To your ears, what is the most annoying sound?
Jun 23rd 2011, 12:51 am
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Re: To your ears, what is the most annoying sound?
Listen to the current breed of popular presenters. They've all been schooled in 'Estuary Presenter'. That famous chef Heston something or other is a prime example.
Jun 23rd 2011, 12:54 am
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Re: To your ears, what is the most annoying sound?
Kids, the ones about 4 - 11 that are old enough to know not to whine or SCREAM ( girls usually ) but do it anyway.
Particularly annoying when combined with parents who cant stand own kids, locking them out to play in pool or street from daybreak - 5 am in summer :curse:
Also Badge mentioned accents. I cant stand the aussie accent when on men it turns into Yeah, no, nahh, yeah, no, mate, yeah. Do they not know any other words
And the aussie woman you dont even know who calls you mate or dahl, and litters each sentence with F & C words assuming its OK with you
and why do they talk so LOUD 
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Oh and people on planes who talk so loud they dont seem to understand the person they are speaking to is only 2 inches away.
Particularly annoying when combined with parents who cant stand own kids, locking them out to play in pool or street from daybreak - 5 am in summer :curse:
Also Badge mentioned accents. I cant stand the aussie accent when on men it turns into Yeah, no, nahh, yeah, no, mate, yeah. Do they not know any other words
And the aussie woman you dont even know who calls you mate or dahl, and litters each sentence with F & C words assuming its OK with you
and why do they talk so LOUD . Oh and people on planes who talk so loud they dont seem to understand the person they are speaking to is only 2 inches away.
Jun 23rd 2011, 12:58 am
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Re: To your ears, what is the most annoying sound?
We had a QLDer trainer - he was very loud and even quite rude to the women at times. He would not have got away with it for long if he had stayed around.
The only other QLDer I worked with was a real gent - but he sounded like he had gravel in his mouth.
Maybe it is a QLD thing.
Jun 23rd 2011, 1:49 am
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Re: To your ears, what is the most annoying sound?
Dripping of a tap.
A friend of mine who, when she wants her own way, talks to her husband in a baby voice!!!
People who consistently drop H's and T's or use yous or Satday!
The alarm first thing in the morning.
Crying babies.
A friend of mine who, when she wants her own way, talks to her husband in a baby voice!!!
People who consistently drop H's and T's or use yous or Satday!
The alarm first thing in the morning.
Crying babies.
Jun 23rd 2011, 1:57 am
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Re: To your ears, what is the most annoying sound?
It doesn't suprise me that whining kids are the most irritating sound: we are genetically programmed to take notice of infants and children, no matter how we would like to ignore them, as in ancient times, the survival of the species depended on protecting the infants so that they could grow up and reproduce.
Hmmm...I've only worked with 2 QLDers who were down from QLD - any others have not let on or were 'normal'.
We had a QLDer trainer - he was very loud and even quite rude to the women at times. He would not have got away with it for long if he had stayed around.
The only other QLDer I worked with was a real gent - but he sounded like he had gravel in his mouth.
Maybe it is a QLD thing.
We had a QLDer trainer - he was very loud and even quite rude to the women at times. He would not have got away with it for long if he had stayed around.
The only other QLDer I worked with was a real gent - but he sounded like he had gravel in his mouth.
Maybe it is a QLD thing.
Annoying Sounds?
1) My old boss, hence the reason I left
2) Nickelback and any of those American singers that sound like they are constipated
3) Anyone on The Amazing Race (double points for a Yank)
4) The Voice Inside My Head
Jun 23rd 2011, 1:58 am
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Re: To your ears, what is the most annoying sound?
But it's very common. Even the politicians struggle to elevate themselves from monosyllabic Australian idioms.
Far North Queensland women can be pretty loud and some of the the guys in the Far North (locals) just exude latent aggression and a committed desire to not waste words - I don't understand the social nuances enough to wonder if loud simple language equates to a lower socio-economic class. The prevalence of 'like' in every other sentence irritates me too. 'And I was like, 'nah', and he was like 'wow'....(although that's the younger age group)
Don't mean to sound snooty I'm sure they find me overly circumlocutious and can't understand a word I say.
Oh and the most irritating sound in the world - screaming babies and kids that repeat everything whining, 'daddy can I have an icecream?' x15
Jun 23rd 2011, 2:00 am
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Re: To your ears, what is the most annoying sound?
Eschew obfuscation!
Jun 23rd 2011, 2:11 am
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Re: To your ears, what is the most annoying sound?
Absolutely - the height of eloquence!!!
But it's very common. Even the politicians struggle to elevate themselves from monosyllabic Australian idioms.
Far North Queensland women can be pretty loud and some of the the guys in the Far North (locals) just exude latent aggression and a committed desire to not waste words - I don't understand the social nuances enough to wonder if loud simple language equates to a lower socio-economic class. The prevalence of 'like' in every other sentence irritates me too. 'And I was like, 'nah', and he was like 'wow'....(although that's the younger age group)
Don't mean to sound snooty I'm sure they find me overly circumlocutious and can't understand a word I say.
Oh and the most irritating sound in the world - screaming babies and kids that repeat everything whining, 'daddy can I have an icecream?' x15
But it's very common. Even the politicians struggle to elevate themselves from monosyllabic Australian idioms.
Far North Queensland women can be pretty loud and some of the the guys in the Far North (locals) just exude latent aggression and a committed desire to not waste words - I don't understand the social nuances enough to wonder if loud simple language equates to a lower socio-economic class. The prevalence of 'like' in every other sentence irritates me too. 'And I was like, 'nah', and he was like 'wow'....(although that's the younger age group)
Don't mean to sound snooty I'm sure they find me overly circumlocutious and can't understand a word I say.
Oh and the most irritating sound in the world - screaming babies and kids that repeat everything whining, 'daddy can I have an icecream?' x15
A whole nother can of worms
Jun 23rd 2011, 2:16 am
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Re: To your ears, what is the most annoying sound?
However, it is very much an Oz thing; almost ingrained culturally - it's a rejection of the prim and proper vocabulary and formalities of Mother England I think. At first I found it endearing.....
Jun 23rd 2011, 2:24 am
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Re: To your ears, what is the most annoying sound?
Any time a dentist's drill is on the TV or radio I have to switch off/over.
The South African accent; like getting punched in the ears.
The South African accent; like getting punched in the ears.
Jun 23rd 2011, 2:44 am
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Re: To your ears, what is the most annoying sound?
Next doors dog at 11pm barking constantly while they sit in the house doing what they do then let the bugger in half hour later.
Jun 23rd 2011, 2:56 am
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Re: To your ears, what is the most annoying sound?
The sound of my wife, at 3am, telling me to stop snoring..........
Jun 23rd 2011, 3:34 am
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Re: To your ears, what is the most annoying sound?
It doesn't suprise me that whining kids are the most irritating sound: we are genetically programmed to take notice of infants and children, no matter how we would like to ignore them, as in ancient times, the survival of the species depended on protecting the infants so that they could grow up and reproduce.
I'm a terrible mother.
Jun 23rd 2011, 3:53 am
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Re: To your ears, what is the most annoying sound?
Screaming kids in supermarkets. Seriously it's not rose tints but mine did not do this. The second one would start, I'd dump the shopping and go home. They very soon learnt that no food, no entertainment and stroppy bitch mother just wasn't worth it.
Nails down blackboards.
Tapping on counters.
Sniffing or pathetic coughing - habit not illness. Shut the F up.
Nigella Lawson's voice.
Nails down blackboards.
Tapping on counters.
Sniffing or pathetic coughing - habit not illness. Shut the F up.
Nigella Lawson's voice.
Jun 23rd 2011, 5:17 am
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Re: To your ears, what is the most annoying sound?
Could you use less and smaller words in your post darlin'