To hate the trend for adding no to the end of sentences?

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Why do people do it?!

‘Eggs don’t need to be kept in the fridge, no?’

’It’s hot in here, no?’

Why? Why is it a trend? Makes no sense whatsoever.

@pikkumyy77 I am a non-native speaker and in my mother tongue, we use “no?” at the end of our sentences a lot - but I’ve since been told off for doing so in English. I cannot tell you how tempted I am sometimes to use “innit!?” instead - it just makes so much sense to me! But I don’t think I can pull it off! 😂

USA / right? At the end of a sentence.

UK / yeah or no at the end of a sentence.

UK / no “it” at the end of a sentence.
Eg. “I made a cake with raisins in”

I’m Irish, we have loads of annoying ones too!

My lovely neighbour who is Italian says 'no' at the end of a sentence now and again, but when it's someone saying it, particularly her, it sounds quite quaint.

When it's written down... not so much.

No at the ends beats so at the start!

The only people I know who do it in real life are friends who are non native English speakers.

I've also noticed politicians starting EVERY sentence with 'Look', which is currently really winding me up. Look, there's really no need for it! 😬

I don’t know why, but when people, especially in customer service, say “at all” at the end of a sentence it really bugs me for a brief millisecond.

“would you like a bag at all?”
”would you like to make a donation at all?”

‘Look’ makes me feel on edge.

“So” is often used at the beginning of a sentence.
I really don’t like that.

Mom is very commonly used, in Ireland.
I’ve always said it, and I’m not a youngster!

We say “like” way too much here, though…

Bit different, but PP mentioned “sans”
On route always makes me laugh when I see it.

Another one that’s totally normal, where I live…
Myself. Yourself. Herself. I know MN hates it.

If we're widening the discussion to other pet peeves, I'll add "No problem".

If I was asking someone to do me a favour and they said, "Sure, no problem," that would be fine.

What bothers me is when, for example, I'm in a cafe, order a coffee and am met with, "No problem." Why on earth would it be a problem? I'm politely asking someone to do something which is an intrinsic part of their job.

I'm glad it's not just me that hates this! More often than not it's used so passive-aggresively on here, the perpetrator comes across as a total arsehole.

It's awful. Almost as bad as "right" which I actually find offensive because it's like saying "you will agree with me....."

Agreed! I’ve noticed this being used more and more. Unnecessary and annoying.

It's irritating.
As it using 'unironically' in sentences for no apparent reason.

Statistically far more likely to be from the West Coast of Scotland, where it has been a thing for at least a couple of hundred years.

But if we strike you as tinkly laugh head tilters, crack on hen! 😂 (Stereotypically the head tilt is of a different kind though)

Round here everyone seems to add 'though' to the end of most sentences, do you know what I mean though?

I can’t stand ‘ if that makes sense?’
Especially after someone has explained the most basic concept.

Me too

cariadlet, pretentious, moi ????

It's just a way for supercilious people to announce themselves.

Nowhere near as annoying as doughnut though no?

There’s a manager at work who adds ‘yeah?’ to the end of every sentence. Drives me nuts and I really have to bite my tongue to not copy him in a sarcastic manner. He is an annoying little knob anyway.

I think words go through trends. There has been a recent tendency towards starting replies with I mean.

The one that I've noticed recently, and which really annoys me, is how people say "AS well", instead of "as well".