What cheeses me off

[Forg]

I'm really struggling to understand how people cannot see where this heading.

No one can tell me how I spend my money, why I spend my money or where I spend my money. It's only my business. There are things I prefer doing that I do not want anyone know I am doing. Gambling, drinking etc.

There's something doing the rounds that explains the difference between using money and using card to pay for everything.

Paying cash the money stays with the person receiving the cash. You go to the barber, the barber goes to the mechanic, the mechanic goes to the grocer, the grocer goes to the butcher, the butcher goes to the pub, the publican goes to the movies etc.

Paying by card the bank takes a percentage of each transaction above. If we started with $50 spend at the barber there is not a left at the end but the bank has taken the majority of that $50 in fees and surcharges from the different people when they spend the money they've received.

It should really be very simple to understand.

Convenience & comfort will just about always win.

or

"I ain't got time for that sheet!"

 

[Pushka]

I hate ‘haitch’ and dont get me started on the use of ‘pacific’ example (when it should be specific).. if I sound like a snob I’m guilty as charged

And what is this 'yous' that seems to be normalised now? I hear someone say that and immediately tune out.

 

[Forg]

And what is this 'yous' that seems to becoming normalised now? I hear someone say that and immediately tune out.

It's annoying when you use a non-word on purpose because it's not a word, and it starts to become normalised!

Fortunately I've not seen youse/yous/youze written non-ironically, I might have had an aneurysm.

 

[Captain Halliday]

And what is this 'yous' that seems to be normalised now? I hear someone say that and immediately tune out.

Very common in North Queensland.

Many years ago, while shopping with Mrs H in Mackay, we were the only customers at the deli counter.

The staff member walked over and said “can I help youse?”

I gave a puzzled look, then immediately turned and looked over my shoulder.

Then the staff member said “what can I get youse?”

I responded with, “I don’t see these sheep you’re talking to.”

She didn’t get it.

To this day she probably still talks about the crazy customer who saw invisible sheep.

 

[Pushka]

Very common in North Queensland.

Many years ago, while shopping with Mrs H in Mackay, we were the only customers at the deli counter.

The staff member walked over and said “can I help youse?”

I gave a puzzled look, then immediately turned and looked over my shoulder.

Then the staff member said “what can I get youse?”

I responded with, “I don’t see these sheep you’re talking to.”

She didn’t get it.

To this day she probably still talks about the crazy customer who saw invisible sheep.

See. I don't even know how to spell it!

 

[MARTINE]

See. I don't even know how to spell it!

YOOZ

 

[MARTINE]

It's annoying when you use a non-word on purpose because it's not a word, and it starts to become normalised!

Fortunately I've not seen youse/yous/youze written non-ironically, I might have had an aneurysm.

YOOZ is a ‘ pacific’ example of what cheeses me off

Heres another - ‘ I went out for lunch..but…had a great chicken parma … but..’

Is ‘but’ meant to enhance the quality of the conversation or signify the end of the sentence like a mid century telegram ie ‘stop’

 

[RooFlyer]

Paying cash the money stays with the person receiving the cash.

Sometimes including, unfortunately, that proportion due to be paid as tax. The more the 'cash economy' functions, the greater the need to pay other forms of payment to government, such as income tax, passport fees, fuel and booze tax & excise ....

There is a big dockside festival in Hobart each end of year; dozens and dozens of the usual little stalls selling all sorts of food & bev. 'Taste of Summer' (now); used to be run by the Hobart City Council, who got a % of the take. About 10 years ago, the CBA convinced them to make the thing cashless, and use the CBA 'Albert' EFTPOS machines for all transactions so the Coumcil could get a more accurate count of what was due to them.

Funnily enough that year about 1/4 (from memory) of the 'usual' stalls didn't participate and the machines kept 'going down' with some others . Albert got the boot.

 

[Cossie]

See. I don't even know how to spell it!

Should that be geez, I don't even know how to spell it?

 

[Forg]

Heres another - ‘ I went out for lunch..but…had a great chicken parma … but..’

Is ‘but’ meant to enhance the quality of the conversation or signify the end of the sentence like a mid century telegram ie ‘stop’

Note that you're phonetically spelling what they're saying ... this could be the cause of confusion!

In the first instance the speaker is insulting the listener, essentially calling them an cough.
"I went out for lunch, butt".
Common usage of butt to mean cough is an American thing, but it's not as incorrect as using cough to mean cough. So it's correct, they're being rude but.

The second instance they ate the cough end out of the chicken parma. Not the whole thing, just the back of it. Same slightly-Americanised use of butt for cough.

At least they didn't call it a parmi, you would've needed to reach into your backpack or handbag or jacked-pocket for the folding baseball-bat (don't we all carry one) and extended it to full length & corrected them repeatedly with the bat.

 

[Yearlylonghaul]

I have never heard the term "wife beater" in relation to a singlet until this forum discussion. Have lived my entire 70 years in rural regional Australia. The only slang I heard a singlet called is "Jackie Howe" or a "Bonds".
Other things that cheese me off;
Yeh nah - I cant work out whether the person means Yes or No leaving me very confused.
"eh" at the end of every sentence - are you asking me my thoughts?

 

[serfty]

Yeh nah - I cant work out whether the person means Yes or No leaving me very confused.
"eh" at the end of every sentence - are you asking me my thoughts?

That annoys me somewhat as well.

I have taken it to mean:

Yeah, [I understand the question]

... then, thinking .... and then

[The answer is] nah

That generally works for me.

 

[Pushka]

I have never heard the term "wife beater" in relation to a singlet until this forum discussion. Have lived my entire 70 years in rural regional Australia. The only slang I heard a singlet called is "Jackie Howe" or a "Bonds".
Other things that cheese me off;
Yeh nah - I cant work out whether the person means Yes or No leaving me very confused.
"eh" at the end of every sentence - are you asking me my thoughts?

Blame sports people for the Yeah Nah thing. Almost every media interview.

 

[Guvner]

People who begin answering questions with "I mean...".

 

[Forg]

I like "yeah, nah" ... I think it's pretty clear as per @serfty's poast, and saves on a lot of words while also being a little informal so as not to invoke as much ire as screaming NOO! while smacking someone over the nose with a rolled-up newspaper (which is obviously the only alternative).

People who begin answering questions with "I mean...".

But that's just another version of "um".

 

[serfty]

Blame sports people for the Yeah Nah thing. Almost every media interview.

It is often to do with the "Public Interaction [or similar]" training courses they are generally asked to undertake.

This is basically, "think before you speak and make sure your answer does not risk offening anyone (such as the team, sponsors, minority groups, etc.)".

 

[Vic]

I'm really struggling to understand how people cannot see where this heading.

No one can tell me how I spend my money, why I spend my money or where I spend my money. It's only my business. There are things I prefer doing that I do not want anyone know I am doing. Gambling, drinking etc.

There's something doing the rounds that explains the difference between using money and using card to pay for everything.

Paying cash the money stays with the person receiving the cash. You go to the barber, the barber goes to the mechanic, the mechanic goes to the grocer, the grocer goes to the butcher, the butcher goes to the pub, the publican goes to the movies etc.

Paying by card the bank takes a percentage of each transaction above. If we started with $50 spend at the barber there is not a left at the end but the bank has taken the majority of that $50 in fees and surcharges from the different people when they spend the money they've received.

It should really be very simple to understand.

Equally, you cannot tell other people how to accept payment for their goods and services. That's only their business.
using cards for payments is the end of the process. This started when ALL our bank accounts became 1s and 0s in a computer, without a physical record.

That thing doing the rounds is illogical. Any business that is going to survive will mark up their price to include the payment fee or add a card surcharge. It also completely ignores the cost of accepting cash, which includes bank fees, or risk of theft and staff time.

And what is this 'yous' that seems to be normalised now? I hear someone say that and immediately tune out.

isn't it ewes? personally I try to use 'ya' or 'yas'. as in 'See Yas later'

YOOZ is a ‘ pacific’ example of what cheeses me off

Heres another - ‘ I went out for lunch..but…had a great chicken parma … but..’

Is ‘but’ meant to enhance the quality of the conversation or signify the end of the sentence like a mid century telegram ie ‘stop’

I only recall that usage as a misplaced "but" used as a contraindication of the preceeding statement. Filling in your example it might be:
'went out for lunch to the pub but it was pretty seedy, had a great chicken parma but'
Just an example of the tortured way Australians construct sentences in casual speech.

BTW it's a chicken parmy...

That annoys me somewhat as well.

I have taken it to mean:

... then, thinking .... and then

That generally works for me.

Damn the quote didn't quote your quotes...
But this is exactly how I take the meaning of Yeah nah or Nah yeah.

An alternative:
Yeah [that's right Jimmy's birthday party is this saturday], Nah [I'm not going, I hate jimmy but]

All about minimising word usage and shortening names...

Sports people: Yeah [I see what you're saying] Nah [ i don't agree that my sponsors shoes are hideously overpriced]

 

[p--and--t]

I used to scream at the TV every time that KFC advert came on with "goodification".

To relieve my stress at that and some of the appalling statements and misuse of the language by reporters and commentators, I don't turn the TV on any more. No idea if that advert still plays. Life is so much calmer

 

[TheRealTMA]

I used to scream at the TV every time that KFC advert came on with "goodification".

To relieve my stress at that and some of the appalling statements and misuse of the language by reporters and commentators, I don't turn the TV on any more. No idea if that advert still plays. Life is so much calmer

KFC comes with “autocondimentation” you know, saving you from the terror of “selfcondimentation”.

 

[Pushka]

Any app that will only work if you update immediately and always seems to need updating when it's a critical date. MYOB and ANZ I'm looking at you.