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Annoying words we say everyday
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Many of you I believe have come across with this blog and probably know the way I write. Sometimes, I write in my native Tagalog language and engaged myself into an interesting conversation that I use when I react or reply to your comments.
During my online-chat days, I’ve had words that I used a lot when I talk to my online buddies, not the usual crap of chat-lingos that often I questions myself, why the hell people use, most of the time, a lot of vulgar words when attacking someone? Does this mean, the person is only being cool or just being stupid?
So I was thinking, why not write something about our common day expressions that we use everyday?
In my day to day conversation, I always like to use the word “F’reals?”. It’s one of those exclamatory grammatical horrors I used when replying to a surprising statement. “Hey, you know what, I heard you trying to sound like a British on the phone”. And to which I reply (in prolonged), “For rrrrrrrreals?”
But you know when I write, I would always succumb to the idea of using “and then” after a long pause over a sentence. What was I thinking? It annoys me so much that I can’t make up a word to extract into the next few lines after the beep.
If I bumped into someone on the road, we’d stop and say “Hello”. Then you follow the usual next question with a smile from pretty much anyone would say, “same old, same old”. I think only old men would say it, but now I hear from people of all ages, using it actually like it’s the hip new lingo or isn’t that make you think, “Are you gonna do such and such or not?”
At work, if you have a customer infront asking for help, you may actually have to use time and phrase to answer back. When the person start explaining with a gasp of language, usually they would say, “you know what I mean”? What does it mean, anyway? I seem to find this really difficult if the person really thinks the message they are trying to tell you is understandable? I hate to say, but if I’d answer, “I beg your pardon?”, pretty much I really didn’t get it.
I think communication plays a great role in everydays life. Being confident to what you say to a question can help us gain a different combination when communicating with different backgrounds or nationality. Sometimes it leaves me wondering whether someone can really understood from what I say. My nature of work is that we have to speak slowly and precise because not everyone are the same. Not everyone can just simply use a shotgun approach so that these people pestering you in the first place would stay away and leave you alone. I mean I can’t argue for a fact that a costumer is always right. I think this is one of the reasons why we pretend to work and they pretend to pay us so that we can pay our taxes.
If I’d answer my phone, it always bothers me when that person says, “Who’s this?”, excuse me but you called my number. I should be the one asking, “Who’s this?”. Shouldn’t the first word spoken be the familiar greeting “Hello?” Whatever happened to the old-fashioned way of answering the phone? In the same way, when someone calls you in the middle of the night and asks, “Are you sleeping?” Sometimes they’ll even ask, “What are you doing?” I know I sleep late but it’s as if sleeping isn’t part of my agenda.
Back in the online-chat days, we learned a lot of urban words that simply sounded cute. One of my online friend that I know in real life would usually say, “owsss talaga”? She thinks, it’s cute. But sometimes what irks me to the bones is that when people say, “R U SHUR”?, it sounded in such a sarcasm that I’d ask, “can you write properly”?. Would you rather react if the person doesn’t think that you’re telling the truth? Like “O RLY”?, in disbelief, don’t you think? Then it goes on and on, “R U SHUR?” (are you sure?) “M SHUR” (am sure), which then you can respond to, “KENT B” (can’t be).
Whatever.
One of my favorites is when someone asks me, “I bought this shoes on sale but it’s giving me blisters, do you think it’s okay to return them”? Someone gets mad when you tell them what you would do if you were in their shoes. I think it’s best to try to avoid giving advice (because in the first place, I don’t listen to my own advices) but some people can be so persistent and it’s hard to resist, right? Well the point is, just shuddup if you really don’t want my advice, to begin with.
People often think, we make such statements that’s both annoying and laughable. If you notice, when someone walk in the door dripping wet people would say, “Oh, is it raining?” I mean, isn’t it obvious?
Perhaps most people misuse these kind of expressions a lot because they have incorrectly assumed what they mean or heard someone else uses them wrong, but I could never be sure what these expressions literally meant. In all honesty when I’m speaking in general, I try not to use these expressions whenever as possible eventhough I had a bigger problem with other people interacting with me, I sometimes noticed that I smile too often (even if it’s not funny) than understanding what the person was trying to say.
It’s like people who object when others say “Good morning” when it’s not really a good morning. I guess that’s the thing, if your coffee has a sugar in it, we also need to put some milk to give it a perfect taste. Which do you prefer?
It’s like, for reals, or whatever, if you know what I mean. Yah?
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Guilty here. I so love using the “and then” combo. Tsk, tsk.
Hi Kofi, (I like the name) I say it so much that it’s good to hear it now and then. Well it’s an overextended words we often say, because it might mean something is coming up and then we take a deep breath and say it - immediately.
realllyyy???? wehehe siguro may mga words na hindi mo napapansin na lagi mo na lang nagagamit, parang nung nanood ako ng laguna beach sa mtv, badtrip na badtrip ako sa mga cast kasi hilig nilang gamitin yung “you know” yun bang “you know ive been to this bar yesterday you know” kaazar!!! wehehe
For reals? Hahaha ‘Wind, my ex-boss can say “you know” ten times before she can even finish the whole sentence. She speaks an OK english pero, nakaka asar yung “you know” nya. Parang gusto kong sagutin ng “I DON’T KNOW” and just say it.
You know, nahawa na nga din ako minsan.
nothing to do with your post but once I flew from Toronto to LA with Avril L.
K you never fail to make me laugh!!!!! ffffffffff or reals ok brit accented yan ha? first time i got that kind of text am shur gee spent my whole time deciphering the message.
“I think communication plays a great role in everydays life. Being confident to what you say to a question can help us gain a different combination when communicating with different backgrounds or nationality”… i fully agree to this many people i know says madada daw ako…. I just say I mastered well the art of conversation hehehe
Ohhh, I forgot to tell you…I just changed bloggie, it’s me.
inthesity, lucky you. I’m not a big fan of Avril, but when I saw her singing “live” at the David Letterman show with that song, I realized, isn’t this the girl who popularized the song “Complicated”?
Sha, I don’t sound like the Brits as much as I’d like to hehehe. I like talking with the typical Japanese, well some speak english naman but the way they pronounce English words, I think they are cute. Whenever I speak with my chinese colleagues, ang hirap di ko mapronounce ang proper words (or use of correct grammar) para magkaintindihan pero sign language is better than actually opening your mouth. Minsan kapag nakiki-argue ka, walang point, eh papano ka naman nila ma-ge gets?
Kofi, huwaaat? not again! Any reason why you changed url? I’ll read it later.
People have gotten really lazy with the English language. When I talk online, my friends says “thanx”. I mean, “thanx”?! Is it so hard to spell “thanks”. And I hate when they abbreviate already abbreviated words. I can’t think up some examples, but it does happen.
paktay!! kala ko pa naman may manlilibre na sa akin .. wehehe hanggang 15th lang ako di ko na-extend yung stay ko hanggang 14th. ill post na lang here kapag nandun na ko.
Hehehe Wendy, I’m worst than that, I abbreviate “TXS” most of the time. Perhaps, the SMS (text messages) has influenced me to write short-cuts..
‘Wind, PANIS! ok lah just leave me infos kung saang hotel ka or paano kita mahahagilap, pang Jollibee lang ako, pwede? LOL.
People often think, we make such statements that’s both annoying and laughable. If you notice, when someone walk in the door dripping wet people would say, “Oh, is it raining?” I mean, isn’t it obvious?
katulad na rin sa tanong ng mga late callers na “gising ka pa ba?” ngeeek.
Well so far my English seems to be degenerating being that I rarely use the language verbally except probably talking to friends online using mics.
Ate Beng, parang mini-morize nya yung tanong hahaha. Sometimes if someone bugs me off and I want to avoid having a conversation with this person on my cell, I’d pretend to talk in my deep voice like as if I’m really sleeping, tapos sasagutin ka ng, “ay sorry tawagan na lang kita ulet”. When I hanged up, tawa ko lang. Momentarily, kapag tumawag ulet at dun ko na lang kakausapin ng matino. LOL.
Charles, I’m really not into the idea of talking with someone on a PM (private mode/message) thru online chat as I always end up fooling around with them. On few occasion, all I could do is to LAUGH in silence.
What annoys me the most is when people say ‘Uhh’ in their sentences when they speak. It bugs me that I use ‘which’ a lot in my sentences, and when people would give me a pet name or call me ‘honey, darling’ when they don’t even know me, I don’t like it even if they know me.
Nabasa ko comment mo ki Belle. Sain ka sa Virac?
Ginger, you mean the “ugh” or “mmmmm”? Sometimes I notice that people frequently use the word “how” when it seems as though they should use the word “that.” For example, people often say “did I tell you how she called me last night?” It might also be used to imply “did I tell you the details of her call to me last night? Most of the time, I can’t decide on whether or not to end a sentence with a preposition.
Gerry, diyan kami sa San Pablo Virac, baging midbid ta ka daw. Inda sana, pero kaso pag paribod ko, dacul na ang tawo sa Virac na dai ko na mid-bid, which also means, ga gurang na talaga ako. Mabalos sa pag-agi mo uya sa blog ko.
Loation: MIX in the IFC mall
Excerpt of the conversation of two ABC girls at the neighbouring table (they look like they just jumped right out of a “Fast and The Furious” movie or a R.Kelly “I-like-sexy-minors” music clip)
Girl A: And I was like ‘Na ah, you can’t do that’. And he was like ‘The hell I can’t”. And I was like ‘Whateva!”
Girl B: Duuh!
Girl A: Yah.
Meanwhile Dicey was desperately trying not to snort her smoothie through her nose.
Dicey, hahahaha. These gwei’s/gwai’s “kids” in HK totally annoys me. Am I being discriminative? I mean, ‘Man, that was hilarious’.
Dicey, that was pretty funny. I find it important to be precise when I write. When I talk, it’s different.