Words that get on your nerves

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  1. Victoria

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    We love that! :rolleyespink:
     
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      Listening to an irritating conversation on the car radio today. Those that can't complete a sentence without " y'know ". I lost count of the amount of times it was said.
       
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        Did they start all their sentences with "So... " as well?
         
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          The "you know" thing is difficult. I noticed a colleague doing it, the words are barely recognisable more like a grunt "uh-uh" and I got really distracted from paying attention to what he was saying. Then when replying I listened to myself and realised to my horror that I do it too!
           
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            No, not on this occasion. :)
             
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            I agree. It is more noticeable when heard on the radio because the only thing you can do about it is to change the programme.

            If someone repeatedly says that to me in face to face conversation I usually answer "No" and watch the puzzled look appear on their face. When it has happened a couple of times they will ask what I'm saying 'No' to and I reply honestly that they asked me if I know and I don't know.

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              Words that put me off packaged food or recipes
              'Added Succulence' =we've pumped the meat full of water and chemicals which will leach out when you cook it. You have also paid for the added weight of the water.
              'Washed down with a cup of tea/ beer/ wine' - gross!
              'to mop up the juices' - yuk!I
              'butter enriched '
              ' Limited edition' - we've bought the company, changed the recipe and now nobody wants to buy the original so we've come up with new flavours to mask the cheap ingredients
              'pulled' - slivers of slimy meat to pick out of your teeth
              'smoked' dipped in smoke flavoured chemicals that smell like a steelworks
               
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              Before "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em" "harrassment" had the emphasis on the 1st syllable. Ever since that programme the emphasis has been on the 2nd syllable. It was funny in the sitcom but now I find it irritating.
               
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                its not any words. its high pitch voices.
                 
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                  I agree. I now have trouble with watching TV programmes that have females with high pitched voices which are also quite a nasal sound. I particularly find it worse with females with an accent from the southern U.S. States.

                  I spoke to an audiologist about it and she said that older people have more trouble with that than younger people and they are giving hearing aids for watching TV. :old:
                   
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                    I'm a bit deaf. That helps. I also practise my lip reading having hit the mute button .
                    Squeaky voices and background music. If your programme needs background music to get over your point, you're incompetent or lazy.
                    I think, in the olden days, people were trained to project their voice rather than squeak from their throat. The squeaking is bad for the vocal chords
                    Schadenfreude:mad:
                     
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                      I love subtitles!
                       
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                        Some of the errors they make are a hoot.
                         
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                          You’re right @BB3 , better than any comedy programme :heehee:
                           
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