chamomileess
For example, the word "like" is interjected into far too many sentences."It was, like, so awesome!""That was, like, the coolest thing ever, dude!""Like, what the hell are you on?!"Et cet era.As well, the word "y'know" or "ya know", and even "you know" are used often enough to cause us to grind our teeth when we hear it.The Japan Times says:"Several weeks ago a poll from the Marist Institute of Public Opinion ? one that was slingshot quickly across the Internet ? listed "whatever" as the most annoying of all English words."I would have to agree. "Whatever" show a great amount of disrespect to the person on the receiving end of the word.What about you guys? Which words drive you up the wall? Which ones make you pull your hair out; which words make you want to punch infants when you hear t
plaguexroamer
For me, whenever I hear 'Murphy's' and 'Law' together, I pretty much go bat shit insane (sorry for the language).Period.Roamer taking over.I must agree with my sister. We have been on the blunt end of Murphy's Law too many times to count. We are extremely pissed with it. However, I have to agree that 'whatever' is quite a rude word as w
EternalLurker
"Like", "y'know", and other such interjections are replacements for "um", merely giving the speaker time to think. Seen as such, I don't have much of a problem with them, though I don't use them myself.I just get irritated when people do things like misuse the word "effect" (where "affect" should go), mix up "it's" and "its",
cin
Just kidding.Kill them all, An! DOOOWEET!!I don't like it when people say "whatever" too much. I say "like" a lot, but I hate saying it. I hate it even more when people say it more than I do! (I usually say it when I'm bored and I'm talking and thinking about nothing at the same time wahahahaha). I hate it A LOT more when 'like' is FOLLOWED by 'whatever'. Those two words can make a deadly combo.I also don't like it when people say "in fact" or "as a matter of fact" as if everything they're saying is scientifically proven to be a FACT!I love RAWR. Rawr is good, right? /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif
chamomileess
If desu drives you nuts, then maybe Japan isn't really the place for you /happy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" />'' (Seeing as how each sentence pretty much ends in desu)What really drives me up the wall is when people who don't really know how to use the actual language hash it up and put it into their speech.ie:Fangirl:"Omg, that kitty is so kawai"Me: "Umm, it's Kawaii"Fangirl: "Shut up, baka. What do you know?"Me: "..."
EternalLurker
o, what you know? Is the extent of your knowledge from anime/manga, or are you a native speaker, or w
chamomileess
QUOTE (EternalLurker @ Dec 15 2009, 03:00 PM) quotecSo, what you know? Is the extent of your knowledge from anime/manga, or are you a native speaker, or what?QuoteEndQuoteEEndI'm not a native speaker, but it runs in my extended family. I've been studying the language in school for about 3 years now, and I'm reasonably comfortable with that language that I can survive at least a week in Japan on my own, if I had to. ( This is an estimate; I probably couldn't make it that long due to an extreme lack of certain things that I require, but if it's purely a language thing, then a week should be no problem)I do watch and read a lot of anime and manga, but my knowledge extends past that. The only problem with my Japanese right now is that I only know the formal language well; as for the casual, conversational language, I have some essential vocab to le
kiebur
/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> )most annoying word. . . you have a lot here already >_>ill think about it =PMurphys Law - Bane of my life /sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /> finally:quoteoQUOTE quotecmake you want to punch infantsQuoteEndQuoteEEnd /blink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blink:" border="0" alt="blink.gif
an
ake me want to punch infants!? That line made me laughed in rl h
bryanone1
QUOTE (An @ Dec 17 2009, 07:25 AM) quotecMake me want to punch infants!? That line made me laughed in rl haha.QuoteEndQuoteEEndif i have to say it... then.. so be it... the MOST ANNOYING WORD IN ENGLISH IS... so?i hate it, when i say something and when someone replies so? i just want to rip his heart from its chest, grab its eyeballs and shove it up his/her 4$$ so he/she can see me kick it!is disrespectful and its shows how lame was the person that it couldn't even fake interest in it... *sigh* i sometimes go loose... and yet, i dont care... w
bryanone1
QUOTE (Mokona @ Dec 21 2009, 11:43 PM) quotec@Chamomile: You're learning Japanese?! You lucky b***h!Off topic yay!QuoteEndQuoteEEndLOL'D, wow, i have a signature and im an Adv. Member, yay for me... now i'll change my
chamomileess
QUOTE (Mokona @ Dec 21 2009, 07:43 PM) quotec@Chamomile: You're learning Japanese?! You lucky b***h!Off topic yay!QuoteEndQuoteEEndLol mokonaIt's not that difficult of a language to learn...Pretty much it's A (ah) I (ee) U (OO) E (Eh) O( Oh) Preceded by a consonant. That there is your syllabic base.Obviously there's the new lexicon issue, but it's really sim
timbits1o1
the hard part are the words which have no meaning but are just there for pronunciat
mokona96
QUOTE (Chamomile @ Dec 22 2009, 04:06 AM) quotecLol mokonaIt's not that difficult of a language to learn...Pretty much it's A (ah) I (ee) U (OO) E (Eh) O( Oh) Preceded by a consonant. That there is your syllabic base.Obviously there's the new lexicon issue, but it's really simple.QuoteEndQuoteEEndI know that! Wait... Lexicon? WTH?! also N is the only syllable without a vowel. Also a+i=ai(I), e+i=ei(eh/ey), o+u=ou(long o) pronunciation-wise anyways.@timbits: I don't know chinese either. It's english and french. Actually, I know a tiny bit of Japanese, but most of it is from manga.Wait... when did this topic become about Japanese? Wow, introversion is weird. (Look who's talki
chamomileess
English, Mandarin, French, German (just a bit...) and Japanese (just started last y
seelkadoom
ou might say I'm crazy you might say I'm stupid but can I ask what's D
mokona96
esu is a Japanese word. People often mistake it for just something random that people say at the end of their sentences (because some people do), but is actually a tense of the verb to
