Incorrect use of Language

The ‘like’ is really annoying, usually used by youngsters ..

Starting every sentence with 'so'

The increasing use both in writing and spoken of ‘use ‘ instead of ‘used’ eg, “We use to go there often”.

I agree, but
‘See you later’ is like Au revoir = Goodbye in French, which actually means ‘ until we see each other again’.
My husband used to mutter under his breath “ Not if I see you first”.

‘ Like’ is just a totally unnecessary filler word, more annoying than -er, which at least doesn’t detract from meaning.

SO seems to have replaced ‘Well’ , giving a moment to think before a reply.
All annoying.

There’s an episode of Judge Judy where she tells the young defendant to make his statement without using the word ‘like’.
After a few failed attempts, he just can’t do it and actually has to give up.

like" been a thing since the 70s comes and goes valley girls brought that back - 1983

'like' as a filler might indicate hesitance, I think. I used to suggest to students that they point it out to one another to try to eradicate it before going to interviews as a lot of older people can be intolerant, having forgotten how it felt to be unsure.

I remember when 'see you round' was in vogue, and the 'wits' used to reply with things such as 'not if I see you square'. Ho ho ho. There have always been people who look down on others for how they speak, and end up looking pompous.

I admit to raising eyebrows at 'why oh why. . .' (not the poster, but the construction ), as it conjures up a ham actor with the back of his hand on his brow, and 'NOT' used as a way of reversing something, so 'I really enjoy seeing 'like' used to indicate that the speaker is unsure of him or herself. NOT'. I don't know why people can't just say 'I don't really like . . .'

'Uni' makes me cringe, as it was imported via Neighbours and Home and Away in the 80s and took off here in the late 80s/90s, so sounds idiotic when said by people who went to university before then, as it would not have been the way they described the place where they studied.

We all have our foibles, but every generation has fashions for speaking. It used to be 'I turned around and . . .' but luckily that has fallen from fashion, along with 'at the end of the day', and 'at this moment in time'. To me, 'why, oh why' and 'XYX - NOT' belong to the same era. When things go out of fashion they tend to be annoying to those who don't use them. Innit. Ok, Jose? Comprende?

dotpocka

like" been a thing since the 70s comes and goes valley girls brought that back - 1983

Dotpocka
Really? I had no idea and I don’t remember hearing it much until comparatively recently - certainly not in 1988!
I also hate the way ‘like’ and ‘so’ are used now. When did we start using ‘so’ at the beginning of a sentence? It makes me cringe.

'We' didn't. Young people did.

Did older people use 'groovy' in the 60's? I asked my parents what it meant at about 5 years old in 1966 or so, and at the age of about 30 they couldn't answer. It was a word used by people younger than they were.

Why do people 'cringe' when others use different phrases? It's unlikely that they have many conversations with the people using the new words anyway.

What doodlesdog said

Doddledog sorry

Life’s too short to worry about these things! Right now I cannot sleeeppppppp!!!!!!!

Yeah, used instead of yes. Yeah this and yeah that all through a conversation.

I often hear people being interviewed who soon run out of words and end …….“and yeah”. I don’t mind so much if they are caught on the spot, but when it is someone invited into the studio to talk about an achievement, I am irritated.

Don’t mind most of them probably guilty of ‘bye then see ya later’ thing never really thought about it but surely it’s a bit of a positive phrase really presuming you ll still be around to see them later…. I also use Uni sorry Doodlebug
The ‘like’ thing drives me crazy but I really don’t think it’s been around since the 70s or even 80 s I would have said last tenish years only I have one grandaughter who uses it all the time she talks for England and barely takes a breath and it’s littered with likes I never say anything and luckily the other 6 don’t use it
I saw that JudgeJudy programme Georgesgran poor chap had no other words did he ?
The ‘So’ at the start of the sentence mainly used by young professionals drove me mad, but that seems to have died a death now so has the awful guttural voices some women put on in the hope of sounding sexy do you remember that a few years ago.

I think "like" is probably no more or less annoying than "um". I have no problem with "see ya later" and use it quite often (not on the phone to call centres, though). "So" is really just a way to prepare to speak - as others have said, a bit like "well.."

See ya later is very Aussie. Better than seeya, wouldn’t wannabe ya.

My bugbear is "Are you alright there"? said by shop assistants who should be saying "Can I help you" to customers but probably see this a being too servile.
If I am in a bad mood I sometimes reply "no I'm not alright there".

'See you later' doesn't bother me - as someone said, it's used in other countries too, like the French use 'au revoir' and the Turkish say 'görüşürüz'.

Life throws so many challenges at us, I try to save outrage for things that really matter
See you later is a bit daft from the check out assistant at our supermarket but - it’s friendly, does no harm. In fact it might be accurate as I go back for the one item I’d originally gone in for and forgot 🌞

I sort of get, sort of, annoyed, sort of, when, sort of, people, sort of, can't, sort of, say, sort of, anything, sort of, without, sort of, repeating the, sort of, same, sort of, two, sort of, words, sort of, again and, sort of, again.

I have a friend who does this when they are trying to explain something but I am sure I do plenty of things that annoy them.

I don’t mind any of the above, I suppose the word like would be annoying if used throughout a conversation just as y’know would if used too much.
Everyone says Uni now and why not? We all know what it means.

I used to cringe when people said Uni and talked about their Proff, or even Proffy at Uni but I am used to it now.

Proffy at Uni may be a step too far!😁