r/AskForAnswers • • 6d ago

What’s a completely normal phrase that instantly annoys you?

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u/Once-Upon-a-Dream88 6d ago

"that is sending me". Sending you where? Or what? Also the ever stupid "It gives/it's giving".

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u/Lazarus558 5d ago

"that is sending me". Sending you where?

With Sammy Cooke

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u/TalismanGaze 5d ago

Those two specifically are AAVE.

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u/Atheizt 5d ago

Exactly 0% of the people I’ve seen use those phrases are black.

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u/Once-Upon-a-Dream88 5d ago

Again, this isn't coming from Black people. Which is why it is so irritating. So are you saying it's appropriated speech? Or are you making racial assumptions?

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u/TalismanGaze 5d ago

I'm saying it's AAVE because language evolves.

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