One of mine: People saying, "The problem is is that Nykkii lives 3000 miles from me," and "The thing is is that Junebug has a point..." The "Double-Is" is becoming a national epidemic.
I find myself guilty of the infamous double "is" thing, more often than I'd like to admit.
My pet peeve is people that pull up to an intersection, blocking a drive so that I can't pull out into traffic and they can get an extra 5 feet a head.
To be honest, this is something I really do not consider to be insignificant. I simply can not stand certain - for lack of a better characterization - slang phrases. This list includes, but is not limited to the following three phrases(NOTE: My internal dialogue is in italics):
1. "You know what I mean?" and/or "You know what I mean, you know what I am saying?" Well if you would actually speak in complete sentences, expressing complete and coherent ideas and concepts, I may well be able to understand what you mean and what you are saying.
2. "I am just trying to keep it real." Pray tell, what is your reality, because it appears to bear very little resemblance to mine.
3. "Are you feeling me?" No, I am not feeling you. It was my impression that we were engaged in a conversation. As a point of etiquette and modesty, I usually refrain from tactile encounters with all but my most intimate friends, family, and associates.
God has told you, O man and woman, what is good; and what does the SOVEREIGN ONE require of you but to do justice, and to be compassionate, and to walk humbly with your God?
the words "ni**er" or "bi*ch" used in normal conversation. it's not necessary!
i agree with the slang "hooks" added on the end of every statement mentioned by kresge above!!
when you're at a sporting event (nba game preferrably), and the people behind you aren't watching the game but involved in conversation about their day, their friends, their dog..."YOU'RE AT A GAME, WATCH THE GAME!!!" talk about all that stuff later!!
i don't think i've heard or paid attention to the 'is is'... is is Nykkii really 3,000 miles away?
i know i'll have more...this is a great thread, i feel better already, know what i mean?? HA HA HA
if you don't know your options, you don't have any!
when a man who proclaims he's interested in you talks constantly about himself, and when he asks a question about you -- he cuts you off before you're finished to talk more about himself!!! auuuughhhh
this could really go for any gender...but my peeve is with men who do it to me.
if you don't know your options, you don't have any!
[This message was edited by Nykkii on March 13, 2003 at 08:48 PM.]
My pet peeve is when relatives buy milk without looking at the expiration date, and when you get ready to get a bowl of cereal, you realize that the milk's expiration date is THAT day. And you have drink or have nine or ten bowls of cereal and drink the rest before it spoils before midnight. Then your stomach is turning backflips all night long from the curdling milk you gulped all day.
Okay, this is going to get addicting. Following off of Huey and the milk scenario, I can not stand it when people put just a little bit (a meniscus) of something like milk, juice, etc. back in the refrigerator. The excuse is that the got what they wanted. The reality is that they do not want to wash or throw out the container.
God has told you, O man and woman, what is good; and what does the SOVEREIGN ONE require of you but to do justice, and to be compassionate, and to walk humbly with your God?
When you ask someone want they want or what they want to do and they say they don't care. You make suggestions and they shoot down all 20 of them. Hint: if you know what you want, say so. If you don't know, try and enjoy what someone else suggests.
People who constantly demean, degrade, and generally hate the sucess of some black people, and then want to talk about "black unity" and "uplifting" our race.
This may be alittle racist, but white, koreans, chinese just about everybody who is not black trying to be black. And the sad thing is those things they try to initate are actually insulting to most blacks.
It bothers me when I read in a newspaper, magazine or hear people say “for lack of a better word or term.†I feel like telling the person how about “for lack of a better phrase†you shut the hell up or think of a better word before you say whatever it is you are going to say.
------------------------- By all standards, some creatures are just plain strange, making us do double takes because their compositions or habits or appearances defy our sense of logic and our way of viewing reality. Take the wildebeest, the warthog, the hyena, the brown pelican, the Shar-Pei. These animals, seemingly wrought by committee, make us laugh or shake our heads. Another such creature, of the human kind -- and perhaps the strangest of all -- is the black Republican. "
Took me a while to think of anything insignificant.. seeing that I don't even have any significant ones.
People with NO shopping cart ettiquette. Just block the isle like they are the only one around. Not conscious of other people or the fact that they are blocking a walkway. Will leave the cart in the middle of the isle to walk away to get something. Did not occur to them to put their cart to the side and then walk away. Its just common courtesy... which it turns out is not so common anymore!!!!
La FemmeNkechi ...
Be the change in the world you want to see...it starts with you
why do people jump around in traffic. we're all trying to get somewhere...and cutting in and out of lanes won't get you there any faster. pick a lane and drive...and drive with traffic--keep up the pace. don't slow down to gaulk at accidents, don't brake for no reason, and if you cant talk on your cell phone and drive--DON'T DO IT!!
seattle has the third worse traffic in the nation--can you tell i sit in it a lot? lol
if you don't know your options, you don't have any!
What gets me is the blockheads that leave their shopping carts in the middle of the aisle so that you have to move them out of the way to get by. The worse of all, they give you an evil look when you move their shopping cart.
Scenario: You're entering or leaving a public building and a person is behind you- just close enough that you feel you should hold the door to keep it from closing on that person. Instead of catching the door that you politely attempt to pass on to this next person, they go sailing through the door you are holding like you are The Doorman For Total Strangers Capable of Opening Their Own Doors. This never fails to tick me off!
I hear you Isistah. And the anger redoubles when the next three people speed up so that they can benefit from your door holding service. Maybe they should give you a tip or something.
Pet Peeve: Grow azz folk that haven't learned that 1) life isn't fair; 2) there are bullies and azzholes in this world; and 3), Life ain't fair; so they spend a great deal of energy and time whining that life ain't fair.
In casual conversation at work, you compliment another person’s attitude and dress. For example, “Mary always looks so nice in her clothes, and she seems to be a pleasant person.â€
Coworker: Yeah, but she doesn't wear the right colors, and I heard she has a nasty attitude.
Well, hell...
This really works my nerves. What is so wrong with genuinely saying something good about another person? Why do some people "always" have to inject something bad or negative into a conversation?
On the freeway people will get in the passing lane and then drive 5 mph slower then the posted speed limit. HELLOOOO! passing lane means to get you ass up and around the slow traffic not pace it.
I simply can not stand certain - for lack of a better characterization - slang phrases. This list includes, but is not limited to the following three phrases(NOTE: My internal dialogue is in italics):
