Misuse of words( light hearted)

[Ollienoodles45isbananas]

My dd constantly uses the word "like" multiple times in sentences, it's slowly driving me insane. Iv asked her so many times to not use the word unless it's actually needed in the sentence. To make matters worse she never ever stops talking so we must here "like" a thousand times a day. So aibu to either charge her 10p for every time she says it, or gag her? Is this something that's happening with most kids of today?

Postchildrenpregranny I live in North Wales, although I wasn't born here, and the area I live in is quite well spoken, not many 'Welsh-isms' really.

"I literally pissed myself" is one I've heard more than once
So, you saw a picture on Facebook which was so comical it made you piss your pants?

I literally can't think of anymore! Yes, 'literally' is so overused. When I was at university the first time around, so many people said 'literally' in sentences. "I literally pissed myself" is brilliant ... so it isn't embarrassing enough to wish for someone to believe you might have pissed yourself at the hilarity of something, you have to say "I literally pissed myself" in order to strengthen your claim and make sure that the person you are telling actually believes that you pissed yourself. It is like saying, "No, really, I did piss myself, I have the bladder control of an 80 year old".

thefuture

I might just buy a pack of Tena pads and offer one to the next person who says it to me

Whereyourtreasureis Haha, i like it!!! Billy has a good alternative ...

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGNMeR-BOis

'Hence why' makes me cry inside...

Love the figuratively mug!

I used to have a primary teacher who, if someone said 'can i go to the toilet?' would answer 'If you mean CAN you, I don't know, you need to ask a doctor. If you mean MAY you, the answer is no'

'I literally died laughing!'
what, and then came back to life to tell us all about it??

Can I just point out that when I say PMSL at this thread, I don't mean literally - we all know that's just a saying don't we?

All teenagers do it with the word "like"...."And I was like...and he was like....and then I was like.....Aargh! It's in every sentence!

Different one...my DH say "bless me" after he burps??!! That is not a "bless me" situation. I tell him every day. He still does it!

I like the idea of blessing burps, no different from blessing sneezes. You should start blessing farts, too .

My mother is like this!
Calls 'matalan' 'mataland'.
'Ann summers' 'Ann sumners'
She regularly gets words mixed up. At her wedding she said 'awful' twice instead of 'lawful' but I think she was right the first time.
And then people in general getting things wrong like, 'groins' I didn't think people had more than one groin?
Would of?
Heard someone the other day say 'Pacific' instead of 'specific' made me wince inside.
A friend of mine uses the word 'physically' and 'literally' in most conversations we have. E.g. I was physically sick. As if it will make the fact she was sick more dramatic. Because she uses her hands to talk as well.
I wish they all came to mind right now but I'm drawing a blank. I have some crackers!

To the Op - show your DD the Graham Norton episode featuring Will.I.Am and Myriam Margoyles. Priceless!!

PHANTOMnamechanger I like "I literally died laughing" ... Behold, the resurrection!

A wonderful use of words here ...

Killed to death????

'groins' I didn't think people had more than one groin?

course they do!!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groin

Yes, killed to death ... I can't believe this was on a news channel. It would have been sufficient to say that the man in question had been 'killed' but just to make sure the viewer knows what 'killed' means, they have opted to say he was "killed to death". Wonderful! Apparently, on noticing their faux pas, the headline was changed to "Man shot after argument", which takes out the fact that he was killed altogether.

You've just reminded me, my mother says, 'Love him/her to death.'

It makes my skin crawl.

"i like blinking, I do" that's a welsh thing. But the "Isn't it?" Thing is not. Though I will admit to the ocassional 'innit' on the end of a sentence...

Shockers I like that one too! That would be something of a setback in the friendship! It might all go a bit Norman Bates from there!

'Irregardless' is a good one. It has been accepted into the English vernacular but is actually a made up word. It is possibly a portmanteau of 'irrespective' and 'regardless'. Also, the prefix 'ir-' means 'not' and the suffix '-less' means 'without', the word contains a double negative.

A relative of mine put a picture of her half decorated bedroom on Facebook this morning and captioned it "working progress"

I'm from south wales and I loves it I do! That is a Totally normal sentence here
Just as normal as a conversation consisting of,
Oh where you to?
I'm over by here, ill be with you now in a minute!
We all speak well good English we do ;)

Although I don't agree that "isn't it" at the end of a sentence can be blamed on the welsh - your more likely to hear an init!

You're* ffs I apologise to all i just angered!

Haha, morehumanthancoffee, I like it, er, isn't it!

A bit different but 'duck' as a term of endearment always puzzled me so much that I had to find out why it is used. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck ... in this case, it isn't ...

'Duck' as a term of endearment has it's origin in the Saxon word 'ducas' which was meant as a term of respect. In Middle English, 'duc' or 'duk' means 'leader' or 'commander'. This comes from the title 'Duke' and the Old French word 'duchee', the territory ruled by a Duke. From here, it became a greeting and then a term of endearment.