Every time I hear someone say ‘eh’ in a questioning tone or to mean ‘um actually’ I lose my shit. Or even just to play something down.

Like I literally come to hate the person instantly. Its a very strong feeling on a very small sound.

Instant downvotes if I see it on Lemmy too. HATE IT.

How about all y’all?

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
    71·
    17 hours ago

    Oh god; where to start?

    • ‘literally’. It’s best when using the Essex pronunciation of ‘litchally’ for maximum cringey delivery.
    • ‘the ask’. Because ‘request’ or ‘question’ is too hard to say around the pablum.
    • ‘the spend’. Off the car lot, it sounds super-douchey.
    • ‘action this’. Why decide on a verb like ‘do’ or ‘complete’ or ‘revisit’ or ‘prioritize’?
    • ‘begs the question’. Chances are, it really doesn’t. And using that wrongly makes you sound like Mike Tyson saying ‘utilize’

    And now there’s one more:

    • ‘utilize’; or, really, anyone using stilted ‘formal’ phrasing instead of plain English. You don’t sound posh, but you do sound like you’re three kids in a trenchcoat trying to fake being an adult so you don’t get booted from the R-rated movie.
    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      2·
      8 hours ago

      ‘action this’. Why decide on a verb like ‘do’ or ‘complete’ or ‘revisit’ or ‘prioritize’?

      FWIW, ive been questioning our use of a security tool and get blank stares when I say “it doesn’t change anything”. Yet somehow they understand “it generates great data but our process doesn’t action anything”