Communication breakdown
MELPYEW This is a term used by southern people in the service industry and at all Walmart stores. Literally translated, it is "May I help you" But these people hate their jobs and hate you as the customer too much to bother enunciating a few basic words. I'm sorry you hate your life. Maybe if you spoke more clearly they wouldn't have fired you from the Wendy's drive through.
" You go girl" I cringe every time I hear this one. Maybe it was cute in 1985 when white people first discovered Oprah Winfrey. Now it is lame and insulting. If I were a black woman and some cracker ass bitch told me "You go girl".... I would slap her back to the stone age.
"Know what I'm sayin?" This term is often used every other word in place of "Uh" and "you know" but is much more ignorant sounding. Yes I know what you are fucking saying asswipe!
I was in a fairly decent restaurant the other day. and every time the waiter spoke to me it was followed with "OK chief" "Whatever you say boss" "OK sport" I'm not that old but you better fucking call me sir or just say "OK" or I'm going to get up out of this chair and do my boss chief sport upside your head...you little fuckface.
I was in a convenience store when a youth dressed in sports clothing and a ball cap cocked to the side asked me for directions. I'm always willing to help people who ask, so I told him how to get to his destination.
The kid repeats my directions like this: So you sayin ayes go outcheer and busta left and den busta right den busta notha left....
I told him that if "bustin" means "go" that was correct.
Where do these idiots pick up these atrocious speaking habits?
Don't get me started on "AXE"
posted by Bill Rowland @ January 22, 2007
26 Comments
26 Comments:
My theory: atrocious speaking habits are considered "cool" because it shows you're too important to pay attention to anyone trying to teach you the fundamental laws of your native language. Rather, people should be paying attention to you than the other way around.
Or maybe we're breeding the brains out of people. I'm still not sure, as I've never gotten a coherent answer out of one of them without a slanguage dictionary and a tape recorder with a "SLOW" button.
But if they think it makes them scary, they should try delivering some very serious words in a perfectly calm, clear, though not bored, voice. No direct or indirect threats, but you'll be amazed with the results. Once I used it when I was only 15-16 on a truly rude service critter.
Have to admit that I never saw someone scramble that fast to make reparations before.
- ISU Tinkerer
LOL "axe" is one of my biggest pet peeves.
I was at Chili's the other night and the waiter kept calling my boyfriend, "buddy". "here, ya go, buddy"
in what world is that good customer service or even respectful for that matter...how irritating and rude.
At least you saw your waiter, last time I ate out was with my roommate, we only saw the guy four times all meal. That's one of my pet peeves too when people don't enunciate.
It comes from television and MTV. Designed to encourage diversity and the dumbing down of the entire species to the lowest common denominator...busta left...priceless.
Isn't this what they call language evolution?
Like "long time, no see"
Actually that was something said by someone who couldn't speak the language correct.
Said and used anough times over a periode of time...it becomes a part of the accepted language.
ISU: I hate ganster-speak and yes you are correct, clear calm direct speaking gets people moving if they
have any sense.
rach: I forgot buddy....sheesh that's another terrible one.
brandon: yep, now I get up and get my own refills and walk around until I find what I'm looking for. embarasses the hell out of them.
Intolerant: I'ts been so long since I watched that crap that I almost forgot how strong they push for stupid white people to act like stupid gangsters. It is so ridiculous sounding that it makes me want to vomit.
Kirsten: You are absolutely correct. Sometimes when I read a book written 100 years ago I try to imagine how I would have to change my speaking habits to be able to communicate in that time period.
You go chief.
Take care budda.
*smirks*
Actually what irritates me is these frigging word smiths dreaming up longer words for simple words that have been around for a long time.
Keep it simple stupids, not everyone packs a thesaurus. We just want to be able to talk to each other.
For example....
Sagacious = Wise
Now which word would you use in a poor area where you were trying to help people?
Speaking of how we talk.
I say old, girl
You know what is really interesting to me? For every subject that comes up, the cosmos provides me with supporting evidence the very same day. Often through comics.
I believe that I'm pretty well in tune with the cosmos. Hell, I have been out there and visited with the wisest minds in the cosmos.
But that freaks some people out.
You did good giving the directions... where I'm from there are only two people that wear their caps backwards - cocksuckers and welders. If you have your hat on backwards, you better have a welding electrode very close by....
Great observations
The phrase that really irritates me because it's used by more than just the asswipes of the world?
My bad.
What the fuck does that mean? I know what it's supposed to mean but...huh? And please tell me that people have stopped using it.
I detest the ghetto lingo and dress. And for segments of society that should know better to emulate the look and sound disgusts me.
Good rant...but you left out SUP, CHUPTO and MEERFER MINNIT.
I detest ebonics, but I have to admit I can lapse into it pretty easily when speaking with some of my patients. It's the only way some of these 'tards can communicate.
Damn, Ambulance Driver, what the hell do those words mean?
I can't stand rednecks who say fuck every other word - ignorant imbred fucks! he he
Atleast no one says Hey Dude anymore. Axe.....arghhhhhhhhh
I HATE being referred to as a "girl". For instance, a friend and I went out to lunch and the waiter bounded over, with a baseball cap on sideways (okay, it was a chain restaurant, and I shouldn't expect much, but COME ON) and he said, "What can I get you girls today?" I cringed, and was surprised how insulted I was that a kid 10 years my junior is calling me a girl. When did I get this old?
ryan: you forgot baseball catchers.
rach: that reminds me of the old Richard Pryor monologue where someone keeps calling him buddy; his reply is "Buddy this...".
Honey, Hon or Dear. The next repairman, waitress, bank teller or garbageman that calls me one of these three words is going to get smacked. It really irritates me when some waitress will call my husband "sir" and then "honey" me.
Well, aren't we all a little superior because of our language abilities, as compared to the peons that wait on us.
There is a lot more to Linguistics then just dissing service people talking funny.
Kirstin namskau came the closest to understanding it. It's all about language evolution.
Take the "world wide web" for instance, are you going to limit yourself to only blogging with people that speak proper english?
I would suggest cutting people a little slack & maybe looking into linguistics a little.
BBC: I think most of the new words are technical, sometimes they dig up old ones so they can say the same old thing with new words.
Ryan: I'm guilty of wearing my cap backwards when doing manual labor, kinda like a sweatband, Don't worry I'm a pretty good welder and can avoid a dick in the face ;D
Jeannie: I always thought they were saying my "my bag" because they always were grabbing at their scrotums when they spoke.
Ambulance: Ebonics is worthy of a whole other post. It's like a whole other language. I think there is in online translator somewhere.
Nomas: yeah I'm wondering about chupto, yep lol /redneck/. fookin boolsheet /redneck/
Bobg: sometime inthe late 70's buddy made its way into gay lingo...thats reason enough to stop using it with strangers ;)
Kat: That bugs the hell out of me too, it's ignorant adn insulting.
L>T I'm talking about people who choose not to enunciate, address people improperly and use unnecessary and insulting language when they obviously know better.
I grew up in very poor family, I worked service jobs and I did my best to say sir and ma'am and say things correctly. New words are fine, bad speaking habits are what I'm ranting about.
These are expressions for people who have not got enough vocabulary to make proper sentences.
I agree, rudeness is not acceptable where ever you find it. Personally, I haven't run into that problem of language & rudeness much but, maybe we are a little sheltered where I live. So I guess I'm not the best judge of that. But do you think sometimes people take offense maybe when none is intended?
What I mean about language evolving is like with enunciation, over time words naturally wear down & change. Certain vowels & consonants drop off. It really is a fascinating subject.
I see I'm just going to have to bow out of this one. :)
l>t ahh I think I see what you're getting at.
I'm one of those that have to be dragged kicking and screaming when things change. I don't adapt well.
chupto= what are you up to
It's not so much the bad speaking in itself - it's actually kind of cool to watch a language or dialect evolve in your lifetime.
The kind I was referring to is heavily laced with "I'm-so-much-better-than-you" disrespect because we don't understand what they're saying, or because they sound (to them) like someone to be respected, feared, or talked about.
- ISU Tinkerer
Singaporean teenagers have an absolutely irritating and completely annoying way of typing. Every alternate alphabet is a capital letter, every word is misspelt and mutilated with an affix of 'z' or 'x' or 's' or even 'zx'. So usually what they type end up looking something like this:
shO uSuaLLi wAd dEy tYpEzzz wULds eNd uP lOOkiN sUumtHiiin LyK tHis.!!
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