To dislike the steady march of the word 'Sure' in our every day speech?

[nigelslaterfan]

I keep hearing interviewers saying it, and my sister said it to me today, 'Sure, yeah, sure'.

I think there is something a little rude in it, as if the other person is saying over you, 'yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, I get it, year, sure, yeah yeah shut up.'

It's inherently not quite polite. I think it's very common in the US, but it doesn't sound right here. It sounds a bit ' I already know what you are saying so move on.'

Rude, I want it to stop it's an alien conversational form.

[nigelslaterfan]

If anyone disagrees with me I'm going to say "Sure, yeah, Sure, Sure, ok sure" All over their post.

[JeanneDeMontbaston]

Is it not normal Irish? It's not US.

[MyCatIsABiggerBastardThanYours]

I agree. And It can join its mate "absolutely" in the hall of incorrect word usage.

[nigelslaterfan]

My late f used to say it all the time and he lived in the US, it sounded ok when he said it. Is it Irish? I hadn't noticed it with my Irish mates.

[ASorcererIsAWizardSquared]

i dont like that usage.

i tend to use it as an affirmative 'yes" sort of word, as in "sure thing".

The one you mention is just.. its flippant and a little rude/dismissive!

[JeanneDeMontbaston]

You're kidding?

Sure not an Irish thing?

[nigelslaterfan]

Also when very posh intellectuals on radio 4 say:

"Yah, Yah, Christobel's novel is quite astonishing in it's etiology of Bohemian ceramacism in 1920s Bexhill."

Using the word astonishing on the radio is the equivalent in my ledger of prejudice of saying I Am A Twat

[nigelslaterfan]

I think the speaker thinks it makes them sound quite cool and impressive, yeah sure, like an informal clubbable, we understand each other, nod and a wink, ya, sure.

You're right Sorcerer it's flippant.

[FanFuckingTastic]

I say Uhuh! Or Nhuh!

[nigelslaterfan]

Nhuh?

[nigelslaterfan]

like na -huh?

[Yellowbird54321]

I use it, I like it - but it does have to be said in the right way, i.e. signifying respectful acceptance and not in the dismissive move on kind of way you describe.
Both US and Irish, I think (they're often similar due to history aren't they?)

[BankWadger]

Don't call me Shirley.

[CrockedPot]

My boss says it. Like this 'sure, sure' while I'm fucking speaking. Makes me want to punch her in the face, (not that I ever would, I'm terribly peaceful on the surface)

[ILiveOnABuildsite]

It makes me think of my mom, she often said sure instead of yes when I was growing up. As in "sure we can have pasta for dinner" type sentences. I used to think it was ever so grown up, because we are French speakers and it added a bit of English to her speech . Although I don't think I've ever heard her use it in the "sure, yeah sure" sense though. I grew up in Canada and my mom is Canadian if that has any bearing.

[FanFuckingTastic]

The sound the same, but one means yes Uh-huh, the other means no, Nuh-huh. But in my head they are both four letter words, lol.

[Alibabsandthe40Musketeers]

Are you being unreasonable?

Sure

I use it where I would otherwise use 'of course', which I think can be a little formal depending on context.

[MistressMerryWeather]

I say 'Shore!'

All perky like.

Whilst nodding enthusiastically.

[OuchLegoHurts]

I'm Irish and we use it all the time but in a totally different way. "Sher, isn't yer man down the road an awful gobshite", or "sher, I can't go out, sher I've no money!"

[zara020]

yanbu.... 'can I get...?' is another ghastly Americanism that us everywhere these days. hate it.

[ScorpioMermaid]

MIL says "sure is!" drives me nuts.

[TwinkieTwinkle]

BankWadger can't believe someone got there before me

[SenecaFalls]

Why the hatred for "can I get"?

[RachelRagged]

Not noticed it said much personally ,

The one I do not like, and do hear, is (often sarcastic) O Kayyyyyyy , sometimes accompanied with eyerolls .. Grrr

[BankWadger]