Most annoying words & phrases

**joey B** · 07/11/2008, 1:05 AM

People from cork saying 'D ye know' after every sentence why

**SunnySweeney** · 07/11/2008, 1:42 AM

Originally Posted by joey B

People from cork saying 'D ye know' after every sentence why

It sounds terrible. I'm from Cork and I cringe when I hear it. I (imo) usually hear it from people who are both insecure in themselves and what they have to say and who are bad conversationalists in general.

I dislike when I hear people say "at the minute" as opposed to "at the moment" e.g. "we're not playing well at the minute".

It's a part of the English vernacular which has sadly crept into the Irish vocabulary.

**stann** · 07/11/2008, 1:11 PM

I would have said 'at the minute' is more a northern thing? Am sure those from closer to there will swiftly disabuse me of the impression if it isn't!

I like it though, I have to say.

**stojkovic** · 07/11/2008, 7:11 PM

Originally Posted by hula4

"me mot" does anyone know where this came from?
its only in dublin i think never heard it anywhere else, think it sounds brutal

I think it originated with 'maithe cailin' but I could be wrong.

**sligoman** · 08/11/2008, 9:32 PM

Hate when the word 'ye' is used when referring to just one person. Mainly used by Northerners and paul oshea on here

. Ye means a group or more than one person!

**John83** · 08/11/2008, 9:54 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

Hate when the word 'ye' is used when referring to just one person. Mainly used by Northerners and paul oshea on here

. Ye means a group or more than one person!

Pineapple Stu, Bald Student (I think), Aberdonian Stu and I once used yous, ye, yez and y'all in consecutive posts as the plural of you. Schumi cursed us all, either in a post or in person, I forget. Granted, I definitely used y'all just to keep the pattern going.

I find myself using "like" as pointless filler when speaking now. It's irritating.