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?
“no offense” then proceeds to offend said person, or people using the word “YALL” how did it become popular when 15-20years ago and was considered unintelligent. Also people saying “entitled to thier own opinions” but end up saying thier own opinions matter more.
I use y’all because my native language has a plural you and english doesn’t I use y’all because it’s the most neutral plural you english has. I suspect that’s part of the reason why it’s over-represented online, esl learners.
I don’t rember where I heard (must’ve been a TV show) it but it always stuck with me when a character said “yes offense”.
I think hip-hop, specifically dirty south hip-hop, dominating mainstream pop charts around that time had something to do with it; e.g. Outkast, Lil Wayne, Lil Jon, Rick Ross, Ludacris, etc. I also remember about 10 years ago reading reddit posts as well as hearing people in grad school intentionally advocate for the usage of y’all (or the even more annoying folks) as better inclusive term as opposed to “you guys”.
But if y’all annoys you, let me tell all y’all about super plurals like all y’all…
Yeah I hate that word so much. It’s so grating.