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There's this punter in our office that I have to deal with, and I swear he speaks like this:
"Well I was sorta kinna wondering whether you had any kinna idea about the kinna maximum daily gas production from that field."
Jeezus, one of these days I'm going to snap. Can these people not hear themselves? Not a sentence comes out of his mouth without at least 3 "kinnas" and now he's started throwing in the odd "sorta" as well.
His phone bill must be f'kin' enormous.
"Well I was sorta kinna wondering whether you had any kinna idea about the kinna maximum daily gas production from that field."
Jeezus, one of these days I'm going to snap. Can these people not hear themselves? Not a sentence comes out of his mouth without at least 3 "kinnas" and now he's started throwing in the odd "sorta" as well.
His phone bill must be f'kin' enormous.
In reply to DougG:
Oooooo temper temper........
Oooooo temper temper........
In reply to DougG:
At it's worst when the "sortas" and "kinnas" have that rising sort of Australian inflection at the end as if they are asking feching questions at every oportunity.
At it's worst when the "sortas" and "kinnas" have that rising sort of Australian inflection at the end as if they are asking feching questions at every oportunity.
In reply to DougG: I'd kinna kill the kunt and kinna chop him up, kinna hide the human components in my desk drawers.
In reply to menofearthereaper:
Nope but I know people that do. I'm in good old-fashioned fossil fuels myself.
Nope but I know people that do. I'm in good old-fashioned fossil fuels myself.
In reply to DougG:
What about people who say everything twice they do, say everything twice.
Gets a bit irritating after a while, a bit irritating it certainly does.
What about people who say everything twice they do, say everything twice.
Gets a bit irritating after a while, a bit irritating it certainly does.
In reply to DougG:
theres this guy i know, who raises the tone of this voice at the end of every scentance... that gets kind annoying after a while!
theres this guy i know, who raises the tone of this voice at the end of every scentance... that gets kind annoying after a while!
In reply to DougG:
oh ok, i used to work for natural power, converting methane to lecky, was thinking of getting back into it thats all :O).
oh ok, i used to work for natural power, converting methane to lecky, was thinking of getting back into it thats all :O).
In reply to Slugain Howff:
Used to work with this fitter Jimmy Prentice - I swear he effed every single sentence. We used to call him Jimmy F@ckin Prentice.
He'd come into the office and say something like:
"Did ye see that f*ckin' Dispatches on Channel 4 last night?" and away he'd go.
Used to work with this fitter Jimmy Prentice - I swear he effed every single sentence. We used to call him Jimmy F@ckin Prentice.
He'd come into the office and say something like:
"Did ye see that f*ckin' Dispatches on Channel 4 last night?" and away he'd go.
In reply to DougG:
We put a swear box in the pub one Friday as one bloke said fuq every other word. He had to get a loan from the swear box at the end of the night to get home, at 10p a time.
He went to the pub up the road on the Saturday.
We put a swear box in the pub one Friday as one bloke said fuq every other word. He had to get a loan from the swear box at the end of the night to get home, at 10p a time.
He went to the pub up the road on the Saturday.
In reply to DougG: theres this lass at my college, and just the sound of her voice alone followed by her immensely irritating laugh makes me want to hurt things. and i like everyone even andy farnell who was being a big meany to me the other day so thats a measure of how irritating she is.
In reply to DougG:
I hate people at work who say "can you just...." at 5 mins to four on a Friday
I hate people at work who say "can you just...." at 5 mins to four on a Friday
In reply to DougG: how many times have people made jokes about the bourne identity with relation to your last name ?
In reply to moo:
Surprisingly few but it did provide me with subject matter for both a climbing and a Mini cartoon. Awaiting the Bourne Supremacy
> (In reply to DougG) how many times have people made jokes about the bourne identity with relation to your last name ?
Surprisingly few but it did provide me with subject matter for both a climbing and a Mini cartoon. Awaiting the Bourne Supremacy
In reply to dark_star:
but are you quite sure he's a hutu?
but are you quite sure he's a hutu?
In reply to DougG: How about the American "Like"? I have heard it used 5 times in one sentence! And also people who "Turn around and say......" You can imagine them having a conversation and having to turn around when they complete each sentence.
In reply to Chris Fryer:
Gets on my tits that one. Seems to be increasingly common among schoolkids. I have to sit on the train every morning among a whole lot of toff kids travelling into Robert Gordon's school in Aberdeen, and it's painful to listen to....
Grumpy old man? Me? Absolutely.
> How about the American "Like"?
Gets on my tits that one. Seems to be increasingly common among schoolkids. I have to sit on the train every morning among a whole lot of toff kids travelling into Robert Gordon's school in Aberdeen, and it's painful to listen to....
Grumpy old man? Me? Absolutely.
In reply to DougG:
I have the annoyinh habit of declaring "it was the funniest thing ever..." precluding an amusing anecdote, thing is it invaribaly isn't the funniest thing ever, in fact quite the opposite just another mundane mildly amusing story.
I have the annoyinh habit of declaring "it was the funniest thing ever..." precluding an amusing anecdote, thing is it invaribaly isn't the funniest thing ever, in fact quite the opposite just another mundane mildly amusing story.
In reply to KB:
Tell you what does annoy me chicken is those TV catchprashes that enter into peoples every day vocabulary
Tell you what does annoy me chicken is those TV catchprashes that enter into peoples every day vocabulary
In reply to Black Heart Billy: Reminds me of a list of Dinner Conversation tips;
1)Just because it happened, does'nt make it interesting.
2)Unless you are in the court of Pharoah, or Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, that dream you had last Tuesday is of interst to precisely no-one.
3)Gossip is only interesting if it is about you.
4)If you have to tell jokes to be funny you arent.
5) (especially for you BHB) Never apologise. Rudeness is forgiven, cowardice never.
1)Just because it happened, does'nt make it interesting.
2)Unless you are in the court of Pharoah, or Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, that dream you had last Tuesday is of interst to precisely no-one.
3)Gossip is only interesting if it is about you.
4)If you have to tell jokes to be funny you arent.
5) (especially for you BHB) Never apologise. Rudeness is forgiven, cowardice never.
In reply to Black Heart Billy:
"yeah Like HELLO?? Don't know what you mean BHB. It does exactly what it says on the can.
"yeah Like HELLO?? Don't know what you mean BHB. It does exactly what it says on the can.
In reply to Black Heart Billy:
Suits you sir <grrrrrrrrr>
Suits you sir <grrrrrrrrr>
In reply to Chris Fryer:
Since when has giving apology been a cowardly act?
Whoever comes up with those lists wants shooting... Awfully sorry, did that sound too aggressive?
> (In reply to Black Heart Billy)
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> 5) (especially for you BHB) Never apologise. Rudeness is forgiven, cowardice never.
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> 5) (especially for you BHB) Never apologise. Rudeness is forgiven, cowardice never.
Since when has giving apology been a cowardly act?
Whoever comes up with those lists wants shooting... Awfully sorry, did that sound too aggressive?
In reply to DougG: No but, yeah but, no but, yeah but, no but dont listen to him because he snogged michelle the secretary in the stationary cupboard and she's a slag !!!!!
In reply to David Peters:
How about horrible little youths that punctuate the end of their sentences with a sniff?
“its like that in’it” [sniff]
How about horrible little youths that punctuate the end of their sentences with a sniff?
“its like that in’it” [sniff]
In reply to DougG:
Another one that annoys me, and seems to be on the increase, is "hip yoof presenters", rappers, R&B singers etc. who end their monologues with weird noises i.e. BRRRAaaaarrrRRRaP!
Another one that annoys me, and seems to be on the increase, is "hip yoof presenters", rappers, R&B singers etc. who end their monologues with weird noises i.e. BRRRAaaaarrrRRRaP!
> "yeah Like HELLO?? Don't know what you mean BHB. It does exactly what it says on the can.
I quite like 'does exactly what it says on the can'. Especially when you're talking about something that doesn't do exactly what it say on the can. Quite surreal.
'Diss'. I 'diss' people who say 'hey don't diss me'.
KB
....end their monologues with weird noises i.e. BRRRAaaaarrrRRRaP!
I used to have a boyfriend who was a big Ali G fan. He used to end every sentence with some kind of inane screech and wave his hands around like he'd super-glued his fingers together.
Needless to say, it wasn't romance of the century.
KB
I used to have a boyfriend who was a big Ali G fan. He used to end every sentence with some kind of inane screech and wave his hands around like he'd super-glued his fingers together.
Needless to say, it wasn't romance of the century.
KB
In reply to DougG:
I am having a similar issue with my brother at the moment, who appears to believe things are 'proper bo'. Unfortunately, it is not so easy to get rid of him.
KB
I am having a similar issue with my brother at the moment, who appears to believe things are 'proper bo'. Unfortunately, it is not so easy to get rid of him.
KB
In reply to DougG:
Absolutely anything that comes out of the mouth of that moron 'David Dickenson'
That guy really gets my goat!
And people that pronounce the word 'Auction' as 'Ox-shon'
Grrrr!
Luv Barra! xx
Absolutely anything that comes out of the mouth of that moron 'David Dickenson'
That guy really gets my goat!
And people that pronounce the word 'Auction' as 'Ox-shon'
Grrrr!
Luv Barra! xx
In reply to DougG:
'Kinna', 'an at no', 'son' etc all get on my tits! As does a particular woman at work who answers everything, and I mean everything with " Yeaaahh, it's not good is it"...grrrr
As do people who read things aloud and are monotone for the first 90% of the sentence then rapidly rise in tone towards the end. (kind of hard to describe in text....)
'Kinna', 'an at no', 'son' etc all get on my tits! As does a particular woman at work who answers everything, and I mean everything with " Yeaaahh, it's not good is it"...grrrr
As do people who read things aloud and are monotone for the first 90% of the sentence then rapidly rise in tone towards the end. (kind of hard to describe in text....)
In reply to Jo Macleod: I think Stephen Fry called it the Australian Quisitive Intonation. When they make statements and end them as a question? (like that)
In reply to all:
Ho ho, ample scope for annoyance here. Re the people who say everything twice - I can top that. THe other week I overheard some guy in the pub who was talking about his lack of understanding of some offside rule, and I swear that he repeated "and he just intercepted the ball, turned on his heel and ran over the line", word for word, around fifteen times. Christ.
And that's another one - people who say "I turned around and told him..." etc. What added meaning does the "turned around and" contribute?
God, everyone's thick except me.
Ho ho, ample scope for annoyance here. Re the people who say everything twice - I can top that. THe other week I overheard some guy in the pub who was talking about his lack of understanding of some offside rule, and I swear that he repeated "and he just intercepted the ball, turned on his heel and ran over the line", word for word, around fifteen times. Christ.
And that's another one - people who say "I turned around and told him..." etc. What added meaning does the "turned around and" contribute?
God, everyone's thick except me.
In reply to DougG:
Ben Moon has a bad habit in this respect - he is one of those who peppers every sentence with "y' know". Terrible.
Ben Moon has a bad habit in this respect - he is one of those who peppers every sentence with "y' know". Terrible.
In reply to Greg:
How about: "In no way shape or form..." - what does THAT add to the meaning?!
And me.
> (In reply to all)
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> And that's another one - people who say "I turned around and told him..." etc. What added meaning does the "turned around and" contribute?
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> And that's another one - people who say "I turned around and told him..." etc. What added meaning does the "turned around and" contribute?
How about: "In no way shape or form..." - what does THAT add to the meaning?!
>
> God, everyone's thick except me.
> God, everyone's thick except me.
And me.
In reply to DougG: must admit I say like a lot.
.. and he was like doing this..
also have this north walean yeh, on the end of most statements, and also continually say aye. Gf now says aye too in the aussie accent.
.. and he was like doing this..
also have this north walean yeh, on the end of most statements, and also continually say aye. Gf now says aye too in the aussie accent.
In reply to DougG:
The "Turned around and said " thing always annoys me, as do one or two people I know who use an annoying little laugh as a form of punctuation, even when the preceding comment had no humour in it whatsoever.
As in "My dog died yesterday" <*f+cking stupid little laugh*>. Ggggrrrrr.
The "Turned around and said " thing always annoys me, as do one or two people I know who use an annoying little laugh as a form of punctuation, even when the preceding comment had no humour in it whatsoever.
As in "My dog died yesterday" <*f+cking stupid little laugh*>. Ggggrrrrr.
In reply to DougG:
I've started slipping into Irish speech patterns since I moved here. "Yer man" covers a range of situations and saves you having to remember peoples names. I caught myself saying "Will I call a taxi?" rather than "Shall I call a taxi?" the other night. I now overuse the word "Grand", as in "Ahh, yer grand", "That's grand" etc. and the phrase "Thanks a million." whereas I'd previously say "Thanks a lot."... I drink Guinness like it's going out of fashion and have a new-found interest in GAA sport. I just need to switch to a diet of cabbage and bacon and the transformation will be complete!
I've started slipping into Irish speech patterns since I moved here. "Yer man" covers a range of situations and saves you having to remember peoples names. I caught myself saying "Will I call a taxi?" rather than "Shall I call a taxi?" the other night. I now overuse the word "Grand", as in "Ahh, yer grand", "That's grand" etc. and the phrase "Thanks a million." whereas I'd previously say "Thanks a lot."... I drink Guinness like it's going out of fashion and have a new-found interest in GAA sport. I just need to switch to a diet of cabbage and bacon and the transformation will be complete!
In reply to Clauso: played gaelic at uni so many mates were Irish picked up saying your man and yous,
In reply to Clauso (Plastic Paddy):
Another tip for you - have always noticed people from Ireland (esp. N Ireland) tend to say "At the minute" quite a lot.
Another tip for you - have always noticed people from Ireland (esp. N Ireland) tend to say "At the minute" quite a lot.
> I've started slipping into Irish speech patterns since I moved here....
Wait until you come back. If anything it gets worse instead of better. 'Yer man' and 'grand' are now part of my everyday vocabulary. And no doubt when I'm next over there I will think everything is 'frightfully good, what?'.
KB
In reply to Clauso:
Repeat after me (in your best Dublin twang)-
That'll learn ya
Yous
Press (not a cupard)
Bleedin deadly
de (not the)
The lesson will continue later
As to the annoying speach paterns I've been recently informed by a Kiwi mate that I say "Do you know what i mean" quite alot. I reckon though that it must be a very Irish thing as no one I know even notices it ans since it was pointed out to me I've noticed alot of the people i hang around with are quite similar.
Repeat after me (in your best Dublin twang)-
That'll learn ya
Yous
Press (not a cupard)
Bleedin deadly
de (not the)
The lesson will continue later
As to the annoying speach paterns I've been recently informed by a Kiwi mate that I say "Do you know what i mean" quite alot. I reckon though that it must be a very Irish thing as no one I know even notices it ans since it was pointed out to me I've noticed alot of the people i hang around with are quite similar.
In reply to Frank4short:
Annoying speech:
Anything that has come out of Woker's gob this past week. I was willing to give hm the benefit of the doubt with the old Norrie thing (much as I think Mr Muir is a delight), but I am starting to get seriously a*sed off with him now.
Maybe it's my hormones.
Or his.
KB
Annoying speech:
Anything that has come out of Woker's gob this past week. I was willing to give hm the benefit of the doubt with the old Norrie thing (much as I think Mr Muir is a delight), but I am starting to get seriously a*sed off with him now.
Maybe it's my hormones.
Or his.
KB
In reply to DougG:
...be f*ckin enormous, yeah I know what you mean. People who repeat the last couple of words of the sentence you've just said at them or people that say 'I know' after everything you say. Even when they DON'T F*CKING KNOW!!
...be f*ckin enormous, yeah I know what you mean. People who repeat the last couple of words of the sentence you've just said at them or people that say 'I know' after everything you say. Even when they DON'T F*CKING KNOW!!
In reply to KB:
Dear K
Please give me a break, there is a lot of threads that mention me and I am scared that the stalker gets involved again.
Norrie
> Anything that has come out of Woker's gob this past week. I was willing to give hm the benefit of the doubt with the old Norrie thing (much as I think Mr Muir is a delight), but I am starting to get seriously a*sed off with him now.
Dear K
Please give me a break, there is a lot of threads that mention me and I am scared that the stalker gets involved again.
Norrie
In reply to all:
Use of the made-up-word "scoreline" by sports pundits. In what way is "the scoreline" different from "the score"?
Use of the made-up-word "scoreline" by sports pundits. In what way is "the scoreline" different from "the score"?
In reply to DougG:
'yeh yeh yeh' when you're saying something the other person agrees with. One would suffice, complete with the 's' at the end!
And also the 'yeah, no' - what IS that all about? Can't make your mind up?
The 'turning around and saying...' is one that appears to be universally hated.
I used to be terrible for adopting a 'catchphrase' but it's something Muz picks up on very quickly and rips the pi$$ out of me for, so I got out of that habit fairly quickly.
All I need now is to get out of the '....' at the end of a typed sentence...
(see?)
'yeh yeh yeh' when you're saying something the other person agrees with. One would suffice, complete with the 's' at the end!
And also the 'yeah, no' - what IS that all about? Can't make your mind up?
The 'turning around and saying...' is one that appears to be universally hated.
I used to be terrible for adopting a 'catchphrase' but it's something Muz picks up on very quickly and rips the pi$$ out of me for, so I got out of that habit fairly quickly.
All I need now is to get out of the '....' at the end of a typed sentence...
(see?)
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