A former boss of mine would always ask himself questions, then answer himself. It drove me crazy. It went something like this. He'd say....Do I think that it's unfair that Joe's not invited to the party? Yes, I do. Do I think someone should tell Joe about the party? No, I don't. Do I think....? blah, blah, blah...

People who take a year to get to the point. They get bogged down in details that don't matter. It goes like this. I'll ask, "What did you buy at the Mall?" Reply... "Well, I ran into my cousin Mary at the Mall, whom I hadn't seen in over 10 years. Her husband left her for another woman who he met at the gym. I need to start going to the gym. The gym near my house closed down. This economy is crazy. I hope they don't cut my hours down at work." Notice, I never got an answer to my question. :crazy:

The quiz style of talking. My husband does this. He'll say something like, "Guess who I saw today at Home Depot? I'll ask if I can have a multiple choice, lol. Another example, "Guess how much how much our cable bill is going up?" It doesn't really bother me, and it's kind of cute, except if I'm in a bad mood, and I'll say, "Tell me, don't quiz me!" :lol:

People who overexplain or underexplain things.

None of these examples influence my life or bother me on a daily basis. I'm just putting them out there.

People who take forever to get to the point bother me too. I wish I had a fast forward button sometimes ;)

People who bug out their eyes when they're emphasizing a certain word. :eek:

Also, I get really annoyed when someone talks and does the Banana Dance at the same time. :banana:

Also, people who sort of sing when they talk. I feel like asking them if they need a guitar, lol.
:rock:

Then there's people who repeat themselves. People who are drunk do that. Jerry Seinfeld said in his standup once that he didn't like being around drunk people because they either love you or they hate you, lol.

people that use internet lingo in their real lives.

i heard somebody use L-M-F-A-O on a song, and that was stupid lol, but it wouldn't even be as bad is if somebody said LOL/laughing out loud, in person to me.

Fran Drescher

Fran Drescher

????? :lol: :rofl:

????? :lol: :rofl:
That lady with that annoying nasally voice

That lady with that annoying nasally voice

lol oh. i figured that's what you meant. i don't know her but I figured you didn't like the way she talked or sounded. it just threw me off cause it's not really a style of talking lol.

lol oh. i figured that's what you meant. i don't know her but I figured you didn't like the way she talked or sounded. it just threw me off cause it's not really a style of talking lol.
lOL I know, I just dont like nasally voices much lOL

People who interrupt all the time, know-it-alls and people who talk about themselves nonstop.

:cuss: :soapbox: :gossip

I can't stand it when people interrupt all the time either. I find it really rude.

I also can't stand loudmouths. I had a co-worker who talked so loudly all the time, it made me cringe. I don't think I ever heard that woman talk softly.

I don't like people who talk to quietly so you can't make out what they're saying. Like the low talker who asked Jerry Seinfeld to wear the puffy shirt and he accidently agreed because he couldn't hear what she was saying.

And then there's close talkers. You know the one's who have to stick their face in yours when they talk to you.

People who interrupt all the time, know-it-alls

Amen!!:clap

About people interrupting - I've had people who, when you go to say something and halfway through what I'm saying they say HUH? everytime. OK, I am speaking proper english, put on your listening ears!!

Also, people(mostly men) who seem like they haven't even listened to what I just said, and they're start talking about a totally different subject, instead of responding to what I was talking about. Um, sorry if I'm boring you!!:mad:

I don't like people who talk to quietly so you can't make out what they're saying. Like the low talker who asked Jerry Seinfeld to wear the puffy shirt and he accidently agreed because he couldn't hear what she was saying.

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Yeah,but that was one of the funniest eps of any tV show ever LOL

borderline screaming that grates on your ears

lOL I know, I just dont like nasally voices much lOL

el oh el jack

People who talk to damn much and never let you get a word in.. Got a sister and a niece like that.. I so wanted to tell my niece to shut the hell up..

My sister does talk loudly too.

I can't stand nasally voices.

I have a problem with interrupting sometimes. I'm really trying to work on it. The only reason I do it sometimes is because I'll think of something important to say and I'll forget it if I don't say it right then, LOL, but I'm really trying to work on it and I'm getting better at it.

People who take a year to get to the point. They get bogged down in details that don't matter. It goes like this. I'll ask, "What did you buy at the Mall?" Reply... "Well, I ran into my cousin Mary at the Mall, whom I hadn't seen in over 10 years. Her husband left her for another woman who he met at the gym. I need to start going to the gym. The gym near my house closed down. This economy is crazy. I hope they don't cut my hours down at work." Notice, I never got an answer to my question. :crazy:

I know I've been guilty of this. I'm sorry about that.

There's this Comcast commericial I just thought of that has this lady named Jen and the voice over says "It takes Jen an hour to tell a five minute story." :lol:

People who overexplain or underexplain things.

I know I've also been guilty of this.

People who interrupt all the time.


I'm guilty of this too. I don't mean to though. :)

Amen!!:clap

About people interrupting - I've had people who, when you go to say something and halfway through what I'm saying they say HUH? everytime. OK, I am speaking proper english, put on your listening ears!!

Also, people(mostly men) who seem like they haven't even listened to what I just said, and they're start talking about a totally different subject, instead of responding to what I was talking about. Um, sorry if I'm boring you!!:mad:
I think when people do that, it's because they're not really listening, but figuring out what they're going to say next. It's said that listening is an art, and I have to work on it myself, but some people take the cake. That's another thing that drives me crazy is non-stop talkers. I have a former co-worker who was such a yacker that people used to RUN from her when she was coming in their direction, lol. I think it was Dateline that did a segment on people who just blab away incessantly. Turns out they have low self-esteem, and they're afraid of being ignored, so they don't leave any gaps in conversation.

LOL!!! Jerry Seinfeld also said that he hates when people say "I want to say...."
His response is "You already said it!"
I can't stand when people say "these ones". That drives me nuts! I have to admit, I have a horrible habit of interrupting people. I think the words come out of my mouth before I can stop them, or else I think I'm going to forget. I REALLY want to break this habit. It's terrible! Hope you guys don't hold that against me!

At work, we have to call the customer service department if we want anything accomplished above what we can do in my department (which isn't much). So when I call over there, I wait for someone to answer, explain the problem and who I have on the phone, so that the person I am transfering doesn't have to say it all over again. Well 99% of the time, I have to explain myself at least three times. What part of "This person is majorly ticked off!" don't you understand!?

I hate it when people intentionally mispronounce words. When they say "taters" instead of potatoes, or "samich" instead of sandwich.


Most of all I hate the idiotic homeboy slang. Talk about the ultimate ear sore


"yo dog, we chilling aight"

"them homies was trippin"

and crap like that. Speak properly and like you can enaunciate (or however you spell it) words around me please. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

When people overdo it on "Y'know" and "Ummm...". They ruin a good conversation for me.

People who overuse phrases such as, "The bottom line is...", "At the end of the day....", "He's quote, end quote....." (with the little finger quote thing), and I really can't stand, "Anyhoo".

- People talking in groups of three or more. I find such situations very uncomfortable and prefer to talk to one person at a time. When there are more than two people, I often get shafted in favor of the other person to which the talking person is directing his conversation.

- The way guests on the Jim Rome Show (and other sports talk shows) talk by using long responses, to the point of run-on sentences, instead of simple one-word answers. I mean, sheesh, are they trying to set a record for longest conversation? I find those so boring!

i can't stand it when people use or mention the word 'gay' in a derogatory way, or if to imply negative tones. like, when kids and adults say ' that's gay', i'm like, ok, don't say that. interesting the original meaning of the word meant 'happy', the other being it refers to a person's sexual orientation.

but the way people say it or use it, is just so, urgh, it really gets to me.

I have a problem with interrupting sometimes. I'm really trying to work on it. The only reason I do it sometimes is because I'll think of something important to say and I'll forget it if I don't say it right then, LOL, but I'm really trying to work on it and I'm getting better at it.
I don't think you interrupt, not when we talked anyway. :)

I know I've been guilty of this. I'm sorry about that.

There's this Comcast commericial I just thought of that has this lady named Jen and the voice over says "It takes Jen an hour to tell a five minute story." :lol:



I know I've also been guilty of this.



I'm guilty of this too. I don't mean to though. :)
No Jenny, you're a blast to talk to, and I don't think you take forever to make a point.

People who bug out their eyes when they're emphasizing a certain word. :eek:


I had a classmate who did that after almost every sentence when she was speaking to the teacher or in front of class. She would smile at the end of each "bug out" or roll her eyes too. I think she thought she was being cute, but she just looked stupid.

I dislike it when someone doesn't know how to pronouce a word (or how to say something in general) and he/she just says, "whatever." Some people can whatever through an entire conversation.

I don't think you interrupt, not when we talked anyway. :)


Thanks Janice :) I'm really trying to work on it because it drives me crazy when people do it to me, LOL. My mom refuses to let me finish a sentence, it drives me insane! :crazy:

No Jenny, you're a blast to talk to, and I don't think you take forever to make a point.

Thanks Janice. :)

I always get upset when somebody magically turns into a ninja warrior and gives me a karate chop during a conversation. My little nephew used to do that all the time! :)

I agree with all of the above listed (especially the interrupting! Can't stand that!). I'd like to add "girls who speak in a cutesy voice" to the list, though. A girl who used to work with me did that, and I couldn't stand it. She thought she was being endearing, but I thought she sounded dumb and annoying.

The last time I went my doctors, I was explaining details etc....and she cuts me off and talks to a nurse...I thought that was terribly rude!! I also hate it when people txt talk on forums etc.. :)

1. People who interrupt.
2. People who use acronyms every other sentence. TALK OR WRITE SO I UNDERSTAND YOU, LAZY ASS.
3. People who appear to not give a **** about English. For instance, when people use "one" or "a one" to describe something, such as, "I ordered out for pizza. There is still a lot of pizza left over. Would you like one?" Um - would I like one what? The whole pizza? A pizza slice? CLARIFY WHAT YOU MEAN, PLEASE.
Or, someone who describes other people as an intimate object. "Her name is Jane, that lives on Main Street." Okaaaaaaay. The more correct way to say that sentence would be, "Her name is Jane, and she lives on Main Street." I want to beat someone senseless every time they use a demonstrative pronoun in place of a personal pronoun. :crazy: (I'm an English-turned-journalism major who thinks the rest of the industralized world needs to care more about their English.)

People who overuse phrases such as, "The bottom line is...", "At the end of the day....", "He's quote, end quote....." (with the little finger quote thing), and I really can't stand, "Anyhoo".



:rofl: I use anyhoo sometimes. :lol:


"Ya know what I mean?" After very sentence. And anything "ebonic". You've been lucky enough to be born in one of the richest most advanced countries of the world and you refuse to speak the language properly....WHY?

:rofl: I use anyhoo sometimes. :lol:
No, not you. :lol: I meant the overuse of it. I could listen to you all day long, which by the way, we are WAY overdue to chat on the phone. Just say when. Did you get my card? I put 20 stamps on it, Canadian ones too. :rofl:

People who speak in accents that are not of their place of natural origin.

People who speak in accents that are not of their place of natural origin.
Or people who exaggerate their accent to perpetuate a persona. I.E. Charo!

don't know if this qualifies as a style of talking, maybe a bad habit of talking :lol: but i hate when i call someone on the phone and without any warning they say "hold on. so and so wants to speak with you" my sister just did that to me. i intended to make a quick call, emphasis on quick, and just wanted to tell her have a safe flight and that i loved her and she's like "so and so is here with us. here, say 'hi' '" i hate that, makes me feel ambushed.



anyway, a true sttyle of talking i hate is people who repeat the same phrase over and over. like for instance my teacher when he's lecturing constantly says "that one here". like "you stick the needle in that one here" or "you see, that one here" or he says constantly "am i right?"

People who speak in accents that are not of their place of natural origin.
My boyfriend is from New York and he has a slight accent, but I think it's adorable.

People who go on and on and on and on before they stop and allow someone else to speak.

My boyfriend is from New York and he has a slight accent, but I think it's adorable.

That's super cute. I know somebody who's from seattle... who has a slight english accent?? not from england, or even lived there. Just likes to pronounce some words with an english accent.

People who go on and on and on and on before they stop and allow someone else to speak.

half of my family does that :lol:

and you give my aunts and my mom wine, holy sh*t- they never stop talking. they actually get arrogant and cocky too.....at least my mom does, when she talks and drinks. ahh

I guess it's a midwest thing (Nebraska ?) but they pronounce "roof" as "ruff" and "wash" as "warsh". Johnny Carson used to do that. Drives me.
And what's up with the pronounciation of "aunt" as "auuunt" as if it's uppercrust british or something. yeech

And NO, I don't pronounce it "aboot" (do I Janice) ? ;)

And what's up with the pronounciation of "aunt" as "auuunt" as if it's uppercrust british or something. yeech



that's what I'm talkin about! (aboot?;)) People that say certain words with a high class british accent to sound more pretentious.

People that use brought in place of bought. It's obnoxious.

Examples:

I bought a CD today.
I brought the book home from the library.

Bought is referring to buying an item, NOT brought. Brought = to bring = I brought my snack to school today.

They are completely different. Apparently English majors even mix it up.

I just thought of another:

They're - They're going to the library after school.
Their - I am going to their house today.

Come on, people. I am 17 and have used the correct forms since primary school.

How about saying "nucular" instead of "nuclear"? I think 75% of everyone say the former instead of the correct latter, even Dubya!