Link to this

I TOLL YALL WHUT BUG ME IS WHUT WE NEEDS IS LESS OB DE WITE MAN LAW AN BE GIT VICK BACK TO DE FEELD AN DE FALCOMS BE WINNIN SOME MO AN VICK GWAN BE GOT DAT RING NOE WHUT IM SAYIN

By Jenny

September 25, 2007 4:52 PM | Link to this

Irregardless and supposebly are not words.

By Jesse's Girl

September 25, 2007 4:53 PM | Link to this

Even though I am fighting a losing battle…as Webster’s has listed for a few years a new version of the defintion inspired by popular vernacular…..I still roll my eyes at “decimate”. People now use it to mean… almost totally destroyed. Growing up, I knew it to mean lessened by 10%. If something is destroyed by only 10%, all is not lost! But I digress.

I also take issue with “expresso”. I once visited a StarBucks inside a Target that had the special “expresso” listed on their board. I politely explained that it was misspelled and the goober said thanks. He erased one of the “s’s”

I have also been known to plan the death of a few folks who can’t seem to stop saying “um”.

And last but certainly not least….it isn’t “bill-ee-yerd”. It is “bill-yerd”….as in billiard.

By Bulletproof Diva

September 25, 2007 4:53 PM | Link to this

Keith, please go find your mother and tell her to limit your internet access.

By Jenny

September 25, 2007 4:56 PM | Link to this

Healthful is bad, too. What happened to healthy?

By Alexis

September 25, 2007 4:58 PM | Link to this

“touch base” —- my husband says it way too often. He will be on the phone with someone and say “oh I just wanted to touch base with you, and blah blah blah, yeah I thought about you and figured I would touch base…yada yada yada, well I just wanted to touch base with you, so I will let you go…blah blah yada” It is VERY annoying.

By Alexis

September 25, 2007 5:05 PM | Link to this

Oh, and while I am on a rant, let me just throw in some of my least favorite co-worker jargon that drives me batty around the office:

• reach out to me (what are you, an AT&T commercial??)

• ping me (can I use a hammer?)

• white-board it (sense when did this become a verb?)

• flash the report (what the hell? We don’t work for Playboy!)

• corporate culture (are we a new civilization?)

Ok — I am done…I think.

By Angela

September 25, 2007 5:16 PM | Link to this

I am so tried of this one. “At the end of the day.”

By Angela

September 25, 2007 5:17 PM | Link to this

I am so tried of this one. “At the end of the day.”

By Teresa

September 25, 2007 5:20 PM | Link to this

When you’re having a conversation and your boss or supervisors butts in from across the room. It’s like dude? Was I talking to you? I would have asked you the question directly if I wanted the answer from you. Also, people who pronounce asked, axed! What a moron!

By Teresa

September 25, 2007 5:22 PM | Link to this

A coworker was telling that one of her ex’s moms pronounced Marietta as MAY-RETTA

By Teresa

September 25, 2007 5:29 PM | Link to this

cool beans, I FREAKIN HATE IT!!!!!

By Alexis

September 25, 2007 5:32 PM | Link to this

“I’m all about…” ughhh….gag with me a spoon already, that is so tried and cliche.

By OldSchool

September 25, 2007 5:33 PM | Link to this

I hate it when my students behave disrespectfully towards me or treat me with disrespect but I REALLY hate being “dissed” or “disrespected.”

And when CNN and other news programs run a crawl that has not been proofread. Spellcheck doesn’t correct misused words. Example: It’s an internet site…not sight. The ajc is guilty of this as well.

By Wilson

September 25, 2007 5:35 PM | Link to this

Realator. Athalete. No mention of how our wonderful president himself frequently mentions “nucular” weapons?

By fk

September 25, 2007 5:43 PM | Link to this

My husband says “ain’t” every once in a while, and it drives me crazy. Apparently, I say “actually” often. I’ve no idea when this habit actually started, but it’s been a long time. My son has been saying it for years, too.

By Alexis

September 25, 2007 5:46 PM | Link to this

Wilson — don’t turn this into a Bush-bash. President Bush has admitted many times that he has trouble with pronunciation, it is not something to criticize him over — he can’t help it. Also, there have been many democrats who couldn’t pronounce “nuclear” as well. Have you ever heard Jimmy Carter try to say “nuclear proliferation” — it’s a gas!

By Erin

September 25, 2007 5:54 PM | Link to this

Here’s one I fully admit I’m guilty of: “Seriously!”

I know I use that word entirely too much and my co-workers are now teasing me over it. So I’m much more aware of how many times I say it now.

What do I hate hearing other people say?

Here’s one that’s like nails on a chalkboard to me: “So-and-so passed.”

OK, I KNOW they mean that the person passed away, but the admittedly smart-aleck side of me always thinks, passed what? A red light? Gas? What did they pass?

I know that’s probably mean under the circumstances, but doesn’t that ever occur to anyone else?

By Erin

September 25, 2007 5:56 PM | Link to this

Here’s one I fully admit I’m guilty of: “Seriously!”

I know I use that word entirely too much and my co-workers are now teasing me over it. So I’m much more aware of how many times I say it now.

What do I hate hearing other people say?

Here’s one that’s like nails on a chalkboard to me: “So-and-so passed.”

OK, I KNOW they mean that the person passed away, but the admittedly smart-aleck side of me always thinks, passed what? A red light? Gas? What did they pass?

I know that’s probably mean under the circumstances, but doesn’t that ever occur to anyone else?

By Valerie

September 25, 2007 6:45 PM | Link to this

What about people who cannot properly use “to, too, and two” or “Your” and “You’re” ahh it drives me crazy!

By Ken

September 25, 2007 7:10 PM | Link to this

Stupid people. Morons.

By Smitty

September 26, 2007 7:33 AM | Link to this

When someone “axe” you a question.

ASK no AXE. Our bookkeeper uses that one. Let me axe you a question.

By J

September 26, 2007 7:40 AM | Link to this

The worst is this complete misuse of the word MYSELF! What the heck is wrong with people. Stop using this word. The correct usage can be found here: http://www.kuveikis.com/didyouknow.htm

By Aquarius

September 26, 2007 7:54 AM | Link to this

What irks me most is the way young people use the word “like.” My niece and her friends use this word in every sentence and also talk so fast you can barely understand what they are saying. An example of a recent conversation I overheard went something like this: “We were at the mall and my friend was like, you know…..and then I was like, oh my god….because like what her boyfriend did was like, you know….and it was like, he thinks he’s so cool, when really, like he’s just gross, and her parents think, like you know, that she should break up with him, like today but like, she wants to wait til like maybe tomorrow.”

By LD

September 26, 2007 8:00 AM | Link to this

It is not Krogers for gosh sakes. Look at the darn sign. News and weather people cannot pronounce their Rs.
It is not yestaday, it is yesteRday, neighbahood, it’s neighboRhood.

By Analchord

September 26, 2007 8:13 AM | Link to this

I hate it when after nearly every word I say, someone calls me a liar. “LIAR!” they all yell. I really hate that.

I also hate it when people pray loudly at restaurants before their meals. Nuns dont even do that. The pope knows better. But no, just because the Waltons on TV did it, some people think that gives them the right to join hands bow their heads and say in unison very loudly, “The one who eats the fastest gets the mostest.”

I really hate that. Hate it real bad. Hatin’ be eatin’ me up.

By cck

September 26, 2007 8:27 AM | Link to this

I work for an agency where an alarming number of employees refer to the fiscal year as a physical year…. drives me nuts! And yes, they are mostly accounting staff.

By guess who

September 26, 2007 8:45 AM | Link to this

Doors, such as pantry or closet, are meant to be shut, not left open, and I hate that my husband leaves them open just to agravate me and he knows it!

By KEITH

September 26, 2007 8:51 AM | Link to this

I TOLL YALL WHUT BUG ME IS WHUT WE NEEDS IS LESS OB DE WITE MAN LAW AN BE GIT VICK BACK TO DE FEELD AN DE FALCOMS BE WINNIN SOME MO AN VICK GWAN BE GOT DAT RING NOE WHUT IM SAYIN

By Kimberly

September 26, 2007 8:59 AM | Link to this

LOL!!! There is some great stuff in here. Some of these sayings are hilarious! I think the one that had me cracking up was, “Krogers.” I hate it when people say that. I’m guilty of a lot of annoying things too. But the one thing I didn’t see on here that I probably say quite often is, “tight.” As in, “OMG, her hair color is tight!” or “Damn…them shoes are tight.” Not tight as in too little, but tight as in nice. LOL! But seriously, here are a few sayings/slang I can’t stand to hear people say:

Worser Badder Fo Sho (as in for sure) Shawty (pronounced shaw-tay) Ya feel me? Hell-to-tha-naw

By Tom

September 26, 2007 9:08 AM | Link to this

As someone stated above, What in the hot krispy cream does “I know, right?” mean? I hhhhhate that phrase!! salong with “my bad.” I can’t figure out why adults would want to even stoop to that level of ridiculousness. get this people…IT SOUNDS EXTREMLY STUPID, IGNORANT, and juvenile. PLEASE for the love of everything that is decent and holy…forget this phrase!!

And by the way Analchord, there’s nothing wrong with praying out loud in a restaurant. We are thanking God for His provisions when we pray. This country needs more of it, in my humble, but accurate opinion!

By Becky

September 26, 2007 9:36 AM | Link to this

I have a feamle co worker that is in her late 50’s & she says “cool beans” all the time..Drives me nuts..

By JJ

September 26, 2007 9:50 AM | Link to this

My daughter and her friends constantly text messaging back and forth every day. Every 15 seconds her phone is ringing with a text message.

I’m about ready to declare my house a “No texting Zone”.

By Freddy K.

September 26, 2007 9:54 AM | Link to this

Mispronounced word, period.

By STORM WARNING

September 26, 2007 9:56 AM | Link to this

OK people, the absolute worst is when someone uses the word “sleep” as in: “What happened to you this morning, why are you late?” The reply? “Nah, I was sleep!” Does anyone else think this is acceptable? This particular friend of mine happens to work in a very popular bank, and he uses it ALL THE TIME!!! Or when they are defiant about proving themselves on a point they are attempting to make.. “Caint no one do it as good as me!”

Another is “innanet”… Are these people serious about being taken seriously?

How about these? ie: It’s “shrimp”..not “skrimp” and.. it’s “street”, not “skreet” And finally… “credik”..as in BAD CREDIT!

By CJ

September 26, 2007 9:56 AM | Link to this

LOL!!!! Funny stuff…but seriously, does anyone else get tired of hearing “You welcome”???? OMG!!! It’s you’re welcome. And yes every single one of my co-workers is guilty of using it. “you welcome!” AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Hee hee. Okay I’m doing ranting…

By Guilty

September 26, 2007 10:09 AM | Link to this

Alright, I’m guilty of a couple of these when I’m in some of my weekend social circles, but would never whip them out in an improper setting. Still, I don’t like the OVERUSE of them, even casually:

“That’s what’s up” (Oh really? Sounds good/interesting)

“Nai’mean?” (you know what I mean?)

“You DID that!” (you look nice; the car you just pulled up in is nice; congrats on your new job - it’s pretty universal)

“Like” (everyone has covered this one)

“Know what I’m saying” (especially harsh when it’s interjected several times WITHIN a sentence)

“What happen’?” (I’ve mainly heard northerners use this, but it means, “I didn’t hear you, could you repeat that?”)

By guilty

September 26, 2007 10:14 AM | Link to this

Oh, another thing… when people are clearly trying to be extra-proper with double pronoun usage and say something like, “Yes, it was a very trying time for I and she…,” or “Her and me get along so much better now.”

I always go into a daze when someone says something like that.

??????????????????????????

Out of order and just plain wrong.

By Charles

September 26, 2007 10:16 AM | Link to this

I think we forced our son to become a deeper thinker. He wanted to create a stronger bond with his “crew” so he started using the words, “you know what I’m saying” literally after every six words. It is natural in every way to bond with other boys and girls, but to use the verbal tics too frequently was unacceptable to us as parents.

We didn’t become too demanding; we decided to challenge him after every eleventh word he uttered. We asked him to explain what he had said. For a while, we had some bizarre conversations oftentimes forgetting our subject. He did well with his explanations and eventually learned to leave the tics out of our conversations; he continued to use the tics when talking with the crew.

In our minds, he became a stronger, conscious, discriminating, and effective communicator.

By pinkie

September 26, 2007 3:31 PM | Link to this

I worked with an older lady at one point. We worked in an upscale law firm. Our boss came over to her desk and took something from her and her reply was “Why you do me dat?” I couldn’t believe she had just said that. I started laughing and our boss smirked and walked away. Needless to say her vocab consisted of words of that nature. It was funny yet embarassing at the same time!!

By Kimberly

September 26, 2007 3:46 PM | Link to this

Pinkie…GET OUT!!! No way she let that stupidity slip out of her mouth on the clock. That is so sad. In her defense I am going to use her “older lady” status as her excuse. LOL!

Oh, that “GET OUT” remark I use, is another one of my annoying tics…

By pinkie

September 26, 2007 4:29 PM | Link to this

Kimberly.. No lie! I couldn’t make up that lingo if I tried! That happened about 3 years ago. Needless to say she is no longer with the company, but she got a job with the government, surprise surprise. My co-workers and myself still say that phrase every now and then. It was the funniest thing I’ve heard in a long time :)

By no comment

September 27, 2007 5:45 PM | Link to this

ok so I’m a teenager and I do admit to saying like a lot, but still, it’s a hard habit to get out of. I mean I’m working on it, but jeez, it’s not that easy. You say it makes teenagers sound unintelligent when you’re the ones acting like we are! Don’t make assumptions if you only know half of the story. Stop acting like you’re so perfect. We’re teenagers, not adults. There’s a difference here, can you tell?

By no comment

September 27, 2007 5:45 PM | Link to this

ok so I’m a teenager and I do admit to saying like a lot, but still, it’s a hard habit to get out of. I mean I’m working on it, but jeez, it’s not that easy. You say it makes teenagers sound unintelligent when you’re the ones acting like we are! Don’t make assumptions if you only know half of the story. Stop acting like you’re so perfect. We’re teenagers, not adults. There’s a difference here, can you tell?

By no comment

September 27, 2007 5:46 PM | Link to this

ok so I’m a teenager and I do admit to saying like a lot, but still, it’s a hard habit to get out of. I mean I’m working on it, but jeez, it’s not that easy. You say it makes teenagers sound unintelligent when you’re the ones acting like we are! Don’t make assumptions if you only know half of the story. Stop acting like you’re so perfect. We’re teenagers, not adults. There’s a difference here, can you tell?

By no comment

September 27, 2007 5:48 PM | Link to this

ok so I’m a teenager and I do admit to saying like a lot, but still, it’s a hard habit to get out of. I mean I’m working on it, but jeez, it’s not that easy. You say it makes teenagers sound unintelligent when you’re the ones acting like we are! Don’t make assumptions if you only know half of the story. Stop acting like you’re so perfect. We’re teenagers, not adults. There’s a difference here, can you tell?

By no comment

September 27, 2007 5:48 PM | Link to this

ok so I’m a teenager and I do admit to saying like a lot, but still, it’s a hard habit to get out of. I mean I’m working on it, but jeez, it’s not that easy. You say it makes teenagers sound unintelligent when you’re the ones acting like we are! Don’t make assumptions if you only know half of the story. Stop acting like you’re so perfect. We’re teenagers, not adults. There’s a difference here, can you tell?

By no comment

September 27, 2007 5:49 PM | Link to this

ok so I’m a teenager and I do admit to saying like a lot, but still, it’s a hard habit to get out of. I mean I’m working on it, but jeez, it’s not that easy. You say it makes teenagers sound unintelligent when you’re the ones acting like we are! Don’t make assumptions if you only know half of the story. Stop acting like you’re so perfect. We’re teenagers, not adults. There’s a difference here, can you tell?