Phrases & Terms that bug me

I'm sure you all care oh so much, but I'm bored so....

- referring to regular mail as "snail mail" - not cute... annoying

- "you didn't gain it all at once, don't expect to lose it all at once"
   a) how do you know I didn't gain it all at once?
   b) not really all that helpful

- anything having to do with Twitter or tweeting

- when people say "I could care less" - If you say that it means that you care, because you could care less than you currently do.  The phrase is " I couldn't care less" implying that you care so little you possibly couldn't care any less than you do already.

- starting a sentence with "not to be rude, but..." OK if you start a sentence like that then you definitely are going to be rude so either embrace it and just be rude or don't say it.

Other annoying things:  Posts like this one.  But hey, I'm bored so if you are too share the sayings that bug you.  Its great for stress relief.

The same could be said for subs.  In some places these wonderful sandwiches are called subs, in others they are hoagies and still others they are grinders. I think it depends on where you are at any given time as to what something is called.

Original Post by watergirl:

Original Post by sun123:

I did my best to get it stopped early on, trying to switch her from "y'all" to  the correct "all of you".  Finally, she told me that at least "y'all" was short for something that was correct and pointed out I say "you guys' but that there isnt a correct version that includes "guys". All of you guys?  Yeah, I know but like whatever.

WRONG!

It is not all of you guys, its all y'all!

 

Nine years in TX, I can handle it from you or others.  Now.  It was tough those first few years.  Daughter is an extension of me so born/raised Texan is no excuse for her to deny her yankee blood and put on this southern act.  Teens - so defiant. 

yeah i remember being new in tx back in...in...1982? BIIIIIG adjustment, especially regarding language - i finally gave up and gave in and now i actually say "all y'all and big 'ole and fixin to - i guess ive become one of them!

My mother-in-law has this obsession with using the word "piece" for things that are NOT a piece of anything.  As in: when talking about my nephew's attention-seeking behavior, she will say "the problem with him is the acting-out piece."  She will use it for everything.  It always makes me cringe and internally roll my eyes.  It's gotten to the point where if we've been around her for too long, my husband starts using it.  Drives me crazy!

Also, it gets on my nerves when people tack on "type of thing" or "kinda thing" at the end of whatever they're saying, type of thing :P

Original Post by moonikins:

By the way, I hate the word Nanna. She's your grandma not your nanna. I also hate Papa (pronounced paw paw) for grandpa. HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT.

Interesting - I never would have thought there was a problem with Nana and Pa-Pa - which are used in our family to denote my husband's parents.  The kids came up with them.  They also, quite independently, came up with "Grammy" for my mother - and no, she's not a performing arts award.

For that matter, I don't know of anyone in our family that refers to their grandparent as "grandma" or "grandpa".  "Gram", "Nana", "Gampa", "Gamma", "Oma", "Opa", but never the standard.

As for the phrase that bugs me - I've noted it before:  "For all intensive purposes"

Original Post by cc31:

Also, it gets on my nerves when people tack on "type of thing" or "kinda thing" at the end of whatever they're saying, type of thing :P

 "and whatnot"

URF!

Original Post by santonacci:

Original Post by moonikins:

By the way, I hate the word Nanna. She's your grandma not your nanna. I also hate Papa (pronounced paw paw) for grandpa. HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT.

Interesting - I never would have thought there was a problem with Nana and Pa-Pa - which are used in our family to denote my husband's parents.  The kids came up with them.  They also, quite independently, came up with "Grammy" for my mother - and no, she's not a performing arts award.

For that matter, I don't know of anyone in our family that refers to their grandparent as "grandma" or "grandpa".  "Gram", "Nana", "Gampa", "Gamma", "Oma", "Opa", but never the standard.

As for the phrase that bugs me - I've noted it before:  "For all intensive purposes"

For all intensive purposes, I'll never let any grandkid of mine call me Nana, Gamma or Oma.

Original Post by watergirl:

WRONG!

It is not all of you guys, its all y'all!

 

My favorite southern joke is:

The (southern) waitress comes over to the (northern) patrons and says "What can ah get y'all to drink?"

One guy says "Do you mean me, or all of us?"

"Honey, if I'd meant alls y'alls, I would have said alls y'alls."

My grandmother and grandfather were Nana (like the dog in Peter Pan) and Papa (Pah pah, not paw paw).

My other grandfather was Pa-Ben (his name was Ben, but we didn't know him as well, so he didn't get the original name). My other grandma died before I was born, but we referred to her as Grandma Rosalie. 

My cousins called their other grandparents Grammy and Grandpa.

I think it's mainly a factor of a) how old the kids are - it's hard to say Grandmother when you are two; b) how involved they are - if you don't see them as much, you don't need an easy to say name c) where you or they are from - Nana and Papa were both eastern European jews - I always assumed it was cultural for them. Maybe not. And also, if both sets of grandparents are around, I think it's nice to distinguish between the two.

Grandma Dorian or Nana Hobbs? Because Nana Hobbs was an eensy bit racist.

I kind of like the Pa-Ben. That's cute. Can't stand Nana, just can't stand it. Hate it even. Hate PaPa just as much.

Don't mind gramps, gramma, grams. No granny unless you're making a joke.

One of my neighbors growing up called their grandparents Meemaw and Pap-Paw. That's way too hillbilly sounding for me.

Original Post by moonikins:

Can't stand Nana,

She probably wouldn't have liked you either. But don't be offended. She didn't like a lot of people.

oh snap! pepes paw paw got busted by the po po!

"Bless Her Heart..." said in a southern accent which really means...'That b!tch'!

Original Post by watergirl:

oh snap! pepes paw paw got busted by the po po!

You know how the po po are the 5-0?

In grad school, my friend used to call the campus cops the 2-5. Because they were half as powerful as a real cop (no offence to any campus cops out there on CC.... is "no offence" one of the phrases that bugs people?).

Original Post by fitnessgirll:

"Bless Her Heart..." said in a southern accent which really means...'That b!tch'!

or "I love her to death, but...." means "I want to kill her"

I like this definition of offence:

the feeling of resentful displeasure caused: to give offense.

Original Post by amethystgirl:

Original Post by fitnessgirll:

"Bless Her Heart..." said in a southern accent which really means...'That b!tch'!

or "I love her to death, but...." means "I want to kill her"

 or "that's nice..." said in a super sweet tone after a comment means "F-you"

Original Post by moonikins:

I like this definition of offence:

the feeling of resentful displeasure caused: to give offense.

i.e. no feeling of resentful displeasure, but you must be a freakin idiot.

do you think that dilutes it any?

the offensiveness?

i think it kinda does :)

Freakin idiot, yep that's me.

Freakin idiot, yep that's me.

Double freakin idiot at that.