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Ah yes... the kind that I usually snark at with "Y'know, if I thought you'd actually use it I'd gladly donate my frontal lobe so you could say you had part of a brain in your head..."
Paisley said:I had a coworker who would say, "Hows come?" (That's not a typo.)
Also, she'd call our Houston office and say (every time, I think), "Houston, we have a problem. Hahahahahaha!"
Then there's "nother." As in, "a whole nother ballgame." The word is other as in an other.
Jennifer Lynn said:Very interesting thread. One particular phrase or set of words I can recall that annoy me ever so slightly are "so I says...". Originally I thought it was a regional thing, as the only person I'd heard it from was a coworker from Wisconsin. But over the years, I've caught it in conversations with folk from all over the place. At times, I've found it annoying simply because whoever says it uses it a lot. But most of the time I shrug it off...and just take it as casual American English, kind of like saying "ain't" or "y'know".
MsStabby said:Same with "no problem." Why would I assume that I was being a problem? Why does the giver assume that the requester is causing a problem with the request.
Civil exchange:
"Thank you for your help."
"You're welcome."
Marc Chevalier said:.
Everything that comes out of this guy's mouth:
jwalls said:Quote I; "No ,Madam, it jumped from the hat rack to my head as I left home." :eusa_doh:
jwalls said:Wore my new derby yesterday. http://www.xoopit.com/s/20um7cjq58ene24e1u4k A female at the supermarket ask "Did you wear that hat on purpose?". Quote I; "No ,Madam, it jumped from the hat rack to my head as I left home." :eusa_doh:
Dewhurst said:I find it extremely annoying when I hear people say:
"I could care less!"
You could? So you do a little. Why does that not seem like the point you are trying to make then? lol
jamespowers said:You could care less? Well then care less then.
C-dot said:Exactly! If you could care less, and you aren't, why are you mentioning it?!
Now, if you couldn't care less...
Lamplight said:And there is an oddity I've noticed in many children these days, and it's not a phrase (I've mostly heard girls do this). I've noticed that, when they're attempting to stress a certain sentence, they'll add an extra syllable to the final word of the sentence, and that syllable is always "uh". And the final word will be drawn out considerably when spoken.
Lamplight said:"I use-to-could."
They may be southern things. Unfortunately it's been a long time since I've had a chance to get out of the south for any length of time.C-dot said:The other examples you give are new to me. Are they a Southern thing? Or have you heard them other places, too?