Weird question…..

[Honeysucklelane]

…anyone else have ‘irrational’ aversions to certain phrases, songs or sounds?

For example, I cannot stand nonsense word songs like “ginggang gooly gooly watcha ging gang goooo,” maybe these are real words but in a different language?

I also hate it when people say “om nom nom,” or when my husband makes the sound effects / instrumental bits in songs. I only ever sing the words / voiced parts, I won’t ever ‘sing’ the chuh chuh chuh churrr noise parts, but he does.

The HUGE increase in radio ads where tney have people winning money, and they scream like absolute banshees. I get it, you've won money, but the sheer frequency in how often those competitions occur is mind boggling. The sound of people screaming, even happily, is something I genuinely cannot handle and makes me so nervous.

The sing-song toddleresque voice adopted by anyone on adverts for something largely aimed at the senior end of the general public. Funeral plans, walk-in baths, burglar alarms, mobility scooters, pension providers, et al.

I used to work with a guy who would actually retch if you uttered the phrase "moist sweaty gusset" to him.

So we did, repeatedly.

It was his own fault, he used to eat bananas in front of me despite knowing that they had the exact same effect on me.

I was watching a movie the other day (I Saw the TV Glow) and there was a scene with the two main characters talking with a live gig going on in the background, it started to focus on a woman singing a song called Psychic Wound, something about the way she was singing/screaming freaked me out, I had to mute until she'd finished. I don't think I've had such a visceral response to music before.

Oh I hate it so much when a song comes on that is good, and then… a loud droning monotonous voice talks over it .. because it’s been turned into a rap ‘ song’ or some such utter crap. Musical theft and musical vandalism, all in one ugly annoying bundle. Aargh.

I’ve told my husband I’ll divorce him if he says ‘methinks’ 😂

I also hate it when groups of men who’ve known each other for years call each other “Mr [whatever] when they meet. I’ve never heard a woman do this. (Feel free to correct me).

I can’t abide ‘ love shack ‘
The B 52s shouting out that song is hell. I heard an entertaining team sing it on holiday , couldn't even switch it off!

I really struggle with people talking about food. It feels so visceral. Some of it I can sort of analyse and understand. For example, I find people using affectations awful. So if somebody describes instances where they "sling" something in a pan or "chuck" ingredients in the oven, I feel slightly panicky and upset. Same with "throwing" on clothes. If you couple it with twee slang, I feel like ants are crawling on me. So if Breezy Beryl said "I threw on a light tee before slinging some spag bol in the oven", I would have no choice but to kill her.

But at other times, I can't quite tell you what it is that irritates me aurally. When people describe food as "gorgeous" or "tasty", I am similarly upset and don't know why. A man on the radio the other day kept saying "pack of bacon" and I had to switch it off. I think it was something to do with the repeated "ac". It was definitely the word "pack" which was the main culprit though pack would be acceptable on its own. See also the word "plate" which is okay on its own but "plate up" is abysmal.

I am like it with a lot of language but at the same time am an English teacher and voracious reader who adores language in other ways.

It seems silly but if makes me feel quite hot, prickly and sometimes, upset and panicky.

Oh, I feel mildly angry every time someone says grab, nowadays. It’s terrible… why are you grabbing everything?! Have you no manners?,

@the80sweregreat "Not a sound, but the ad with the mouth on the forehead for gum makes me uncomfortable."

Same here. It's more like something from a horror movie and I've often wondered if it puts a lot of other people off.

Ohhh I hate "grab". Grabbing a bite to eat is appalling and people grabbing things from supermarkets? Eugh. Have some self respect FFS.

I see your Ging Gang Gooley, and raise you…

”Kum bya, my lord”

Even as a child I felt stupid singing that.

I can’t bear all the noise on Instagram cooking posta. All that tapping and chopping and scraping and then tap tap tap munch munch chew chew. Yuck. It’s gross. I hate watching them eat it all. Reminds me once of someone at work who complained about her supervisor “he seems to be masticating when he speaks to me”. It’s true, nobody seems to have clear delivery of words any more. That makes me a bit ill too. I said Sia earlier, when she sings I can’t tell when one word ends and the next one starts, so any song feels like a guessing game. Paired with that horrible high pitch and I really feel unwell.

Oh geez I hate a sniffer! I want to slap them or loudly say, “do you need a f#%^* tissue?”

I hate those too! And all the AMSR reels with people clacking their long nails across products and every single sound is amplified.

Arghhhh thanks for that! I’d obliterated that one from my memory! I just hate nonsense songs, why did we need to dumb stuff down and event such utter rubbish for kids singing around a campfire at scouts / brownies?? There’s another highly irritating song of this ilk that I luckily can’t recall at the moment.

Bendy singing made me chuckle!

@Honeysucklelane i really have to hold myself from saying that 😂😂😂 especially on long train journeys..all you can hear!!! 😱😂

My DH does this with yogurt pots and bowls, rapidly scraps his spoon fast to get the last bits up. Drives me insane! I was brought up to be quiet and considerate, not making any additional unneccessary noises but he constantly sings lines from songs, makes loud noises when eating, blows his nose and sneezes like how I imagine a Giant would sound.

I totally understand the food thing. I’m not keen on it being talked about too much. My mum always tells me in great detail about things she’s cooked or eaten when out. I don’t need to know, just say you had a lovely meal. 😂

Phew! This advert seems to have passed me by!

I definitely do, although not as bad as some people have it. My hearing isn’t as great now I’m getting old which definitely helps.

I can’t stand whistling, chewing, tapping, biting cutlery, teeth grinding, drivers drumming on the steering wheel along to music. I also hate the visual stimuli like feet twitching, legs tapping or jigging.

My Dh will say he’s just blown his nose, I tell him the tissues aren’t rationed, he CAN keep going until he’s stopped sniffing.

I hate this ‘song’ too with a passion. Always seemed to be a certain type of person who enjoys these girl guide songs.

Oh I definitely sing the instrumental bit, when I like the melody.

What comes to mind for me is the word ‘funky’ being used to describe a smell, or worse, someone being ‘in a funk’. I would like to know when these meanings were proposed and who approved it, because I don’t consent.