To want DH to stop saying "right?" at the end of sentences?

[GermanHouseCat]

Over the last few weeks my DH has picked up a habit of saying "right?" at the end of sentences, eg "That house is up for sale, right?" sometimes in a questioning way but also as affirmation on something he already knows.

"The table for dinner is at 8, right?"

"We're flying out on the 18th, right?"

It is making me stabby. AIBU to stamp my feet every time he says it to try and get him to stop? It sounds like a vague Americanism, like starting sentences with "so".

You should answer "Riiiiiiight", like the Stotts on Vic & Bob do.

Yes. 'Right?' or 'okay?' at the ends of sentences indicates a question asking if you understand what has been said. In other words, "You are a thicko. Can't you understand me?"

My hairdresser says 'hon' at the end of every sentence. I hate it!

"Right" and "okay" etc are more an indication that the speaker lacks confidence in his ability to communicate clearly, not that the listener is thick.

Although I've been known to tag it on when speaking to my child(ren), especially when I haven't got their full attention.

My dh has been saying 'yeah?' on the end of sentences for the last couple of YEARS. For some reason I don't have the heart to tell him it makes me want to stuff my ears with cement and drop to the floor weeping.

One of my nephews went through the "right" stage years ago. My sister and I cured him by using deliberate misunderstanding.

For example, he would come in from school and say something like: "there's this boy at school, right" and then before he could get any further we would jump in with comments such as: "is his dad Bill Wright?" or " are they related to the Wrights we used to live near?" or "do the teachers use your surnames when they talk to you?".

He soon gave up as found he could never finish what he wanted to tell us without a lot of interruptions!

Don't like 'does that make sense' line after every statement that some people do.

I hate it when people finish their statements with "no?". It's almost like they're daring you to disagree with them.

i hate Go me!

even ironically

Or ' i am not feeling it'

YANBU. My DH used to say "and stuff" at the end of every sentence. I remember he once ended a sentence with "and things, and and stuff" and I nearly lost it.

I had to tell him to pack it in because it annoyed me that much. He hasn't forgotten though and sometimes chucks in a random "and stuff" to annoy me. It works, and stuff.

Mine ACTUALLY SAYS "I.E." As in, 'We're going somewhere tonight, i.e. the cinema.' I'm pretty sure he uses it incorrectly.

Rather than saying, "I'm not sure," he'll say 'Yes/no'. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

I am perfect in every way, of course.

My Dh did this too! Picked it up from his boss (who is from...... Bristol. Not American or anything if it's an American habit). I am very blunt though so just told him he sounded idiotic, and he did agree and has trained himself out of it ha =D

It's irritating because he'd do it not only for very obvious things, but also when explaining things about work that I'd have no idea about, but adding "right" made it sound like obviously I would already know what he was talking about.

A work colleague does the "Does that make sense?" thing and it fucks me off no end. It also seems to me that everyine at my college where I work call youg femail students "girlies". ARGH!!!

YANBU, OP.

Femail?. Geez....

My mother has developed some really annoying verbal tics and they drive me nuts.

She says 'to be quite honest' every two minutes, and also prefaces everything with 'the point is…'

and she can't put food in her mouth without declaring it to be 'yummy.'

It makes me want to shout SHUT THE FUCK UP, WILL YOU? in her face.

But I don't.

And my DH who is in his 50s and should know better has developed a habit of doing that annoying upward inflection thing, thus turning every statement into a sentence like an Australian or Californian teenager.

If I mention it he throws his toys out of the pram and tells me I'm picking on him.

I love "Yes/No!
will have to start using it.

does he actually say "slash" in between?

I do this to DH, along with 'yeah?' and various types of 'isn't it?' This is because he has lots of form for just ignoring what I say unless I am actually asking him a question. You gotta do what you gotta do.

"The table for dinner is at 8, right?"
'I can't remember, why don't you go and check on the calender.'

pause for a few minutes<
'So is it at 8, only you couldn't remember earlier?'

"We're flying out on the 18th, right?"
'I can't remember, why don't you go and check...

<
'So, is it on the 18th...

'That house is up for sale, right?'
'I don't know, why don't you go and check...

Ad infinitum...until he stops being so annoying.

My husbands is when he is speaking about a serious subject. For some reason he adds 'y'know' at the end of a serious sentence???? I take the piss out of him completely and he realises he sounds ridiculous.

Mine says 'Do you know what I mean' a LOT (a variation of Does that make sense). The rage it induces is similar .

Indrid

I say both. a lot. I never know if the other person is actually listening or not, and even if they do I have no idea if I explained it well or not.
not because they're stupid but because I might be. Does any if that makes sense?

*of that

not if that

see it didn't make that much sense

I can sympaphise my sister goes through phases of starting sentences in the same way. It has been ' to be fair' for over a year now. Drives me mad and I don't have to live with her!

not my dp but alot of you know people even people on you know tv being you know interviewed can say a you know sentence without saying you know
it drives me fucking you know mad