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AIBU to hate when people add ',no?' to the end of sentences!

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HappyGirlNow · 14/01/2014 08:40

I may well be and I'm finding it hard to articulate why I hate it but loads of posters do this and I find it exceptionally annoying! It's just not how English sentences should be structured!

Examples: 'But it's cold there this time of year, no?'
'You should have said something at the time, no?'

AIBU???

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TimeToPassGo · 14/01/2014 10:45

I have never heard a native speaker say that. It sounds really pretentious! Can understand a non - native speaker saying it.

ginslinger · 14/01/2014 10:48

Do you find some people get really out there and add foreign words, non?

HellonHeels · 14/01/2014 10:51

What about "non?" That's even more annoying, non?

Lazysuzanne · 14/01/2014 10:51

It's surely not as bad as rising inflection?

HellonHeels · 14/01/2014 10:52

Whoops ridiculous X post with Gin

Can you really end a German sentence with "oder"?

WhereYouLeftIt · 14/01/2014 10:55

I don't mind it; because I see it as more than just the word 'no' I suppose. When I see it I always imagine the writer tilting their head sideways and looking pointedly at whoever they are addressing.

HoratiaDrelincourt · 14/01/2014 11:02

"... , oder?" is definitely normal German although might be regional. I know southern.

"... , no?" I hear mostly in Scotland so I am prepared to defend it on the grounds of regional variation too.

"Basically..." means "This is more complicated than necessary and I may be remembering wrong and/or filling in the gaps with fiction".

"Obviously..." means "I am definitely not sure about this but don't have the confidence to say so."

"Apparently..." means "this is a total work of fiction, but plausible, which is near enough."

patienceisvirtuous · 14/01/2014 11:02

I find 'right?' at the end of the sentence, said with a grating inflection rage-inducing

"I know, right?"

"It tastes good, right?"

Fuck off, you are from North East England, not America.

Lazysuzanne · 14/01/2014 11:05

Sometimes there is a slightly menacing 'yeah?' at the end of a sentence, indicating that there may be trouble if you don't concur

HappyGirlNow · 14/01/2014 11:06

Horatia I am Scottish and know people from all over Scotland and I've never heard anyone say ',no?' in real life.

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Crowler · 14/01/2014 11:15

I'm getting a lot of "I know, right?" from my 11 year old. Trying not to censure it - I think he feels it's subtle and I feel a bit mean stomping on it.

Crowler · 14/01/2014 11:15

In fairness he my 11 year old does identify as American.

drbonnieblossman · 14/01/2014 11:19

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CalamityKate · 14/01/2014 11:22

Crowler - I've got a 10 year old who does the "I know, right??" thing. Too many kids American shows like iCarly Hmm

drbonnieblossman · 14/01/2014 11:23

oh yes, "non". probably used by someone who also says they are going to Pareee" for the weekend in a French accent.

patienceisvirtuous · 14/01/2014 11:31

We can forgive the kids for the Americanisms. The people getting my goat are mid-thirties ladies!

MaidOfStars · 14/01/2014 11:53

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Scarletohello · 14/01/2014 11:57

If you were French, this would be perfectly normal, ne c'est pas?

LCHammer · 14/01/2014 12:25

I've heard the '..., oder?' in German. I don't speak the language but used to understand some many years ago.

chocoluvva · 14/01/2014 12:30

YANBU

(I am Scottish too.)

drbonnieblossman · 14/01/2014 12:34

yes, switched off at the mains clearly - what's your point maid?

ginslinger · 14/01/2014 12:35

great minds HellonHeels, non? Grin

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