Being upset by words people use?

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grammatical problems to not bother me if they are slight.

most people say "had of" instead of "had have" (which is correct), and there are many more examples of simple errors, but my mind always subconsciously overlooks those types of grammatical errors.

i look at what i understand about a person, and i kind of "write them into my scenario" if i like them. i can not go to them, but i can invite them to come to me.

my friend says that that is a horribly narcissistic attitude, but i think he is paranoid, so i dismiss his appraisal. he is angry about that, but i am getting too tired to care about anything (especially including his retort).

For me, I have serious issues with "OK" lol.

Now don't get me wrong, if I get a reply of "Ok, that sounds good" or an occasional "OK" as the sole answer, I twitch slightly but its not a big deal.

But when holding a conversation, especially in a text only conversation, and get more than one "OK" answer in a row, it makes me want to explode, and gets me angry. Even worse, when there is a Yes/No response warranted, and "OK" is what I get lol.

This really tripped me out, and I couldn't figure out for a long time why it caused such frustration/anger on my part, until I realized that I'm craving information, that is the reason for holding the conversation, and it feels like I'm being starved of the information I need to function.

My poor wife in particular, she has pain in her hands semi-regularly, and when typing it often times becomes easiest for her to use the easily typed "OK" rather than something else longer (but containing more information). I try so hard to let it roll off, and she knows that it irritates me, and tries normally not to use it too often, but man its tough sometimes. At least we've worked out that when I start getting frustrated b/c of this, I kid around usually asking if she's from OK-lahoma, and she usually gets the hint that i'm getting frustrated, and we both get a chuckle and it diffuses things usually pretty well.

Seriously though it trips me out how much it bothers me, and I feel rather childish at times having such issues with it, but its just one of my many quirks I guess heh, just trying to get better at handling the situations as they arise instead of blowing my top.

The word ew is really upsetting to me... countless woman say that word under their breath when they look at or walk by me... most of it is because of the staring issue I have, which 97 percent of the time I look away in less than a second, I live in NYC so its really crowded in Manhattan, a real pain for a aspie like myself.

Also the phase "he stinks" as I really have lousy hygiene despite the fact that I bathe daily, I think its because I have that condition that causes me to sweat more than a normal person, its very upsetting and frustrating.

i hate whatever and who cares cause i always care and it's pretty important to me.

Sentient, it really tics me off when people use it instead of the word sapient, as using it that ways implies that animals have no feelings, when they do.

I also hate "ret*d" when it's being used to describe a person, but I'm fine with it when its used to describe something that isn't and was never alive.

And "no one cares". I care, I'll listen to whatever you have to say, even if no one else cares.

Hearing certain words, especially shortened forms of words... make my skin crawl and make me feel physically nauseous. Will it really kill someone to add more more syllable to "delicious"? And where did this trend to refer to Democrats as "Dems"? If it will kill you to say two more syllables, maybe you shouldn't be running?

I try not to have as many knee-jerk reactions anymore...for a while, "my bad" used to get me, also "thanks much". I try to just look at the meaning being conveyed more than the surface elements, but...yeah, the language people use can be annoying.

I do.


And none of them are in English.

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It gets on my nerves when people keep using a word incorrectly, even after being told what it means.

I suppose this is annoying to me here in the UK but I have to fight myself to correct their ignorance or swear at the TV each time it is used; Train station... it's an [expletive deleted] RAILWAY station which is why some carry the sign "Railway Station" on them.

ARRRGH

That’s in the U.K. “Train station” is not incorrect; it’s colloquial.

In the US, it would be called a railroad station or a train station—or maybe a depot.

When people think "inflammable" means something does not burn and then changes all the safety signs because they feel illiterate people can read in the first place!

Semantics is funny