If You Like

[Tarser]

Has anyone noticed the latest thing everyone is saying? It's quite, if you like, meaningless as well as, if you like, irritating. It started, if you like, with people saying it on the media and now, if you like, everyone is saying it in, if you like, everyday conversation! I much, if you like, prefer the American version of 'if you will' as it sounds more polite and less like a verbal shrug of the shoulders.

[Cloverjo]

I haven't noticed that, to be honest. What does annoy me though is people starting sentences with "so". It's always youngsters.

[ummmm]

Well basically, literally...

[EDDIE51]

The phase that annoys me is '' you know what I mean''
One guy I work with says it 100 or so times a day.

[Tarser]

I've noticed the 'So' to begin sentences too. It's ridiculous...

"What's your favourite colour?"
"So, I like green but red is better."

Worse still is beginning a sentence with 'Listen!' or 'Look!' - so rude!

[Booldawg]

To be fair - I'm not even joking right.

[Cloverjo]

Exactly, tarsar.
It seems to be Aussies who start their sentences with "Look!". I could name a few Aussie sportsmen off the top of my head who do it. I suppose to them it doesn't sound rude because they're so used to it, but it really bugs me!

[Bobsy]

What about ''To be honest'', bloody daft !

[Ken4155]

Bugs me when someone replies to a question by beginning the answer, "Yeah, no............."

[FoxLee2]

Eddie51 - when my husband (of 48 years) was just my boyfriend, he used to say you know/you know what I mean frequently. I got fed up with it so each time I would pick him up on it (he was pleased as a young man, he wanted to get on at work and didn't want to be irritating). So if it was 'it's raining, you know what I mean'. I would ask him to explain. Maybe if you asked your colleague 100 times a day to explain exactly what he meant, he would get the message. It didn't take long for my boyfriend to get out of the habit.

[marval]

It annoys me when people especially foreigners, keep saying "for sure"

I don't often hear English people say it, so where do they get it from?

[Davemano]

It seems to me that it is a way to end an argument where there is a difference of opinion but neither party will give way.

[Mamyalynne]

'For sure' is better than 'End of' , that's one that makes me clench a fist.

[Tarser]

Also, the word 'absolutely' has all but replaced the word 'Yes' on TV and radio.

[brainiac]

The most annoying is everyone on TV beginning answers to questions with SO......I saw a meteorologist being asked about weather/climate patterns, and he answered 5 out of 7 questions beginning with SO....
Another annoyance is that nobody seems to be able to say the word 'sixth' - they all say SIKTH. Even Paxman on Uni Challenge does it!

[Tuvok]

What I've noticed is that F1 drivers seem to like the phrase "for sure"

[smurfchops]

Basically, like its obviously, like at the end of the day, like, you know what I mean, innit?