To really really REALLY hate it when people say "no?" after whatever point they are making?

[sneezingwakesthebaby]

It really really irritates me and makes my skin crawl every time I hear (or read) someone saying (or writing) this. Its driving me mad. I can't think of a good example but its when they make a point and then say no? at the end like disagreeing with it would be ridiculous. I am being unreasonable, no? ARGH

YANBU

But it's nowhere near as them saying 'non'?

That really makes my blood boil!

Mind you, I've only ever seen it on MN.

My cousins say it a lot, but they're Spanish so perhaps it's a language thing. I know they do it when they're speaking both Spanish and English.

You need a sit down in a darkened room, no?

Oh gosh, yes verbal tics can be dreadfully annoying, non?

My MIL is Spanish and she doesn't say it thankfully

me too - it's almost a challenge.

the earth is flat, no? means, the earth is flat, you going to disagree with me?

Is it said with a head tilt? If not you can be annoyed because they're not doing it properly.

Not with a head tilt. I think that would push me over the edge! It just feels like a combination of patronising and as-if-I'd-ever-be-wrong-ness argh!

Maybe it's a Madrid thing Worra, one of my cousins literally translates everything from Spanish to English, including all their wierd verbal tics. She starts every sentence with "therefore" all the time (entonces in Spanish) and it's a bit grating to be honest.

My boss has a tendency to finish every sentence with 'isn't it?' Equally annoying!!! Like it's a done deal that he is automatically right about everything all of the time... Grrrrrr.....

Try living in Canada. Eh? at the end of every sentence.

Innit?

I've only ever seen it on mn.

I can't decide. It's a bit cheeky and I think I like it.

No?

you're right, it's very annoying.

round here its like

highly annoying, like.

I went through a stage of, like, saying like after, like, EVERYTHING. That seems to be a teenage rite of passage, no? ARGHHHHHHH!

What I really hate is when people say "it is what it is." it's the most ridiculous phrase ever, but I suppose it could be made that little bit more irritating by putting a "no?" at the end too.

Dilettantes, you lot. There's nothing, absolutely nothing more nauseating/irritating/guaranteed to be uttered by a nitwit, than starting a sentence with 'So....'
Just read the jabberings with no end that begin with 'So...' on these very pages. Enticing homicidal thoughts they are, no?

I start sentences with So, I have picked it up from DP. I hate it too but I can't stop. I do it on here as well.

Oh god yes all highly irritating I agree.

Can we add 'guys' to the list? My dd is 14 and all her friends say it whilst I stuff my knuckles in my mouth (or theirs if they continue). 'Guys, guys..no listen..guys' Aarrgh!!

I'm not bothered by it in informal chat. I don't use it, but I see how these things have some place in conversation. Takes less time than "don't you agree?" I suppose.

I think it's just become fashionable. It is common in French and in Spanish, where it's the equivalent of the English 'question tag' ( isn't it/aren't you/isn't she?, etc.)

It does not bother me because English is not my native language , but I can see how it could if it was. Language is an oddly emotive thing for the human brain.

My own personal English-language bugbear is the Australian question intonation, aaargh!

Is it as annoying as Gordon Ramsay ending every sentence with yes? Yes? Because that is the pits of controlling wankeryness, yes?

Sorry, I quite like no and . It makes me grin.

I suppose one response would be to look blankly back and reply 'No.'

And then let the ensuing silence and tumbleweed just drive that point home

guilty - comes from having a French family...sorry