Language trends you dislike

[dez1978]

I've used "Y'all" and "bro" here on the board jokingly, they're not things I say verbally outside of the board. Knowing that one has power to control peoples' emotions with "Y'all" and "Bro" is like having some sort of Mighty Morphin ability!

I tend to say y'all a lot, but bro is generally just to my kids.

 

[cheryl.UK]

In the part of the UK where I live, teenagers have started to prefix every sentence with, "So basically...". As an English teacher, this really gets on my nerves. I've started answering by prefixing my sentence with, "So elephant..." and when they say I'm not making sense, I point out that I'm making as much sense as they are.

 

[NotUrsula]

"All-y'all" is the collective plural for a group of groups. The term has been used for at least a century, so while it is certainly regional, it is not new.

For example: at a sports tournament when you are giving directions to various playing fields, you might say to the Lions, "Y'all are on field 6.", but when a random crowd of spectators are all clamoring to know which field their team is on, you need to holler, "All y'all need to be quiet and let me answer one question at a time!"

These days I most commonly use it when speaking to relatives about family reunion plans. I will use "y'all" when asking Cousin Ginnie about their nuclear family, but "all y'all" when I'm asking them about all of the families related to their mom, my Aunt Cissy. (Examples, those names; I don't actually have a Cousin Ginnie or an Aunt Cissy, but plenty of people in the South do.)

;-)

PS: What does "ope" actually mean? I've got no clue.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

I thought I was going crazy or my adhd was kicking in when all of a sudden everyone on tv was saying buuuuuuuunnnnn with a heavy un on the end for button or as an above reference, kiuuuuunnnnn for kitten. On a personal note, always hated the term, we're pregnant. I have no problem with we're having a baby but something just irritates me that, no...the husband is not pregnant. It must be a personal hang up with me??? but being pregnant is a lot of hard work.

I agree about we're pregnant! Only one is carrying the baby. We are having a baby is much more accurate.

 

[PollyannaMom]

PS: What does "ope" actually mean? I've got no clue.

Ope is a tiny exclamation of surprise, a word you would use if, say, you accidentally bumped into somebody. As in: “Ope, sorry!” People on Twitte swear a Midwestern thing.

Source: I had to look it up too.

 

[Mysterian]

I'm getting married. That is, married to the idea of tacos tonight, because Tuesday is here.

 

[MrsPete]

Vocal fry

I didn't know what this was, so I played a You Tube of Kim Kardashian speaking.
My poor dog started whining /crying.

 

[kerry1379]

I didn't know there was such a term as vocal fry. Thank you to the PP that showed the Kardashian video to give me an audible example! (When I read the definition, I couldn't figure it out.) To me, that is the same sound as is often associated with a long term, chronic smoker-lower and kind of gravelly.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

"All-y'all" is the collective plural for a group of groups. The term has been used for at least a century, so while it is certainly regional, it is not new.

For example: at a sports tournament when you are giving directions to various playing fields, you might say to the Lions, "Y'all are on field 6.", but when a random crowd of spectators are all clamoring to know which field their team is on, you need to holler, "All y'all need to be quiet and let me answer one question at a time!"

These days I most commonly use it when speaking to relatives about family reunion plans. I will use "y'all" when asking Cousin Ginnie about their nuclear family, but "all y'all" when I'm asking them about all of the families related to their mom, my Aunt Cissy. (Examples, those names; I don't actually have a Cousin Ginnie or an Aunt Cissy, but plenty of people in the South do.)

;-)

PS: What does "ope" actually mean? I've got no clue.

 

[Alicefan]

Okay so after reading this yesterday, I was watching a documentary and one of the young girls that was being interviewed was "upspeaking" and she sounded like a complete moron. Every single sentence she spoke ended on a high note which sounded completely enthusiastic while describing her sexual assault. I thought only the Kardashians spoke like this on a regular basis but you could tell that this girl did it unconsciously. I would find it near impossible to take someone seriously if they spoke like that. Now that it's been pointed out, I hear it everywhere.