One of my housemates chirps, "Hey guys" whenever he walks in to the room. I've heard girls talking about shaking their 'asses' in nightclubs, I've heard boys talking about 'jacking off'....another mate of mine calls me 'dude'....DUDE for ***** sake!!
Does this type of **** annoy anyone as much as me? Or am I just a grumpy old man in a 21 year old's body??
Yes it does, especially younger children. My cousin is 12 and she always says things like 'parking lot' or 'go to the movies' etc and it gets on my nerves so much!
everyone says hey guys, hey y'all or y'alright? is a bit more american
No they don't!! Its just dumb middle class student types with no sense of national identity!!. If its me I will say "alright lads" to a bunch of boys or just "alright" to a mixed or female bunch.
I don't care. It's just word of mouth evolution of language...the same way the spanish bought their language to the americas by being there and influencing the natives...the presence of american shows on tv and the interent allows the transmission to other parts of the world....albeit more quickly. I really don't care, it's natural and i have more important things to get annoyed about
No they don't!! Its just dumb middle class student types with no sense of national identity!!. If its me I will say "alright lads" to a bunch of boys or just "alright" to a mixed or female bunch.
So really you mean regional identity, rather than national..? Lad/lass is a Northern thing..
No they don't!! Its just dumb middle class student types with no sense of national identity!!. If its me I will say "alright lads" to a bunch of boys or just "alright" to a mixed or female bunch.
there's nothing wrong with hey guys! It addresses the whole group
what does annoy me is when my sister says 'hey peeps'...hey peeps? Hey peeps!? wtf is that!?
I don't like to hear them either, it annoys me. Unfortunately they seem to be increasing in popularity, I blame the stupid number of American TV programs that are shown over here, and the idiots for watching them.