Most overused saying (from personal experience)..

[hexagon_sun]

Quote[/b] (C C Csiders @ Mar. 21 2006,11:44)]Australian inflection.

About 50% of the population under the age of 23 speak with it - all because of bloody Neighbours.

You're right, and and it's made me think - kids today seem to take more from pop culture than from what they're taught at school. "Oh my God!", "So", "Whatever", the Oz inflection - all have a place in modern parlance because of the influence of television. Can't just blame da kids though - I've noticed a depressing amount of grown women adopting "Sex & the City" speak.

 

[C C Csiders]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Mar. 21 2006,11:54)]

Quote[/b] (C C Csiders @ Mar. 21 2006,11:44)]The one that annoys me, and may lead me to killing somebody is the use of "so" in "that is so not right" or "I am so not wanting to do that"

 

 

which comes from Friends.,,,

cross-cultural media influences how we speak. simple.

And I would like to take a gun to the cast of "Friends". Never watched it, but hate it.

 

[The Artful Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (C C Csiders @ Mar. 21 2006,11:56)]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Mar. 21 2006,11:54)]

Quote[/b] (C C Csiders @ Mar. 21 2006,11:44)]The one that annoys me, and may lead me to killing somebody is the use of "so" in "that is so not right" or "I am so not wanting to do that"

 

 

which comes from Friends.,,,

cross-cultural media influences how we speak. simple.

And I would like to take a gun to the cast of "Friends". Never watched it, but hate it.

You strafe their heads and i'll kalishnikov their repro organs. !

Vomit TV

 

[Napster]

and teenagers in the 60s thought smoking was cool because it was edgy.

trends change, people want to be thought of as cool. language is one way of doing that.

you lot sound like a bunch of middle-class reactionaries!

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

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Quote[/b] (Napster @ Mar. 21 2006,11:23)]

Quote[/b] (canveyshrimper @ Mar. 21 2006,11:15)]Another one which we seem to have adopted care of Aussie soaps is to raise the voice slightly at the end of a sentence giving the idea that a statement has suddenly become a question.

That has definitely happened. There's even a few linguistics papers on this event

Australian inflection.

aka the Australian final interrogative, I believe...?!

 

[hexagon_sun]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Mar. 21 2006,12:19)]you lot sound like a bunch of middle-class reactionaries!

You say that like it's a bad thing

 

[* ORM *]

MtS in missing the opportunity to mention could/would of shocker ?

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (* ORM * @ Mar. 21 2006,13:31)]MtS in missing the opportunity to mention could/would of shocker ?

Obviously, I'm very grateful to yourself for mentioning that - do you know what I mean - since you had reminded myself that, basically - although I could of mentioned it - it had, like,  so  slipped my mind innit.

 

[* ORM *]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Mar. 21 2006,13:36)]

Quote[/b] (* ORM * @ Mar. 21 2006,13:31)]MtS in missing the opportunity to mention could/would of shocker ?

Obviously, I'm very grateful to yourself for mentioning that - do you know what I mean - since you had reminded myself that, basically, although I could of mentioned it, it had, like,  so  slipped my mind innit.

 

Yea, but I am bovverred ? (being a late convert to Ms Tate (or is it Tait?) I still find that very funny).

 

[FLAVIA]

Tate is correct spelling. Very funny lady. Did she first do the saying I cant stand?!!!!!!!! "What are you like?" "What am I like?"

 

[Shrimpersarmy]

I am guilty of using the word "like" about 3 times in every sentence i say

Pet hates:

"oh my god"
"whatever" (american accent)
"Computer says no"
"Am i bothered?"

grrrrr

 

[* ORM *]

Least used words in an SZFC changing room ?

Nice hat-trick [insert name]

 

[West Country Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (* ORM * @ Mar. 21 2006,13:41)]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Mar. 21 2006,13:36)]

Quote[/b] (* ORM * @ Mar. 21 2006,13:31)]MtS in missing the opportunity to mention could/would of shocker ?

Obviously, I'm very grateful to yourself for mentioning that - do you know what I mean - since you had reminded myself that, basically, although I could of mentioned it, it had, like, so slipped my mind innit.

Yea, but I am bovverred ? (being a late convert to Ms Tate (or is it Tait?) I still find that very funny).

That saying really annoys me. Can't believe people find it amusing.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (West Country Shrimper @ Mar. 21 2006,14:06)]That saying really annoys me. Can't believe people find it amusing.

Yeah, but...

...am I bovvered?!

 

[West Country Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Mar. 21 2006,14:50)]

Quote[/b] (West Country Shrimper @ Mar. 21 2006,14:06)]That saying really annoys me. Can't believe people find it amusing.

Yeah, but...

...am I bovvered?!

GRRRR!

 

[scrounger]

There are so many that I'm not sure now why I first decided to make a poll.

 

[Alexis_SUFC]

I can't stand "Innit" or when people reply to a question by saying "Is it?".

At the moment I'm using the phrase 'Awesome' or 'thats f%&king awesome' depending on who is about. If something goes wrong for someone i do say " how do you feel?broke?" that really annoys people.

Alexis

 

[EastStandBlue]

Any catchphrase that people shamelessly copy from comedies (and i use the word comedy very loosely here) like Little Britain and Catherine Tate really pi$$ me off...

Listen, you're not funny, so stop using other peoples catchphrases pretending to be funny, trying to distract people from the fact your actually very boring.

Other irritations: 9-16 year old white kids saying Bruv, Gangsta, Innit, Word, Dope, Respect, Ting, Bear, Mission, Safe or any other Jamaican-Born phrase that the Chav culture has adopted.

 

[Shrimper in India]

No one can speak proper no more, innit?

I get fed up with double negatives.

And cliches, especially 'at the end of the day'.

At the end of the day what? The sun sets? Night falls?

So in theory I should hate Tilly, as he uses it incessantly.

Other pet hates, 'to be honest' - why, do you normally lie to me?

'To be fair'...

 

[C C Csiders]

"Then he turned round and said" - why have these people always got their backs to you?