words that make you grit your teeth

[ilima]

I have another one to add. Inspired by an episode of HGTV's House Hunters. Cali woman looking for a home in Hawhy near Whykikee where she truly feels at home.

If you truly feel at home here at least have the courtesy to learn the proper pronunciation of the native language. That upside down backwards apostrophe is a glottal stop--please learn how to use it!

[Aggie_Ama]

I don't mind being called Mrs. Amanda XXX. I don't mind getting things addressed to Mrs. C. XXX. I actually do not like being called Ms. It is Mrs. for me.

I changed my last name but to hold onto my maiden name I got rid of my middle name (hated it anyway) and now my maiden name is legally my middle name. I like it and I like being a Mrs.

My husband and I are team and I feel like having the same last name is a way of being a team. Others do not and that is okay with me. I rarely miss my maiden name, probably just a couple times in 5 years since I ditched it. I still am very proud to be a member of my family and proud of their name.

When people call me Miss Amanda I want to slap them though. That is only for little bitty kids and the sweet old lady (76) who worked for me at Lowe's. We called her Miss Jenny.

[Flur]

I also took my husband's name, but I kept my middle name. My university, however, refuses to accept this and continues to send mail to Keri (maiden name) (last name). How many times do I have to tell them that's not my name?!?!

[ilima]

Along the lines of "Miss Amanda" one of my pet peeves are folks that go by Dr. Firstname, like Dr. Phil.

I find it a strange mix of pseudo-familiarity and also wanting to maintain a position of superiority. One or the other, please: Dr. Lastname OR Firstname only.

[Aggie_Ama]

Along the lines of "Miss Amanda" one of my pet peeves are folks that go by Dr. Firstname, like Dr. Phil.

I find it a strange mix of pseudo-familiarity and also wanting to maintain a position of superiority. One or the other, please: Dr. Lastname OR Firstname only.

My college roommate is a second year resident, I call her Dr. Barb. I do not think she introduces herself to patients that way it is just us.

[Zen]

I always thought Miss (insert first name here) was a southern thing.
I use it with people I know.

[milkbone]

Whatever.

Drives me nuts when it is used during a conversation, or disagreement, especially during a "heated conversation". It conveys such a lack of concern or caring.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Whatever.

Drives me nuts when it is used during a conversation, or disagreement, especially during a "heated conversation". It conveys such a lack of concern or caring.

I remember when my younger daughter (now 27) went through her teenage "whatEVER" stage for a about a year or so. Used to drive me insane but I figured she could be saying worse. She eventually grew out of it and is now a delightful young woman.

[Kimmyt]

Oooh, the last name thing got me.

I hate, absolutely HATE when someone addresses a woman as Mrs. John Hislastname.

Hate it to the point where I will ask the woman in question when she changed her name to John.

I do not understand why, if a woman so chooses to take her husband's name, she then is referred to by his first name. Isn't his last name enough? She can't even keep that bit of her own identity??

[kelownagirl]

Whatever.

Drives me nuts when it is used during a conversation, or disagreement, especially during a "heated conversation". It conveys such a lack of concern or caring.

That's exactly what it's supposed to convey.

I remember bugging my teenaged daughters a few years back that I was going to shorten whatever to 'tev and start a new thing. I kept using it and trying to get them to pick it up. They still laugh about it today and we still say 'tev as a joke.

[Pax]

Whatever.

Drives me nuts when it is used during a conversation, or disagreement, especially during a "heated conversation". It conveys such a lack of concern or caring.

Along that same line, I grit my teeth whenever someone uses "anyway" to resume speaking in conversation. It's dismissing whatever the previous speaker said so you can get on with what you want to say. Very rude.

[Aggie_Ama]

I always thought Miss (insert first name here) was a southern thing.
I use it with people I know.

It probably is souther just like honey, darlin, dear, sweetie are accepted from complete strangers. I think why it bugs me is several of my last supervisors did it and it feels more condescending. Yes they are my bosses but it makes me feel very inferior because they say it like I am a little kid.

I don't hate being called Miss Amanda as much as I hate when people call me Manda, Manders or Mandy. The only thing short for Amanda I ever go by is Ama.

[tc1]

This has cropped up at work, because we historically refer to training days as orientation days. So people will speak of being orientated to something.

Something even worse is a pseudo-technical term, "kicked in". Arrg! What does that mean? Usually referred to something starting. Picked up is a technical term that is OK.

Or, "hike" for any kind of rate or price increase.

Or, the trend of computer speak to use hard-hitting action verbs to refer to something that is really only happening at the software level- fragged, crashed, etc.

Nucular for nuclear makes sense to me, it seems a regional thing -much easier to say. Greezy for greasy drives me round the bend.

I could go on, but I better stop.

[OakLeaf]

When people call me Miss Amanda I want to slap them though.

I had a few older, male clients who called me Miss Susan. I thought it was rather endearing, actually

[Jolt]

I changed my last name but to hold onto my maiden name I got rid of my middle name (hated it anyway) and now my maiden name is legally my middle name. I like it and I like being a Mrs.

My husband and I are team and I feel like having the same last name is a way of being a team. Others do not and that is okay with me. I rarely miss my maiden name, probably just a couple times in 5 years since I ditched it. I still am very proud to be a member of my family and proud of their name.

That's a cool idea--using your maiden name as a middle name. Don't some Hispanic cultures actually use the maiden name as a second middle name? That also makes a lot of sense. Your point about having the same last name being a way to express being a team was well said--that's how I feel about it as well. so when I eventually get married I will have no issue with taking his last name but may keep my maiden name as a middle name to keep that part of my identity at the same time. That would also (hopefully) cause less confusion professionally.