Do some accents or languages get on your nerves?

[thaiophilus]

7 minutes ago, Keithambrose said:

There is the famous quote, probably  apocryphal,  about Princess  Margaret  asking a guest at a dinner party, "and what do you do?", to which the answer was, "I'm still the Archbishop of Canterbury ".

The (equally apocryphal) version I heard was that somebody at a garden party was chatting to a lady he couldn't quite put a name to, so he asked her "and what's your husband up to these days" She replied "Oh, he's still King".

[unicorn]

On 12/15/2025 at 11:47 PM, Olddaddy said:

Americans annoy me 

Keep saying the word "like " ... like...

Another word being used by this generation annoy me ...constant use of word "bro " 

 

I'm American, and I never say "like," though it can be irritating to hear Canadians finish every 3rd sentence with "eh." I can remember in a cruise a few years ago, meeting my neighbor at the balcony, and he said "Nice weather we're having, eh?". To which I responded "What part of Canada are you from?". He laughed and said "Did I end a sentence with 'eh' again?". The host of the MTV program Ridiculousness, Rob Dyrdek, has an annoying habit of ending every other sentence with "You know what I mean?". I feel like yelling at him "YES! I know what you mean!". 

[Keithambrose]

2 hours ago, unicorn said:

I'm American, and I never say "like," though it can be irritating to hear Canadians finish every 3rd sentence with "eh." I can remember in a cruise a few years ago, meeting my neighbor at the balcony, and he said "Nice weather we're having, eh?". To which I responded "What part of Canada are you from?". He laughed and said "Did I end a sentence with 'eh' again?". The host of the MTV program Ridiculousness, Rob Dyrdek, has an annoying habit of ending every other sentence with "You know what I mean?". I feel like yelling at him "YES! I know what you mean!". 

Like is used farbto frequently in the UK, by the younger generation,  sometimes twice or more in the same sentence. It sloppy thinking, often combined with 'you know', as in, 'like, you know'.    

[vinapu]

8 hours ago, thaiophilus said:

The (equally apocryphal) version I heard was that somebody at a garden party was chatting to a lady he couldn't quite put a name to, so he asked her "and what's your husband up to these days" She replied "Oh, he's still King".

sounds like Queen Mother

[vinapu]

6 hours ago, unicorn said:

 has an annoying habit of ending every other sentence with "You know what I mean?". 

I love when I hear that and my answer invariably is 'Noooo"

[Olddaddy]

On 12/18/2025 at 3:08 AM, unicorn said:

I'm American, and I never say "like," though it can be irritating to hear Canadians finish every 3rd sentence with "eh." I can remember in a cruise a few years ago, meeting my neighbor at the balcony, and he said "Nice weather we're having, eh?". To which I responded "What part of Canada are you from?". He laughed and said "Did I end a sentence with 'eh' again?". The host of the MTV program Ridiculousness, Rob Dyrdek, has an annoying habit of ending every other sentence with "You know what I mean?". I feel like yelling at him "YES! I know what you mean!". 

Kiwis/ New Zealanders always end the sentence with "eh" 

"It's good eh bro eh !

[Olddaddy]

18 hours ago, vinapu said:

I love when I hear that and my answer invariably is 'Noooo"

Usually cockneys ...

[PeterRS]

On 12/18/2025 at 6:07 AM, vinapu said:

sounds like Queen Mother

The favourite story about the Queen Mother is that she genuinely had a soft spot for gay men. Most of her household servants were gay. One day having woken from her afternoon nap and slightly annoyed that her tipple had not arrived, she went to the balcony and shouted down, "I don't know about you queens down there but this old queen is still waiting for her drink."  

[PeterRS]

On 12/18/2025 at 1:16 AM, Keithambrose said:

It sloppy thinking, often combined with 'you know', as in, 'like, you know'.    

I wonder if it really is sloppy thinking as opposed to bad upbringing, especially in schools. How to converse is as important as how to behave in public - and neither seems to be taught in schools any more.