The most irritating expression in English and Spanish

[Chirimoya]

Originally Posted by mountainannie

I swear on a stack of bibles that my father spent the better part of my 12th year of life saying to me "no, I don´t know,"

Y'know, you still say it a lot, y'know...

In Spanish - di'que really grates.
In English - awesome and sucks especially when a non-American English speaker uses them. Ditto to all those workplace clichés mentioned above.
In both: the way some Dominicans say "hello" in a faux English accent when they answer the phone.

[À bientôt]

Originally Posted by ExtremeR

Osea = "Es que, osea, es obvio que soy mejor que tu, osea"

I can't stand "o sea". Y mi mai says it daily. DAILY. TO' LO' DIA' DEL MUNDO. A. CADA. RATO. So late 1960s!

Y en inglés, when someone says, "Who cares?! or "So what?" or even a simple "So?" I have to admit that I'm usually speechless (for once) and confused: I just don't know whether I should answer those questions.

[À bientôt]

Originally Posted by Chirimoya

Y'know, you still say it a lot, y'know...

In Spanish - di'que really grates.
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Di'que que yo casimente 'toy allá.

casimente= almostly, and only in the DR.

[À bientôt]

Originally Posted by Chirimoya

Y'know, you still say it a lot, y'know...

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A former co-worker once said "Y'know" and its variations five times in a row, Y'know what I'm sayin'. And I once watched a minute-long interview of Lauren Hill - said it 13 times. That's trece veces en un minuto. Ei pipo, coño.

[El Rey de Mangu]

Originally Posted by À bientôt

A former co-worker once said "Y'know" and its variations five times in a row, Y'know what I'm sayin'. And I once watched a minute-long interview of Lauren Hill - said it 13 times. That's trece veces en un minuto. Ei pipo, coño.

That's funny stuff. I worked with this sales guy for years. Any conversation with this cat was a pitch. And always like: "We gotta just go in there and tell 'em -- Y' know what I'm saying"

This to me is almostLY (haha) the equivalent of the Dominican "me entiendes??", "copio", "tu vez" UGHH!!

[Berzin]

Here's an english saying that drives me up the wall, and no one has been able to tell me what it means-

Not for nothing, but...

[El Rey de Mangu]

Originally Posted by Berzin

Here's an english saying that drives me up the wall, and no one has been able to tell me what it means-

Not for nothing, but...

Another good one. I actually use this one myself (dumb as it sounds).

I would imagine if something is not for nothing, then it is "for" something.

LOL

(I confess to "tu vez?" tambien, which equally drives me nuts)

[Chirimoya]

BTW, I'm as guilty as anyone of using net abbreviations FWIW, and YMMV, but there's one that FSR, IMHO, I can never bring myself to use:

LOL

[mountainannie]

Originally Posted by Chirimoya

BTW, I'm as guilty as anyone of using net abbreviations FWIW, and YMMV, but there's one that FSR, IMHO, I can never bring myself to use:

You know, Chiri, that I am really only 13 mentally which is why I keep those bad habits. You have my permission to try to break me of the habit like my father did, since he is no longer here!! Just try the no I don¿'t know...

I should be SO OVER that!!

but explain those net shortcuts?

[Chirimoya]

BTW - By The Way
FWIW - For What It's Worth
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary
FSR - bit of artistic licence here, don't think this is a standard - For Some Reason
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion

Also - AFAIK - As Far As I Know

There are long lists of them out there.
http://netforbeginners.about.com/cs/...viations_2.htm