Why do so may Irish people begin sentences with ...

bobbyss

'Look ... ' and 'Listen ...'

I find this very patronising. As if the person being spoken to is not listening or paying attention.

Chief culprits? Mainly sports people as it happens. Roy Keane. Aiden O''Brien. And every second GAA player that you hear .

Sweetemotion

Click bait threads are a whole lot worse.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Why do so many boardsies start threads with clickbait titles?

brianomc

Look....at the end of the day........it is what it is........you know that way

bobbyss

Sweetemotion wrote:

Click bait threads are a whole lot worse.

To be perfectly honest with you it is only now that I know what clickbait means. I did that because I thought that the thread title wouldn't fit in. That's how little I know. I will try and change that if I am able. Apologies for that as it annoys me too!

Sam Kade

bobbyss wrote: »

To be perfectly honest with you it is only now that I know what clickbait means. I did that because I thought that the thread title wouldn't fit in. That's how little I know. I will try and change that if I am able. Apologies for that as it annoys me too!

Listen, it will be grand.

dok_golf

Why do so many start sentences with "so.............."

blackbox

"Listen" - from Irish "Eistigí"

Colloquial.

.

bobbyss

Tried to change it but on my phone in edit it only let's me change the post not the title. Maybe on a computer it may allow me. Fkcu. I am more annoyed at that than people beginning sentences with Look and Listen.

feargale

If "look" and "listen" bother OP there must be alot more. The only solution I can think of is to get it all translated to another language

degsie

Look-it, it'll be grand, right?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Well....

Benjamin Buttons

The first sportspeople I heard starting sentences with 'Look', when being interviewed, were Australian cricketers. That was at least ten years ago, so how that particular locution travelled from Tasmania to Thurles is anyone's guess.
Ozmosis perhaps!

Sleeper12

According to The retired mountjoy governor lonergan most inmates say 'are you listening' all the time

bobbyss

feargale wrote:

If "look" and "listen" bother OP there must be alot more. The only solution I can think of is to get it all translated to another language

It's not the actual words but the mentality behind it, ie I am a voice of authority so really focus on what I am saying because it's really more important than what you have to say. Am disappointed Aiden O' Brien used 'Listen' a lot as he really is someone I admire.

It's strange but I don't hear British people use this so readily.

mezzz

d'ya know that kinda way

Arsemageddon

bobbyss wrote: »

Tried to change it but on my phone in edit it only let's me change the post not the title. Maybe on a computer it may allow me. Fkcu. I am more annoyed at that than people beginning sentences with Look and Listen.

Look, we are where we are now. However, going forward you can remedy the thread title problem by thinking outside the box.

feargale

Arsemageddon wrote: »

Look, we are where we are now. However, going forward you can remedy the thread title problem by thinking outside the box.

No.Take a quantum leap through a window of opportunity. This thread could initiate a sea change.

Esel

Stop. Look. Listen.

Tzardine

All right stop, Collaborate and listen 
Ice is back with my brand new invention…

bobbyss

Well going forward I must improve my posting skills set. Perhaps some blue cloud thinking is needed.

franglan

I lived abroad for a number of years. Main thing I've noticed since coming back is Irish people (particularly in a business context) starting sentences with "I suppose" wouldn't fill you with confidence would it?! You wouldn't trust a doctor who said "I suppose" you have cancer....

Scorpion Sting

People starting sentences with "Whatchu call it..." does my head in too.

Autosport

I distest people saying "Going forward"

Senna

I'd only someone had of started a sentence with "Look, Listen," maybe poor Jimmy wouldn't have been hit by that bus.

Mrs OBumble

franglan wrote: »

I lived abroad for a number of years. Main thing I've noticed since coming back is Irish people (particularly in a business context) starting sentences with "I suppose" wouldn't fill you with confidence would it?! You wouldn't trust a doctor who said "I suppose" you have cancer....

Post colonial distress disorder. They all have low self esteem due to it, so don't have confidence in their own knowledge opinions.

Your Face

bobbyss wrote: »

'Look ... ' and 'Listen ...'

I find this very patronising. As if the person being spoken to is not listening or paying attention.

So sensitive.

Are Am Eye

It doesn't mean someone is commanding you to listen. It is a non word that is used to set the tone of what follows.

The_Conductor

blackbox wrote: »

"Listen" - from Irish "Eistigí"

Colloquial.

.

Depends on the age group and where they're from- the American 'Yo!' is becomming remarkably popular too.........

The only use I've ever seen of 'Éistigí' was from a teacher- seems to be a perenial favourite with them.........

Another popular one is 'Hoy!- you!' and its variants.........

Or- indeed- there is the good old- give them a thump to get their attention and then tell them what you want to tell them (and hope, if they thump you back, it doesn't hurt too much...........) Mind you- this variant is probably what starts a lot of fights after some alcohol has been consumed.........

Badly Drunk Boy

bobbyss wrote: »

'Look ... ' and 'Listen ...'

I find this very patronising. As if the person being spoken to is not listening or paying attention.

Chief culprits? Mainly sports people as it happens. Roy Keane. Aiden O''Brien. And every second GAA player that you hear .

Why do a lot of people think these (and others) are only Irish traits? And I despise the "Only in Ireland..." brigade. The stuff they describe probably happens the world over, or at least in the western world.

We're not the only ones to do it, though (which backs up my argument). I was watching a programme or film recently where something in particular had happened, and one of the characters said "Only in Oxford!". How's that for specific?

Estrellita

bobbyss wrote: »

'Look ... ' and 'Listen ...'
I find this very patronising. As if the person being spoken to is not listening or paying attention.

It can be patronising I think, its all about the tone in how it's said. Sometimes it's casually thrown in of course. But if that 'look' or 'listen' at the start of the sentence is said in a way that is bordering on belittling, there's no point finishing it. I'd be already trying to think of different ways of killing you.

archer22

I hate it when people say "Listen".....and then Fart!

realdanbreen

bobbyss wrote: »

To be perfectly honest with you it is only now that I know what clickbait means. I did that because I thought that the thread title wouldn't fit in. That's how little I know. I will try and change that if I am able. Apologies for that as it annoys me too!

'To be perfectly honest with you...'

Straight away I know that they are going to lie through their teeth.

the beer revolu

Actually.....

whisky_galore

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Post colonial distress disorder. They all have low self esteem due to it, so don't have confidence in their own knowledge opinions.

Love the way 'post-colonialism' is an explanation for everything, as if the British administration packed up 2 or 3 years ago. It's only been almost a century...

The_Conductor

whisky_galore wrote: »

Love the way 'post-colonialism' is an explanation for everything, as if the British administration packed up 2 or 3 years ago. It's only been almost a century...

Its more an issue in some other countries- where its trotted out pretty much on a daily basis in the media- such as Australia and New Zealand (not to mention the staggering animosity between the pair- which is a whole other story).

franglan

The_Conductor wrote: »

Its more an issue in some other countries- where its trotted out pretty much on a daily basis in the media- such as Australia and New Zealand (not to mention the staggering animosity between the pair- which is a whole other story).

I suppose you are both right....

Hector Bellend

brianomc wrote: »

Look....at the end of the day........it is what it is........you know that way

But having said that, it is what it is, going forward.

jojofizzio

IT is very common to hear Australians start a sentence with "look"...I would think it's more commonplace there than here to be honest

Noveight

"But in fairness"

InTheTrees

Maggie thatcher used both a lot.

Ah sure lookit

buried

You hear it on the TV a lot from people doing interviews on the spot on live TV. Mainly GAA sports people as it happens. But they just want to do the actual sport they are involved in and probably don't enjoy or want to do these interviews afterwards. Maybe they feel uncomfortable by being forced to do this sort of braindead media-noise $hite, just to fill a few more minutes until the next ad break. They know they are being put on the spot doing something that isn't their trade or expertise, they are sporting athlete's not media spokespersons. To say 'many Irish people' begin sentences like this is absolute wollix. Nobody I know in real life starts to speak to me in the genuine, natural real world like that. If some RTE lackey walked up to me in the street for a vox pop, I'd also start off my sentence with "Listen" or "Look it" followed by "F**k the F**k off"

Low Tech Shoes

Do you hear me looking at you?

_Dara_

bobbyss wrote: »

Tried to change it but on my phone in edit it only let's me change the post not the title. Maybe on a computer it may allow me. Fkcu. I am more annoyed at that than people beginning sentences with Look and Listen.

Hit 'Go advanced' and you can change the title there, I think, if you're on the legacy site.

Mrs OBumble

whisky_galore wrote: »

Love the way 'post-colonialism' is an explanation for everything, as if the British administration packed up 2 or 3 years ago. It's only been almost a century...

Is your sarcasm detector broken?

Robsweezie

Low Tech Shoes wrote: »

Do you hear me looking at you?

you'll have to speak up, im wearing a towel

Samaris

Had a job once that required taking notes of what people were saying in lectures. I tended to write as they spoke (in case by shortening as I wrote, I missed out on something important or failed to make a connection explicit), pretty automatically and one thing I found when it came to cleaning it up is the amount of well-spoken people who start EVERY DAMN SENTENCE WITH "So," which I've automatically typed and now need to root out and change any grammar that relied on it being there.