To hate this, no?

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What is this trend with people sticking 'no' on the end of a sentence as a question? It drives me crackers.

'This drink is strong, no?'
'Going halters is fair, no?'
'We can get the bus at 7:30, no?'
'We won't eat a pizza each, no?'

I can't bear it. Where has it come from?

And yes, lighthearted, not my biggest concern, but still annoying, no?

I've always thought it's just a more modern/shorthand way of saying the old fashioned 'is it not?' and therefore 'isn't it?'
So your first two examples 'make sense' to me but not the last two.

It's just a way of changing a statement into a question, no?! E.g.
Is it not a lovely day?
It's a lovely day, is it not?
It's a lovely day, no?
That's how it's evolved in my head!
I never use it but it doesn't irritate me!

So I think using 'so' at the beginning of a sentence is worse, no?

I love you for this 🥰

I can't say I've noticed that. But the one that really gets me, which I'm noticing more and more lately is 'For sure'.

'Are you looking forward to tomorrow?'
'For sure'

'How did your exam go?'
'It was hard, for sure'

Am I the only one who doesn't know what "going halters" means????

Is it a typo for 'going halvers' i.e. going halves on something; sharing the cost?

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Aaaaaah yes it could be! I spent longer than I cared to admit trying to work that out 😂

YANBU. It’s irritating. Why ask a question if you’re going to assume the other person’s answer? It’s an avoidance of owning what you think and feel and being open to another person thinking and feeling differently to you IMO - better to say, ‘I think x, what do you think?’

It's probably come from the same place that puts 'so' at the beginning of every sentence!

YANBU It’s awful.

YANBU. My ex does it - it's one of the myriad reasons I'm so happy I left him😃

"For sure" is worse

I dont find it irritating at all. Dutch and German guys that I dated used to say that s I guess I am used to it

I find the people that do this do so because it's really hard to argue with and people tend just to agree.

"We'll go halves - no?" So people go "of course"

Whereas "shall we go halves" actually invites an opinion the questioner may not want to hear!

This is quite a Glasgow thing, and definitely not new. It can mean anything from no, yes, know what I mean.

I do find this frequent MN fury at different phraseology a bit questionable. It's often accompanied by a very sneery attitude, heaping particular derision on any word or phrase which has even the faint possibility of being used by Americans. Or northerners (perish the thought!).

Expressions and turns of phrase come and go, as they always have. It's perfectly normal and acceptable for language to change, no?

Yadnbu!it is incredibly pretentious.Really dislike it and don't understand why it's used as it also can sound patronising.

Actually, what we do in German a lot is use "oder" (or) after a question. I've occasionally heard people use it in English which always feels quite cringeworthy in particular when it's my mom doing it.

I know someone who does this in her writing all the fucking time, only ups the ante and uses “non?” I wish I were her editor and I would DESTROY IT WITH RED PEN, OUI?

Isn't it just an Irish thing?

Maybe, it's a loose translation or a version of "nicht wahr?"

We say that in my country

It is very irritating. My friend uses it when she wants to make it harder for you to disagree with her. As if the answer is so obvious you would have to be really stupid to disagree.

I don't mind it when people with EAL use it. I find it passive aggressive on mn, laced with an air of superiority.
I only know one person in RL who uses it and they spend a lot of time on MN.