Please, ya know, like stop! 15 February 2017 at 1:00PM edited 30 November -1 at 1:00AM in N. Ireland 16 replies 3.8K views

Ticked

Very annoying when, ya know, folk keep saying, like, ya know, unnecessary words like, it's especially annoying in a, ya know, tv or radio interview like.
Please stop!

qwert_yuiop

What about "so"? It seems to be the hip (and pointless) new way to start every sentence.

Cotta

Or the use of the word "cool" in generally any context.

guiriman

It's a bit much.....so it is

badmemory

And my favourite pet hate - ending a statement as if it was a question.

Zola.

Grinds my gears too.


"LIKE".... an incredibly annoying Americanism that has infected the young un's now. Some of them cant string a sentence together without saying "like" several times.

"I was like, so mad at him, like, he just like, doesnt know when to like....."

BigAl94

Your wee table's ready - here's your wee bill - what's your wee number - cracks me up.

Ticked

On reflection, possibly worse than the 'like', 'ya know' and 'cool' is pluralising (how's that for a word) you into youse, that really grates on the senses. This topic is making me wonder what speech abonomitations I'm guilty of.........��

saverbuyer

It's know as upspeak or high rising terminal. (HRT).
There was a great programme a few months ago or Radio 4 devoted to it.

RikM

I came across a joke programming language definition once, for a "Californian" language.
Each statement was prefixed with the keyword "like" and terminated with the words "you know".
Like x = 10 you know

Ticked

badmemory wrote: »

And my favourite pet hate - ending a statement as if it was a question.

Comes from watching Australian soaps! :rotfl: