JohnnyRudick Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 I have heard many give thanks for the rain; but WHY would one be thankful for snow??? So we can go Snow Machinin'!Bro. Rudick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy740 Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Okay, this one is a wierd one, but hear me out.In a retail setting, I can't stand to hear the words "You're Welcome" from the person at the cash register when I say thank you.Shouldn't it be THEM thanking ME?When I was a bank manager, I told my tellers that the words "You're Welcome" were SWEAR words in my branch. They need to thank the customer for coming in and doing their transaction with us. So, if the customer says "thank you", one should respond - "no. Thank YOU." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodigal_Son Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 I have heard many give thanks for the rain; but WHY would one be thankful for snow??? No snow = no employment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 (edited) I have heard many give thanks for the rain; but WHY would one be thankful for snow??? I dunno TG. It's like well it's like nasty. I hear people basically say I love me some snow. In times of drought we just don't got none. So they reply..well that's like gay. "Ahhhh" they say...well it should be first and foremost. So get over it I done heard them say.Well anywho..this is gay so I gots to go. Edited July 9, 2009 by pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViolinGirl Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 "You people" as in...I bought a car off of you people two years ago. Hearing that makes me want to scream!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 (edited) I also dislike it when people say "I'll give 150%" - hmmm, how is that possible?Thats in the same vein as give 110%, its not possible at least not in the sense they mean, I suppose one could give over 100% of their usual effort, but it isn't possible to give more than your all. So I'm not sure I'd say I dislike it, but I do think its silly, double points if its from a manager of some sort.LiterallyThat bugs me when its misused.The ditsy blonde said, "I was like literally waiting at the bus stop for a week!"Considering you are talking about this morning, no, you weren't.Being on an LDS forum, the first word that came to mind was "moisture". Why can't we thank God for the rain? Or for the snow? Why does every publicly offered prayer express gratitude for "moisture"???Because we aren't picky. Particularly in the intermountain west where a lot of the moisture we really need is snow on the mountains. In a retail setting, I can't stand to hear the words "You're Welcome" from the person at the cash register when I say thank you.Most people find the no, thank you game annoying its almost like they are trying to refuse my thanks or one up me. The response "You're Welcome" is standard polite response in the English language to being thanked. The solution though is pretty simple.Customer: Thanks.Employee: You're welcome and thanks for coming in.Those honestly I tend to respond to thanks with, "No Problem." so I suppose I shouldn't get to stuck on standard responses.Now for my own:Irregardless: Irto irwhom irit irmight irconcern, iryou irdon't irneed irto irstick ir irfront irof irperfectly irgood irwords.News flash people, the suffix already makes the word mean without regard, what exactly you are trying to correct with the ir I'm not sure. Edited July 9, 2009 by Dravin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy740 Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Most people find the no, thank you game annoying its almost like they are trying to refuse my thanks or one up me. The response "You're Welcome" is standard polite response in the English language to being thanked. The solution though is pretty simple.Customer: Thanks.Employee: You're welcome and thanks for coming in.I agree with you (as does my wife when I told her about my post). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefche Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Irregardless: Irto irwhom irit irmight irconcern, iryou irdon't irneed irto irstick ir irfront irof irperfectly irgood irwords.News flash people, the suffix already makes the word mean without regard, what exactly you are trying to correct with the ir I'm not sure.This English major says: THANK YOU! THANK YOU!Seeing or hearing that is like nails on a chalkboard to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefche Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Okay, this one is a wierd one, but hear me out.In a retail setting, I can't stand to hear the words "You're Welcome" from the person at the cash register when I say thank you.Shouldn't it be THEM thanking ME?When I was a bank manager, I told my tellers that the words "You're Welcome" were SWEAR words in my branch. They need to thank the customer for coming in and doing their transaction with us. So, if the customer says "thank you", one should respond - "no. Thank YOU."I tend to say "no problem", but I'm trying to train myself to say "my pleasure." But I don't mind people saying "you're welcome"--I don't like when people don't respond at all when I say thank you. That drives me batty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 I work in retail and I'm surprised the majority of the time if I even get a hello. Most customers are too busy on their cell phones to get any kind of a response at all. But that is an entirely different subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodigal_Son Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Okay, here's a BIG one I hear all the time:"I could care less."EXACTLY! Which makes such an inane comment irrelevant!!It's "I couldn't care less", you people!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Puter (as in "computer") Rents (as in "parents) Are those extra two or three letters really that hard to type? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Well if we are talking about typing and not just about speaking; I do have a hard time with people not spelling words out. Instead they use the text version of words. There is a time and a place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenRaines Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 How about OLD or Old Fashioned? Oh wait I like being old fashioned just not called old. :) Ben Raines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnn727 Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 (edited) Being on an LDS forum, the first word that came to mind was "moisture". Why can't we thank God for the rain? Or for the snow? Why does every publicly offered prayer express gratitude for "moisture"???...I agree...its so gay....oopps I have to stop myself from snickering during the opening prayer when someone uses 'moisture', its got to be a Utah thing.This is Texas people - its rain! -- not going to be snow or hail here, could be fog I guess, but I'm never thankful for fog and we don't get a lot of it anyway. Edited July 9, 2009 by mnn727 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misshalfway Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 I hate it when people say "its so gay". :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy740 Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 I HATE L337-SPEAK ("leet speak")! All these abbreviations, etc.? Things outside the normal written word... no wonder kids can't spell or read properly.Below is the same paragraph written above but "translated" into "leet speak".1 |-|473 L337-5P34|< ("L337 $P34|<")! 4LL 7|-|3$3 4BBr3\/14710|\|$, 37(.? 7|-|1|\|9$ 0U7$1D3 7|-|3 |\|0r/\/\4L \/\/r1773|\| \/\/0rD... |\|0 \/\/0|\|D3r |<1D$ (4|\|'7 $P3LL 0r r34D pr0P3rL'/.brenz.net | L337 Speak Converter (Leet Speak Translator) for Hacker to English Translation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanette Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Okay, here's a BIG one I hear all the time:"I could care less."EXACTLY! Which makes such an inane comment irrelevant!!It's "I couldn't care less", you people!!!!!This was going to be my answer! I HATE HATE HATE that phrase!!!!!I also dislike "off of" or the use of "of" when you mean "have" (e.g., with nausea - "should of done"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hordak Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 After finding the lost object one is looking for "It's always the last place you look" (Of course it's always the last place you look. Once you find it you stop looking) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 I HATE L337-SPEAK ("leet speak")! All these abbreviations, etc.? Things outside the normal written word... no wonder kids can't spell or read properly.You know I could actually read a fair bit of that, kinda disturbing when you think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 "I threw up a little in my mouth."Ugh. First of all, where else would you throw up, other than in your mouth? Second, who throws up just "a little"? Third, who wants to know about it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodigal_Son Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 "I threw up a little in my mouth."Haha. I love this one. I don't often use it myself, but when applied properly...well, I think it's hilarious. Admittedly, my wife responds to some of my more inane ideas with this one rather frequently... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie123 Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 "Big deal" - don't know why this bugs me. I think it's because of a kid I knew at school who used it a lot. Pluralization of the word "money" - "monies" always makes me cringe. "Router" - when pronounced so as to rhyme with "doubter". I'm talking about the Internet kind of router. The woodworking tool you you can pronounce however you wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodigal_Son Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 "Router" - when pronounced so as to rhyme with "doubter". I'm talking about the Internet kind of router.?????? That's the only way I've ever heard it pronounced. How do you pronounce it over there at Hogwarts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisyn Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 (edited) I agree...its so gay....oopps I have to stop myself from snickering during the opening prayer when someone uses 'moisture', its got to be a Utah thing.This is Texas people - its rain! -- not going to be snow or hail here, could be fog I guess, but I'm never thankful for fog and we don't get a lot of it anyway.Well, here in the deserts of Southern Idaho we're just happy to get anything with water content. The phrase that bugs me is 'For your convenience'. Like they're doing me a favor by opening my luggage or monitoring my every move by means of security cameras?I also hate 'Duh'. I think it's quite possibly one of the most offensive words out there. Edited July 10, 2009 by talisyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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