One more thing. Been thinking about this recently: the stuff I say on a regular basis. I think it gives a pretty good scope of your personality when you first meet someone. So what do you guys say alot? Doesn't have to be catchphrases, but things you say that are associated with you, and might earn you a weird look once in a while.
My top five:
5. 'Sweet' - in the style of Marcus from Gears of War. Y'know, when he picks something up? I like to make my voice sound all grumbly like his... which often makes people double-take 'cause... I'm a girl.
4. 'Babe' - but only when I'm angry, e.g. 'Do you wanna get that stuff outta my way, babe?' People who know me well will recognise this word as a sign that my temper is about to snap.
3. 'Shit son!' - I believe this is only heard in England. For those who don't know, it's a surprised exclamation used by chavs and um... me. Apparantly. I think it's funny.
2. 'You furry little bastard!' - I work with animals. They bite and scratch and run away. Nuff said. (I still love them though)
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EDIT: added two more -
'Cool beans' - got this from a girl way back when I was at school. Just a weird way of saying 'cool'.
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'You snooze you lose' - not very original, I know, but I use it all the time.
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Things I'd like to incoporate into my daily conversations: 'The cake is a lie!' and 'Do a barrel roll!' Except the people I work with aren't gamers so will just think I'm totally crazy. But srsly, the next time someone asks me how to something, it's gonna take every ounce of will power not to shout 'DO A BARREL ROLL, FOX!!!'
Things I hate in converdations: people calling me 'sweetie', 'sweetheart' and 'honey'. People saying 'fml'.
There you go! Yep, I'm a grumpy old bastard, trololol







mmmm my top 5 would be:
-"Nice" I use it a lot heh especially instead of saying "that's cool"
-"I knew that" I was just testing you, I really knew the answer- honestly!
-"Sounds good" when making plans or agreeing to something
-"really?" because i can be gullible a lot of the times
-"no me gusta mucho" i love languages, so throwing in any foreign word is a "me" thing and sometimes really annoys people, which can be half the fun heh
I have a tendency to say "You're pretty" when someone walks into a room. Or when I'm first introduced to someone.
....I also swear a lot.
I think the 'you're pretty' is an American thing. Going by the American shows I've watched, Americans tend to throw compliments at strangers waaaayyy more than Europeans (or at least, the British) do. It would be considered very strange to tell someone that they're pretty here, especially if you don't know them!
I swear a lot too. I've never seen anything wrong with it. Words are just words, it's only the intent behind them that make them offensive. But describing something as 'shit' for instance, isn't offensive to me because it's just another adjective. Meh. I like it anyways ;-P
I wouldn't say that's true. When I do that, people tend to give me weird looks or just look confused. Most people I've encountered don't take that as a normal thing to do.