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I have tried to read up on this but still do not understand it. In the English of my country it is most often used in a positive sense of cakes and other baked confectioneries. The extreme aversion to the word I find bewildering. Perhaps I am better off this way.
But, Latysh, are there not in your native language or languages words that irritate you and others when used in a conversation? Not particularly urban or youngster's slang , but just fashionable words that are overused? There is in French a word that irritates me. In conversations, they very often say: -'génial' for any little thing or idea they think funny, good or pleasant. It baffles me. I never dared make a comment on it, because it does not seem to irritate them one bit.
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Here's my top ten most annoying words in English: 1. the 2. of 3. to 4. and 5. a 6. in 7. is 8. it 9. you 10. that The whole list. But seriously folks, I really cannot even begin to comprehend why people are annoyed with words. It's like saying that sand annoys you. I can see being annoyed with the people who use the words.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Same as. I get a bit peeved by misuse sometimes, not often, but more by annoying usage. Like Uncle Z says, don't blame the gun.
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But, Latishya, are there not in your native language or languages words that irritate you and others when used in a conversation? Not particularly urban or youngster's slang , but just fashionable words that are overused?
There is in French a word that irritates me. In conversations, they very often say: -'génial' for any little thing or idea they think funny, good or pleasant. It baffles me. I never dared make a comment on it, because it does not seem to irritate them one bit. It is a question of degree. There are words whose sound I dislike but from what I read about moist it seems to generate an unusual aversion a real loathing or revulsion not merely a "oh that's an ugly word" sort of reaction.
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Here's my top ten most annoying words in English: 1. the 2. of 3. to 4. and 5 6. in 7. is 8. it 9. you10. that The whole list.But seriously folks, I really cannot even begin to comprehend why people are annoyed with words. It's like saying that sand annoys you. I can see being annoyed with the people who use the words.  -- That really made me laugh. Excuberantly! Annoyed with the people only the for second they use THE word. Toppie. GRRRrrr..... Sorry Latishya, I always struggle with both with the lenght of your name and always must take an extra look for what to put first, y or i. It doesn't annoy me, but....
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[quote=zmjezhd]Here's my top ten most annoying words in English:
Sorry Latishya, I always struggle with both with the lenght of your name and always must take an extra look for what to put first, y or i. It doesn't annoy me, but....
it was not primarily for you Branshea. I know you tried and did not intentionally chop my name to one ugly syllable.
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Why is one syllable ugly?
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Why is one syllable ugly?Could be because of the meaning of लत (i.e., lat) meaning in Hindi (see especially entry 3 at link).
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Good heavens, it sure is easy to cause offense even within one's own culture, isn't it? Let alone cross-culturally. There was an Irishman here a while back who posted that some particular slang term for an Irish person was highly offensive. I remember being surprised reading that, because to me all the nicknames gave the same emotional response (pretty much none). I can't even remember for sure which one he said it was.
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Interesting page;gee,how do you find them! There is one lat that's not that bad:
लत lat, = S لتا लता latā, s.f. A creeper; a vine; hanging branch of a creeper; a branch; a tendril; a thread;—the musk-creeper (said to grow in the Dakkhan, and to be used medicinally);—the plant commonly called priyaṅgu; the gramineous plant priyaṅgu; the gramineous plant Trigonella corniculata, related to the Trigonella_foenum-graecum, which we know as fenugreek or fenegriek. The seeds are used in cooking and are said to be beneficial.
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