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Prussian to the Iron
11-04-2009, 16:52
does anyone else have certain words that they just say all the time? Like for me, if somebody says something that can possibly be construed as something sexual, I go:

"Giggidy!"

or

"Awwwwwwww riiiiiiiiiiiiiigggghhhht!!"

both mannerisms made by the family guy character Quagmire.

so what are your guys' words and where are they from?

Fragony
11-04-2009, 17:15
Always call my friends manos, always adress my female friends with meis. No idea it sounds right

A Very Super Market
11-04-2009, 17:37
"Manos: The Hands of Fate" Manos?

I occasionally go on sprees where I end my sentences with "yo" and talk like a wigger. Then stop.

Hooahguy
11-04-2009, 18:19
i always call guys by their last names. only girls i call by their first names.

HoreTore
11-04-2009, 18:29
I have a ton of them, and I'm always on the lookout for even more ways of addressing people. It would take too long to list them all, and it's norwegian anyway, so....

Weebeast
11-04-2009, 19:42
I usually end sentences with "mang," yes with a "g" when talking to my brother. I also end sentences with "o rly" ala the owl when talking to my mom (to slow down her rambling). That's about it though.

Other than that I'm a man of few words. When I converse with people I tilt my head to either left or right and fold my arms, speaking softly no intonation whatsoever.

Oh I always put on this face when talking non-casually to my girlfriend :
https://img20.imageshack.us/img20/9924/silviodanter.jpg
https://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3842/silviodante.jpg

Fragony
11-04-2009, 19:43
is ******************************** a word by the way? I am tired of trying marrying my laptop. Yes I do. Yes I really want to close that.

Subotan
11-04-2009, 20:11
both mannerisms made by the family guy character Quagmire.

So essentially, they're Quagmire's mannerisms :beam:

"Manos: The Hands of Fate" Manos?

Oh Yes (http://www.archive.org/details.php?identifier=manos_the_hands_of_fate)


I occasionally go on sprees where I end my sentences with "yo" and talk like a wigger. Then stop.
I sometimes do that. I originally do it for irony, but it becomes habit for a few days.

Owen Glyndwr
11-04-2009, 20:12
"Manos: The Hands of Fate" Manos?


Dig the MST3k reference

I say the word "dig" a lot. I also add "man" to the end of a lot of my sentences. I also say "far out"

There are undoubtedly some more, but I probably don't notice them enough to put them down.

Subotan
11-04-2009, 20:14
I say awesome too much

A Very Super Market
11-04-2009, 20:25
I also use silly '60s '70s slang whenever things get too serious. So "Far out" is a big part of my vocabulary. Oh, and I also swear like an irate sailor.

Lemur
11-04-2009, 21:14
I got called out for overusing "involuted" and "visceral." Now I almost never say or write them. I guess I'm scarred.

drone
11-04-2009, 21:45
I use "plethora", usually prefaced with "veritable". That, and ~:doh:

Veho Nex
11-04-2009, 22:08
"Trippin' Ballz"
"The fu..."(Note I never actually finish the word)
"10-4"
"And your point is?"

Thats it off the top of my head. I'v been called out for a few more but none that I can remember off hand.

Samurai Waki
11-05-2009, 02:04
Montana has slowly been corrupting my speech patterns... I used to be quite heavy with the Colorado speech patterns saying such words as "Ya know?" after virtually sentence, or "wut up?" as a greeting. Then when I moved out here, I started getting called on it; people would say "No. I don't know." or "uhh... the sky?"

Although when traveling outside of Montana I catch myself saying commonly said words not heard outside of Montana such as "Cool Bean!" which is a guess a corruption of "Right you are, old bean!" or things you might not hear at all in most of the US such as ending my sentences with "eh?" Must be our close proximity to British Columbia/Alberta. In eastern Montana they have an entirely different accent.. getting it mostly from the Dakotas and Saskatchewan.

pevergreen
11-05-2009, 02:06
Australians ask questions that don't need answering.

Aussie on a bus in London: How heavy is this rain!

British person: *holds hand out* Fairly heavy?

naut
11-05-2009, 02:19
Australians ask questions that don't need answering.

Aussie on a bus in London: How heavy is this rain!

British person: *holds hand out* Fairly heavy?
:laugh4: :2thumbsup:

I use the word "seedy" often, along with "that's brilliant" and "bollox".

pevergreen
11-05-2009, 02:46
In normal conversation, not a whole lot.

I sometimes start conversations like a stuck up old white guy saying.. "What up (pause), dog."

Apart from that, just the normal australian words.


Have you ever noticed that Australians go up at the end of every sentance?

Because we're all too insecure to actually make a statement?

I can imagine in 25 years time, in the supreme court, the judge handing down a verdict: "I find you guilty of murder?"


When you think about it, we actually do speak like that.

"Oh hey Chris, I put that report on your desk?"

Its noticeable when you actually listen for it, otherwise we miss out...I love it. :2thumbsup:

cmacq
11-05-2009, 03:08
bloody, and bloody hell. for example; 'the hell you say, that bloody whatever whichever had bloody hell not get in my bloody way!!!'

LittleGrizzly
11-05-2009, 03:27
Me and my friends share a 2 litre bottle of coke as we smoke... over time instead of asking someone to pass the drink we just call 'yo' cuts down on alot of unnessecary politeness, several of our other friends do this when thier hanging around with us (we refuse to acknowledge anything but a yo call for the drink)

I usually answer the phone to some of my friends with an enthusiastic 'Yo yo yo!' (said quickly) then 'sup'. 'waz appataining' is another one I like using... you :daisy: beauty is a favourite when Man Utd score usually. I also like using 'yo ho' as a greeting... only really to my male friends (as they won't be insulted) and just because it ryhmes nicely... I think 'yo ho' is my face to face greeting and 'Yo yo yo' is my phone one...

I never realised how much I overuse the word yo...

miotas
11-05-2009, 04:16
I often say "brilliant" or "maaaaagnificent" when something goes wrong, I also insert "well" into the middle of a lot of my sentences and when I ask someone to show me something I almost always say "show us".

Also, has anyone else noticed how when you regularly see someone in passing you start out by saying "Hi" as you walk by, then the hi is no longer necessary and it becomes just a nod, then just a tilt of the head, then eventually a twitch of the lip is all you need to say hi.

Zain
11-05-2009, 04:20
"Yall"
"Cool"
"Brutal"
",Yeah?" after saying a statement, to get confirmation that what I said was correct.
"I used to could" Meaning I was able to at one time but now I'm not.
"Howdy"

Texans say things that are only funny to non-Texans. :cowboy:

pevergreen
11-05-2009, 04:20
Tilt upwards of the head and raising of the eyebrows is a formal greeting. We're too lazy to do anything else. Sometimes just one or the other.

CountArach
11-05-2009, 05:02
Its noticeable when you actually listen for it, otherwise we miss out...I love it. :2thumbsup:
I never really noticed it, but now that you mentioned it - yeah you're right.

I like using the word "apt" as it is under-appreciated in our language, if you ask me.
I prefer to say "indeed" instead of "yes" because it makes me sound pretentious.
"Pretentious" is another word I try to slip into conversations quite often.
I have a few other ones that involve slipping various profanities into the middle of words just to highlight them. "Abso-:daisy:-lutely" is a great word for this, where you can replace :daisy: with your profanity of choice.

I also have plenty of mannerisms that I'm aware of, such as my inability to stay on topic for more than about 20 seconds.

pevergreen
11-05-2009, 05:06
*looks at pictures of CountArach dressed up as Death at work*

:laugh4:

TevashSzat
11-05-2009, 05:17
I've kinda developed a kinda quirky saying among my friends recently:

"If *thing friend hates* was a *insert name of cute animal,* how would you kill it?"

Funnily, it usually cheers them up for a bit and then they get depressed at whatever they were hating at before.....

CountArach
11-05-2009, 05:17
I also have plenty of mannerisms that I'm aware of, such as my inability to stay on topic for more than about 20 seconds.
Oooh, just remembered one (After using it) that is based on this. I yell "Keep up!" at people when they get confused by my ramblings. Very Ross Noble-esque (Who I freely admit I stole it from).

EDIT: And there's another one - adding esque to the end of completely random nouns.

ajaxfetish
11-05-2009, 06:12
I like vex, and bloviate (to speak pompously). A new one I just learned is tyromancy (divination by observing the coagulation of cheese), so I'm going to need to find ways to use that. I also like stripping the prefixes off words that no longer really work without them (kempt, shevelled, whelming, gruntled, etc.)

Ajax

Lemur
11-05-2009, 07:37
I also have a nearly uncontrollable urge to say inappropriate things at times. For example, when writing a script for corporation X, I was instructed to emphasize everything as family-oriented. I felt the familiar tickle in my brain-stem, and couldn't resist saying, "So you want it really gay? How gay are we talking about, here?" Which is almost as bad as when I walked into a meeting of a bunch of web-wonks who were looking very serious and concerned, and shouted, "What up, *******?" (PM me if you really need to know the word. It got a good laugh, though.)

I usually get away with my inappropriate outbursts, if only 'cause they make people laugh. If there's no laugh, I am in deep trouble.

Subotan
11-05-2009, 10:10
Whilst writing, I use one kind of punctuation too much; semi-colons.

Prussian to the Iron
11-05-2009, 14:33
I also have a nearly uncontrollable urge to say inappropriate things at times. For example, when writing a script for corporation X, I was instructed to emphasize everything as family-oriented. I felt the familiar tickle in my brain-stem, and couldn't resist saying, "So you want it really gay? How gay are we talking about, here?" Which is almost as bad as when I walked into a meeting of a bunch of web-wonks who were looking very serious and concerned, and shouted, "What up, *******?" (PM me if you really need to know the word. It got a good laugh, though.)

I usually get away with my inappropriate outbursts, if only 'cause they make people laugh. If there's no laugh, I am in deep trouble.

who'da thought!

sometimes if someone asks a question, I'll just answer "Penis!". I'm getting a little too used to it though; yesterday I accidentally said it right in front of my littl ebrother and sister, so I quickly made it into "Penis..rocafatocratic!". Close call :sweatdrop:


Whilst writing, I use one kind of punctuation too much; semi-colons.

I as well. My English teacher must hate semi-colons by now.

Subotan
11-05-2009, 14:42
I as well. My English teacher must hate semi-colons by now.

They sound to me in my head like dotted crotchet rests, like in music, in between commas and full stops :3 (With the latter two obviously being quaver and minim rests, obviously)

Monk
11-05-2009, 22:44
I as well. My English teacher must hate semi-colons by now.

I used to do that a lot too. Now that I've gotten a bit better at punctuation, however, I cannot stand semi-colons. I'd sooner rip them out of all literature and purge their existence if I could.

Subotan
11-06-2009, 00:24
I used to do that a lot too. Now that I've gotten a bit better at punctuation, however, I cannot stand semi-colons. I'd sooner rip them out of all literature and purge their existence if I could.

NOOO

They make writing jazzy :no:

Monk
11-06-2009, 02:28
NOOO

They make writing jazzy :no:

My hate for them is purely based on the errors they cause, mind you. So few people actually understand how to use them correctly that I'd rather they not use them at all.

ajaxfetish
11-06-2009, 06:57
Without semi-colons, how would you join a list of elements with internal commas? It'd be chaos I tell you! Chaos!

Ajax

SwordsMaster
11-06-2009, 09:02
I subconsciously copy the accents of people I spend a long time talking to...

Also I tend to be very creative when describing things I don't like. Instead of saying: 'This laptop is c**p!'
I would say: 'This vile piece of technology is as horrendous as Borat's speedo.' for example.

Subotan
11-06-2009, 09:57
My hate for them is purely based on the errors they cause, mind you. So few people actually understand how to use them correctly that I'd rather they not use them at all.

So when do you use them then?

Monk
11-06-2009, 10:52
So when do you use them then?

Between two main clauses separated by a transitional phrase, or in a listing of elements that contain internal commas as ajax has pointed out.

Those are the only situations in which a semicolon is grammatically correct.

miotas
11-06-2009, 11:57
I subconsciously copy the accents of people I spend a long time talking to...

I do this when talking to kiwi's, only it's not so subconscious ~D and I ask them to say "fish and chips" and "six" because I know how much that annoys them.

CountArach
11-06-2009, 12:06
I do this when talking to kiwi's, only it's not so subconscious ~D and I ask them to say "fish and chips" and "six" because I know how much that annoys them.
That always reminds me of this clip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7lRrknitgo) from the Chaser.

Askthepizzaguy
11-07-2009, 02:15
I must confess, I say "male gyration" WAYYYY too often.

naut
11-07-2009, 02:34
I must confess, I say "male gyration" WAYYYY too often.
I can't even think of an appropriate context to say that in. :surprised:

Fragony
11-07-2009, 13:01
I also have a nearly uncontrollable urge to say inappropriate things at times. For example, when writing a script for corporation X, I was instructed to emphasize everything as family-oriented. I felt the familiar tickle in my brain-stem, and couldn't resist saying, "So you want it really gay? How gay are we talking about, here?" Which is almost as bad as when I walked into a meeting of a bunch of web-wonks who were looking very serious and concerned, and shouted, "What up, *******?" (PM me if you really need to know the word. It got a good laugh, though.)

I usually get away with my inappropriate outbursts, if only 'cause they make people laugh. If there's no laugh, I am in deep trouble.

Oh I can relate, I simply can't help making jokes it's stronger than me and I really need to bite my tongue at times. I will always be as mischievous as I can possibly get away with and I sometimes cross the line.

edit: had to make something for my religion teacher (santaclauslike thingie), made a stigmata-kit

Prussian to the Iron
11-07-2009, 15:15
Oh I can relate, I simply can't help making jokes it's stronger than me and I really need to bite my tongue at times. I will always be as mischievous as I can possibly get away with and I sometimes cross the line.


2nded:yes:

Ferret
11-07-2009, 15:51
qwaaaa and gyp

Sevis
11-08-2009, 00:54
I tend to refer to my friends (or all of humanity, depending on my mood) as "mortals". Generalisation about a group you are part of for the absolute win. Then, I've managed to sometimes adopt a manner of speaking similar to that used by TotalBiscuit - "No, I shall not!" and "Are you joking?" quite certainly originating from excessive listening. It has another interesting side effect - a large amount of emphasis on the last word of a sentence, and sentence structure to support it, where convenient.

Oh, "awesome" and "awful" are another two words I use rather often indeed. But hey, they're awesome, so it's fine.

Snite
11-08-2009, 22:17
I constantly make references to female body parts in entirely inappropiate ways. When faced with something shocking and/or frustrating I will blaspheme in ways that have had my soldiers balk and some request that I never say such things again, so I just make sure they're not around. I use the same ones over and over again so they're my signatures, but posting them would get my post deleted and a pm from Lemur.

To add to the Texasisms: 'might could', 'maybe definitely' are the only ones off the top of my head.

Centurion1
11-09-2009, 02:35
oh god i have so many...........

i say dude wayyyyy to much, as well as bro

And i was always the kid who could imitate voice patterns realyyyyy well. for example among my many quirks.

1. when around my black friends i usually imitate the way the speak unoticeably. I say things like dawg and son, and yo, etc. Never ****** though.

2. I often drop into a southern twang. once when my dads friend from georgia came to visit he thought i was insulting him because i sounded to southern. No specific words just my tone. I also pray and do the pledge of allegiance like a dixie boy.

3. This one is sort of strange..... i say aye and yah know at the end of my sentences like i was canadian. This one really annoys my parents.

4. I speak in a british accent when im talking to really stupid people.

5. And finally whenever im near my grandmother or other russian speakers i drop into like a strange russian accent laced with russian words. like for example i say da and nyet instead of yes and no.



i have alottttttt more strange things but these are some of the major ones.

Prussian to the Iron
11-09-2009, 03:56
oh god i have so many...........
5. And finally whenever im near my grandmother or other russian speakers i drop into like a strange russian accent laced with russian words. like for example i say da and nyet instead of yes and no.


I like to say words in German occasionally in my conversations. I'll just be talking to someone, and it will go like this:

"So did you see that new movie?"
"Nein."
"What?"
"Nein."
"Ummm.......ok?"
"It means 'No'."
"Oooooh!!!! Bye!"
"Gut Nacht."
"Wait, what?"
*Facepalm*

miotas
11-09-2009, 04:28
Wait, you have a problem with people dropping a bit of another language in their posts here everynow and then, yet... You do it in real life, and you facepalm when they act weird about it? :inquisitive:

pevergreen
11-09-2009, 04:31
Hes a confused boy.

Imagine him as SFTS before the manliness, and sucess.

Prussian to the Iron
11-09-2009, 05:00
Wait, you have a problem with people dropping a bit of another language in their posts here everynow and then, yet... You do it in real life, and you facepalm when they act weird about it? :inquisitive:

its different. i dont have entire posts in different languages for no apparent reason. I drop an occasional word here and there. not sentences.

besides this isnt the thread to discuss old-ass arguments in.

pevergreen
11-09-2009, 05:22
Здравствулте! PI, вы довольно интересны. В плохом пути. Я зеленый цвет.

naut
11-09-2009, 06:20
I like to say words in German occasionally in my conversations.
Yeh. I sometimes do similar things. I'll randomly reply in German or Spanish to someone who can't speak either. Acquaintances get baffled.

Veho Nex
11-09-2009, 06:44
Здравствулте! PI, вы довольно интересны. В плохом пути. Я зеленый цвет.

That had me rolling on the ground yet I have no idea what it says

A Very Super Market
11-09-2009, 06:49
Bah, only those weak in the world of speaking resort to other languages for diversity. I flip around with accents quite a bit, and try to create as much discordance as possible whenever I do so. I've done formal readings in a broad Australian accent, songs in incomprehensible slavic basso, and yelled at people in an aristocratic drawl.

Samurai Waki
11-09-2009, 06:52
I occasionally use the British Accent when I try to say something snarky, attempting to be snarky with an American accent just makes you sound like a pretentious douche.

pevergreen
11-09-2009, 07:19
I've done formal readings in a broad Australian accent

$50 says you did it bad. :grin2:

A Very Super Market
11-09-2009, 07:32
You lose, good day sir!

Well, it's a broad one. It has to be bad to be good.

Prussian to the Iron
11-09-2009, 14:06
Bah, only those weak in the world of speaking resort to other languages for diversity. I flip around with accents quite a bit, and try to create as much discordance as possible whenever I do so. I've done formal readings in a broad Australian accent, songs in incomprehensible slavic basso, and yelled at people in an aristocratic drawl.

i do that too actually.

the most funny part about it is that my friend tries to do a british accent.....and he fails. hard. if he was forced to do a british accent, and 1 person would die every time he failed, we would all be dead.

and then i come in with my well-practiced variety of accents and make him look like a dumbass :laugh4:

TinCow
11-09-2009, 16:34
Obtuse

I use that word regularly because it applies to many people I meet.

Sevis
11-09-2009, 17:06
That had me rolling on the ground yet I have no idea what it says

It's done with one or another automatic translator which decided "way" was used in the primary meaning of the word.

Subotan
11-09-2009, 22:31
i do that too actually.

the most funny part about it is that my friend tries to do a british accent.....and he fails. hard. if he was forced to do a british accent, and 1 person would die every time he failed, we would all be dead.

and then i come in with my well-practiced variety of accents and make him look like a dumbass :laugh4:

British accent as in Lord Hoity-Toity the Fourth of Bigglesworth, or normal bloke from down the road British accent?

Ja'chyra
11-09-2009, 23:04
I've got a couple, my favourite has got to be "You're making me angry" and my other one I use when descibing things I just add "And.............$^%£" on the end when I've ran out of things to say.

Other than those I don't really speak a lot, noise irritates me, which is awkward when you're living with a woman, any woman. I've also picked up a reputation for being very forthright with my contractors, if they are deliverables are substandard I like to make sure they know, so I tend to use the word "Pants" when describing them.

A Very Super Market
11-10-2009, 00:42
Bigglesworth, all the way. I can't think of anything more suited to anything but an extra cultivated RP. Of course, I've been forced to undergo therapy sessions as well, so who knows.

Snite
11-10-2009, 00:43
Ah yes, I sprinkle Spanish and Arabic through out my speach randomly.

naut
11-30-2009, 15:33
Whilst writing, I use one kind of punctuation too much; semi-colons.

They sound to me in my head like dotted crotchet rests, like in music, in between commas and full stops :3 (With the latter two obviously being quaver and minim rests, obviously)

I used to do that a lot too. Now that I've gotten a bit better at punctuation, however, I cannot stand semi-colons. I'd sooner rip them out of all literature and purge their existence if I could.

NOOO

They make writing jazzy :no:

My hate for them is purely based on the errors they cause, mind you. So few people actually understand how to use them correctly that I'd rather they not use them at all.

Without semi-colons, how would you join a list of elements with internal commas? It'd be chaos I tell you! Chaos!

Ajax

So when do you use them then?

Between two main clauses separated by a transitional phrase, or in a listing of elements that contain internal commas as ajax has pointed out.

Those are the only situations in which a semicolon is grammatically correct.

Hehe. This all reminded me of Vonnegut.

"Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college."

:beam: :balloon2:

Subotan
11-30-2009, 18:09
Bah. I still like 'em.

Monk
12-02-2009, 09:59
Hehe. This all reminded me of Vonnegut.

"Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college."

:beam: :balloon2:

:laugh4: I highly approve of that quote. :thumbsup:

Hax
12-02-2009, 13:37
"Feck", due to seeing Dara Ó Briain numerous times.

Then there's "gah", a general outcry of surprise or annoyance.

Also, there's the Daimoku (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimoku) which is common when I grow displeased with the ignorance of certain people. I sometimes use the Fire Sermon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Sermon) when I find that people complain too much.

Scienter
12-02-2009, 17:12
"Blargh" (generally only during morning, before I'm capable of forming words). Also, "ginormous" and "skeevy." At work I seem to write "inadequate" more than almost any other word right now...