AIBU to not understand what people mean by "screaming" at somebody?

[Titsywoo]

Do they mean shouting? Shouting in a really high-pitched voice? Literally screaming at another person?

Yes of course they do

I interpret it as shouting, but at a slightly elevated pitch like when someone has really lost it.

Out of control shouting/ranting

They don't mean screaming aaaarrrgggghhhh in terror.

yanbu

The parent to our Headmistress this morning, yes. Full on screaming. High pitched, incredulous, 'look at me', could barely understand what she was saying screaming. All because she wasn't allowed to walk her mortified year 5 son to his classroom door.

How embarrassing for them, pure trash behaviour

Do you mean outside of MN or on MN?

@EatDessertFirst

The parent to our Headmistress this morning, yes. Full on screaming. High pitched, incredulous, 'look at me', could barely understand what she was saying screaming. All because she wasn't allowed to walk her mortified year 5 son to his classroom door.

Poor him!

@SchrodingersImmigrant The kid looked like he wanted the ground to swallow him up. Every person within 100 yards was staring. I felt so bad for him and our Headmistress.

On MN it means that someone's been told a disagreeable fact, or their child was mildly told off for misbehaving or not listening

"Screaming" at someone to me is like Kevin patting on aftershave in Home Alone and I have to each time put that image aside and rethink it as high pitched loud shouting.

To me screaming is what happens when DS approaches me from behind without warning. Blood curdling/ear piercing/high pitched. Or children playing some sort of exciting game outside- lots of screaming.

On MN I’ve seen screaming used to mean “not talking to me nicely”

@SchrodingersImmigrant

Do you mean outside of MN or on MN?

That's a very important question

I suspect they mean 2 totally different things.

There has been a spate of threads lately where people in the supermarket are 'screaming' at other people in the supermarket. It is usually face-covering related.

And barking.

Why do so many MNetters witness shop assistants and MILs 'barking' at them?

It's like the Hound of the Baskervilles around here at times.

Talking = normal
Shouting = raised voices
Screaming = high pitched/lost control/often not coherent/loud
MN screaming = to tell off/disagree/be pissed off

I interpret it as out of control, often high-pitched yelling

My 5 year old screams a lot. If he doesn't get his own way, loses at dobble, can't have pasta for tea. It's so high pitched, loud and persistent that I can't be in the room with him. It a combination of crying, wailing and expressing anger and is often combined with growling. I'm sick of it and desperate for him to grow out of this stage and develop his emotional regulation.

On MN people always seem to be screaming at each other. They also are constantly telling each other to fuck off.

Meanwhile, back in the real world. . .

Yes, I think this is something to do with specific meanings in the MN lexicon...

I also often wonder about wrangling - often read here about people “wrangling” their toddlers, and it’s hard not to visualise them throwing ropes, lasso-style!

No excuse for adults to scream unless very frightened or injured.

I don’t understand why you don’t understand what screaming is?

Or while charging at a duck which has escaped into your kitchen and you're trying to get him out...