The use of "You know," I find annoying as well as
"OK," and "sorta," (sort of) and "Like."
How many of you have recently eaten at "TGI's
Friday," recently? Being greeted with -
"How are you Guys?" or "You Guys ready to order yet?"
There's that word "Guys," again.

Hi guys,

Personally, I can't stand the word "sheila".

Poirot,
Can you tell me why you do not like the word sheila?

Does it conjure up thoughts of 'common', 'cheap','uncouth' or 'nasty'?

To me it just the female equivilant of bloke.

Lexi, What does TGIs mean?

Interesting question, Banjo....yes, all of the above. And it speaks of a certain lackadaisical Aussieness that somehow irks me.

But I wonder why I see the word "bloke" as more innocuous, and more of an uncomplicated description of an ordinary salt-of-the -earth type man.

(Still, "sheila" is better than "wench" : )

Dear Banjo,

"TGI's" - is a chain of American family restaurants
that have been extremely popular. It stands for
"Thank God It's Friday." And as I stated in my earlier
post the staff there are trained to use the word, "Guys,"
by way of beginning a sentence. Gets a bit annoying
after a while.

Oh yes Lexi, I had an older mechanic, working for me in the 60s. One of those great blokes who would never let a car out of his hands unless it was spot on.

I loved his work, but he finished almost every sentence with "like, you know, like, [pause] you know".