VerbalTic
#135981
This tropette, being a total Motor Mouth has a tendancy to repeat my sentance starter/ender 3-5 times and stutter. She also "kyaa"s when fangirlish. When she's upset, she says "ngr." Also, she has tourette's-level use of "dumbass" "fuck" and "baka." Also, she uses "hn" instead of "hm." And she uses Japanese honorifics almost constantly. And she says "mir" (pronounced like "myhhr") every few sentances. #QUOTE# ''Exhibit A - Irritation'' #QUOTE# Person: She's such a freak, she-...! #QUOTE# Me: *looks* Hn? #QUOTE# ''Exhibit A.B - Irritation'' #QUOTE# Person: But it doesn't work like that. #QUOTE# Me: Ngrrrrrrr! #QUOTE# ''Exhibit B - Anger'' #QUOTE# Person: He killed your goldfish. #QUOTE# Me: MIR!!! Th-tha-that f-fuckin dumbass, I'm gonna fuckin' kill 'im the g-g-g-goddamn motherf-fuckin' ba-ba-baka! #QUOTE# ''Exhibit C - Fangirl'' #QUOTE# Person: ...and last night on True Blood, Eric-... #QUOTE# Me: KYAA!!! #QUOTE# ''Exhibit D - Names'' #QUOTE# Me: (Parodying The Wizard of Oz) ...A-and there was-was-was Okaa-san a-and Jerm-chan, and Marquee-chan and E-Eri-chan and Nii-san and Lar-ark-tan and I could've sworn I saw Slendy-sama!
#135982
This troper says "ya' know?" in his sentences frequently ya' know?
#135983
This Troper's classmate starts almost every sentence by saying 'I'll tell you something' ( originally 'Coś wam powiem')
#135984
This troper sometimes ends sentences with "...and shit." Alcohol increases the frequency of this tic.
#135985
My math teacher has a strange habit of placing the accent on the wrong syllabe, all the time. It's worse when he is angry.
#135986
This Troper has a friend who, when explaining something, starts off with "the gist of it is..." This Troper herself has a verbal tic in the form of odd "nya" or "nyu" sound-effects whenever she is frustrated, scared, trying to get someone's attention or when exciting. As with most tropes people's opinion's differ on whether its sweet, plain annoying or rather confusing to hear a stoic come out with such things.
#135987
For this troper, it's an apology, whether the sentence deserved one or not. "___________, sorry.". Some find it cute, others...not so much. #QUOTE#I never apologize. I'm sorry, that's just the way I am.
#135988
This editor had a professor that ended nearly every sentence with "isn't it?" Given this, and the accent, the editor is convinced that he was a native French speaker, as "N'est-ce pas?", which translates to "isn't it?" is the French equivalent of "You know?" or "Got it?"
#135989
This troper's high school history teacher seemingly couldn't help but sparkle in a few "donc" (French for "thus") between his words.
#135990
This troper once had a native Columbian teacher who kept saying what sounded like "Fok" all the time. We thought it meant something at first, but she seemed to just say it at random.
#135991
This troper had a U.S. teacher who ended every third sentence or so with "...and stuff and everything."
#135992
This Finnish Troper used to be a horrible stutterer, but instead of repeating parts of the words he was speaking, he'd add "öö" and "ää" (vowels that are commonly used to buy time for hesitancy, like the English "er" and "um") in the middle, earning himself much mocking back in elementary school.
#135993
This troper scatters the phrase "y'know" through her sentences liberally enough that her mother once yelled at her for it. (I think she was, y'know, stressed out about something else)
#135994
This troper's wife gets onto him for doing it, and she does it often. He once had someone ask him why he said, "Yo," in the middle of sentences so often, which confused him, until the friend pointed it out right as it happened. It was only then that this troper realized that he was saying it REALLY damn fast, to the point of being unintelligible.
#135995
For me, this is common...''ish''.
#135996
And for me..."honestly" and "the thing is" shows up far to often. Thankfully, they're relatively common in conversation, but the thing is that it can get on people's nerves, and occasionally on my own, honestly.
#135997
Yeah, this troper does this a lot too. Ending sentences with "though" is another big one, though. (She also knows a couple of people who end most of their sentences with "lol" in IM conversations, and she herself, as well as several other friends, puts an emoticon -- most often :P -- at the end of a message often enough for it to qualify for this trope as well.)
#135998
More recently, this troper has noticed that this isn't limited to "Yeah" -- she quite often sticks some similar word, like "Well," or "See," or "However," occasionally "Dude," in that same position, particularly "Essentially," or "Basically," before a rephrased, condensed version of whatever she just said, and "Actually," or "Although..." if she wants to correct herself. Essentially, it's like everything I ever say is part of a continuous stream, rather than self-contained chunks.
#135999
This troper's Chinese teacher says the word "Ah," at the end of almost every sentence...although most people say it's a cultural thing.
#136000
I do that too, but I'm not Chinese. Granted, I'm Asian (Thai) but I can't help croaking out an Ah at the end of nearly every sentence.
#136001
If this troper can't think of an immediate response to a remark, she will reflexively shoot off "your mom" as a retort. More recently, she has added "hurm" and "dood" to her vocabulary. And she's never ''played'' {{Disgaea}}.
#136002
One of this troper's friend is Spanish, but learning both French and English and sometimes says "Oui" instead of "Yes". Another one says "Seriously" whilst laughing, trying to explain a funny story, and You wierdo" when she catches someone doing something silly. This troper says "Wha-a-a?" after someone speaks to her whilst she's distracted, or drawing out people's names when she's unhappy about something.
#136003
This troper knows a girl who adds "yo" to the end of every other sentence. It gives her the overall effect of sounding a lot like Irwin.
#136004
This troper tends to repeat the first bit of a sentence, especially when overconfident. For example, "What did you- what did you say about me?".
#136005
This troper's father ends all requests with "...will ya?", which he claims is a Minnesotan tic. The troper, meanwhile, is sick of it.
#136006
This Minnesotan troper says that "will ya?" is simply a general Scandinavian thing, one which I don't share. "You bet," on the other hand...
#136007
This troper is Pennsylvania Dutch. She lives in a part of Pennsylvania that was heavily settled by German people (Deutsch), and as a result, the English spoken by natives is frequently what's called Dutchified. Basically, Dutchified English contains phrases that are worded in the exact same order that they would be if spoken in German. It's common for people to say things like "The coffee's all" (as in, all gone), "Outen the lights," and Troper's Mother's personal favorite, "Throw me down the stairs my keys." The troper had no idea any of this was particularly unusual until she went away to college...
#136008
{{Midna}} tends to add "nya" to the end of his sentences when happy or as a pseudo-honorific for fictional girls he finds to be cute (for example, Osaka-nya and Midna-nya), nya. He also has a propensity for adding "I think" or "maybe" onto the ends of his sentences, maybe.
#136009
This troper's family is full of verbal tics. We always make fun of my father because he seriously uses the word "seriously" in just about every sentence. As for me, my students have a field day with my tics, such as how I use "though", "however", and "I'm not going to lie" all the time. Their favorite though is "hm?" I'll catch them mocking me when I do it.
#136010
This troper's mother says "you know" CONSTANTLY, about every three or four words, especially when she's going on one of her ten- or fifteen-minute rambles about nothing in particular.
#136011
This troper has somehow acquired the habit of saying "tic-tic-tic" when pausing for thought in the middle of a sentence. Why he has bothered to do so, based on a memory of a comic book character that he has neither read nor heard of for over twenty years (Bug, from the Micronauts) is utterly beyond him. His fiancee has asked him to cut it out.
#136012
This troper has quite a few (from the Canadian "eh" to the typical-teenage-girl "like" to various phrases), and only really notices them when she's explaining something or telling a story through type. It's a habit she needs to fix if she wants to get anywhere in writing.
#136013
She's also recently noticed that she tends to end her random Japanese sentences with 'zo' if it makes sense.
#136014
This mid-western troper also has quite a few, I say "quite" and "like" a lot. I also end my sentences with "-ish" and the Canadian "eh", and when thinking I say "et" as in "and" in French, then again I also have the habit of talking to myself (and random people) in French and German. When speaking French I almost always add "vraiment" (really) before an adjective.
#136015
This troper is Canadian. She also says "eh". A lot. Anyone else?
#136016
This troper, too. It's fun to say, eh?
#136017
I know, ''eh''!?
#136018
I use it as a modifier for my sentences. It makes them into a question if I intended it to be but didn't phrase it right.
#136019
Funnily enough, English speakers in South Africa do something similar - just replace "eh?" with "hey?".
#136020
This Texan troper has Tourette's. One of my vocal tics is just saying "eh" or something similar.
#136021
This troper had to force himself to not say "like" and "um" when speaking because it annoyed everyone he talked to.
#136022
KrazehPenguin's friends once started counted how many times he said "um" and "like."
#136023
This troper's German teacher said "Ssh!!" more than twice a minute. Even when it was silent.
#136024
This troper freuently uses "Hmmm..." when pausing to think for a minute (which can often lead to Cloudcuckerlander-type thoughts....), and is trying to train himself to use "Oro" ala Rurouni Kenshin.
#136025
This troper's been doing that for years.
#136026
This troper's driving instructor tends to drop 'know what I mean?' into sentences frequently.
#136027
The teacher that ran the advanced math class in this troper's highschool had the tendacy to end sentences by saying "eh" a few times while making a gesture with his hand. This became a frequent subject of parody by this troper and his classmates, especially by one guy who was close friends with the teacher's daughter (who was on the same class) and knew it would annoy her.
#136028
This troper apparently has a habit of ending a lot of sentences with 'okay'. I say apparently because I was completely unaware of it until my family started telling me to stop doing it.
#136029
I seem to have recently acquired another tic in the form of starting sentences with 'trust me'.
#136030
"It's all...like...shiny-shiny like and such." That ''adjective''-''adjective'' "like and such" seems to show up with unfortunate frequency, and always ends in odd looks at a minimum. Other generic qualifiers frequently used go along the lines of "sorta," "kinda," "maybe," and "definitely possible." One gets the feeling that decisiveness may not be a strong suit of this troper.
#136031
This troper has a probably grating habit of punctuating long, rambling tirades with "''Anyway''," or "The ''point'' is," after which she proceeds to completely bypass the point and get back to ranting.
#136032
This troper has a habit of beginning far too many sentences with "Now..."
#136033
This troper ends a lot of her sentences with "ya". No, her name is not Wakka.
#136034
This troper ends nearly each and every sentence with the word 'Yeah?', apparently the equivalent of "You got it?" or "You're listening, right? Evidently it really gets on people's nerves, though her attempts to cut down on it are... rather futile.
#136035
This troper uses 'yeah?' a lot too! She sometimes alternates it with 'ne?', which is basically the Japanese version, yeah?
#136036
This Troper has a friend who ends ''every'' set of things he lists with "... and such." This occasionally spreads to single items as well.
#136037
This troper does it as well. It's kind of fun, and a bit of a habit, and such.
#136038
When RadioactiveZombie was little, he used to stammer with Porky Pig's accent, and had D'oh at the end of everything. Now, it's calling his skinny-ass brother "fat" and saying "RIGHT, SUSAN?" with a Filipino accent.
#136039
Qualifying adverbs. "Really," "very," "quite," "hideously," "terminally," "phenomenally"...
#136040
This troper once met someone ended every sentence with "mmmkay" just like Mr. Mackey in ''SouthPark''. And he really didn't seem the type to be imitating the show.
#136041
This troper has the odd habit of ending his sentences with "ne?", something he picked up from watching way too much subtitled anime. Aside from that, he also starts almost all of his requests with "Just asking", "Just a suggestion". And adding "Kyaa!" and "Nyappy!" to the ends of his sentences when excited. And ending everything he's confirming with an "aye" ("That's what I said, aye", "It's right there, aye"). Yes, he still gets weird looks about all of these. Oh, yeah-- and he says "y'know". A LOT. As in, it took him ... pretty much his entire life to realize he DID IT-- he only noticed it once he had points docked for it during a debate at a speech-debate meet. As in, "over 30 times in the space of a 4-minute speech" a lot.
#136042
This troper tops the lot of you - when he and his friend hang out, they both add "-isticuffs, eh?" onto the end of random words. For example, "Pantsicuffs, eh?", or "Slappicuffs, eh?".
#136043
Master TMO only has one verbal tic, that of often starting sentences with "So..." or "But...". Occasionally, there is nothing more to the sentence than that.
#136044
This Troper, satreport, has "seeing as", "no?" and "satreport". (sad-to-report) Seeing as I'm usually the bearer of bad news, it's only convenient to shorten that last phrase. no?
#136045
This troper's mother has a habit of tacking "y'know what I mean?" onto the end of her sentences. She's not the only one, either--several of her extended family members do the same thing. While said troper does not engage in this particular tic, she admits to having a few of her own--most notably her usage of "I've not" instead of the more common "I haven't".
#136046
This troper once knew a guy who would transition a sentence with the words "However, comma". Actually pronouncing the word "comma"!
#136047
If This Troper's friend says "Serious", we're allowed to punch him. It will supposedly stop him doing it. Personally, I just enjoy the punching.
#136048
This troper has a list..."Know/Understand what I'm saying" and "Am I making sense" are common tag questions, "Where was I?" tends to go with losing his train of thought, and he's picked up Vash's"Arara? Arara."
#136049
This troper's best friend has a tendency to add the suffix "ums" to the last word of his sentence, as in: "Do you want to go get some food-ums?" "Let's go to the store-ums." "That was really awesome-ums." If he's being silly, he'll add it to the end of ''every'' word in the sentence.
#136050
This troper has also found herself typing the nonsense, but vaguely Japanese sounding, phrase "karusonu" into the ends of her messages when she's being cute. She also tends to abuse the "XD" emoticon...
#136051
In this troper's area, it's not uncommon to hear a certain type of people using "fucking" as a mid-sentence thinking word. Mine are "like" and "y'know", though I've only been called out on the latter.
#136052
This troper's friend has a habit of saying 'tsu' as a sound effect/exclamation. She doesn't even watch that much anime.
#136053
Kya.
#136054
Subverted by this troper's former math teacher, who noticed that the class overused the word "like" (As in, like, when they added like when it like didn't mean actually liking someone, but you know, like like) and started handing out extra homework to people who said the word. Until today this troper giggles whenever he hears someone saying the word, fully expecting the person to have to sit with another math question. He is continually disappointed.
#136055
"Subverted"? Methinks you edit a few too many articles, kya.
#136056
Occasionally when This troper changes subjects he has a tendency to say somewhat loudly, ANYWAYS!
#136057
Are you my twin?
#136058
This tropette uses "nya" at the drop of a hat, nya. Among other tics, chu. How are you all doing, ne?
#136059
Ask any {{Achaea}}n about the character Nyanko. Nyanko is a Rajamala, which is Achaean for "catgirl", and ends every. single. sentence with "nya". It gets old ''extremely'' fast.
#136060
This troper starts off all her sentences with 'er' It annoys her terribly, but she can't get rid of it. She also had a philosophy professor who was fond of saying 'Ik herhaal de gedachte' (which translates to 'I repeat the thought' in Dutch), and a Chinese teacher who liked to add 'Is it clear?' to her sentences.
#136061
This editor has recently started saying "Et to" because he thinks it means "right,that's done" in Japanese. Or "...oy vey." if he's in the mood for Yiddish.
#136062
"E-to..." Is actually the direct Japanese equivilant for "Um...", used in the exact same situations.
#136063
This troper has started to pepper her speech with "dag, yo" at inappropriate times, especially after something absolutely ''terrible'' has happened, in the manner of What's-Her-Face. She also either starts or finishes her sentences with "dude", and, more often than not, ends her long, rambling sentences with so yeah. So... yeah.
#136064
After a friend mentioned it, this troper found it odd at how her teacher would start a lot of his sentences with "The fact is though, is that... ". This troper herself likes to say "...'n' stuff" at the end of almost everything.
#136065
This Dutch Troper was recently correctly asked if he was from the Arnhem area, as people around there end lots of sentences with "joh" (very roughly translating to "dude", without gender). Having never been aware of it, this troper replied "Really, joh?"
#136066
This troper's friend has a habit of following up things he says to another male that could have a homosexual context with "no homo." It's become meme status among his friends. As a foil, this troper follows up some of his sentences with "no hetero," despite being (mostly) straight..
#136067
This troper has "You see, the thing is..." for starting some conversations and explainations, "the thing is..." as a substitute "um" of sorts, a totally over the top cry of "'''...BUT!'''" or "'''...HOWEVER!'''" for emphasis and an annoyed and very fast "I know, I know, I know, I know!" for when I want someone to shut up.
#136068
This troper, along with saying "eh" a lot and being a stereotypical Canadian, tends to end her sentences with "...and whatnot" or "...and whatever" if she's not quite sure how to finish.
#136069
In French, she uses "ben" a lot.
#136070
This troper always seems to start off non-sequiturs with "Speaking of which...". Something like: #QUOTE#Friend: So I've been having problems getting my flash drive into her USB port... #QUOTE#Troper: Speaking of which, did you know that cuttlefish are more intelligent than dolphins and have only not taken over existence because they're self-conscious about their weird pupils?
#136071
This troper seems not to be able to answer in the affirmative with the word "yes". The most you're likely to get out of her is an "Aye." And she's American. The usual thing to get out of her is a grunt along the lines of "ah" or "un".
#136072
On that note, this troper brings in a lot of British tics in her speech, though she was born and raised American and has never left the country. She often utters the words "arse", "rubbish" and "buggery". This one crosses over to GoshDangItToHeck quite often, and always with an over-the-top posh English accent. Sort of comes from reaction this troper's gotten from doing this. To us Yanks, many uniquely British words, combined with the appropriate accent, are inherently screamingly funny. The more posh the accent, the better.
#136073
I am just like both of you, but my "posh" is more like cockney (and the accent starts and doesn't stop until someone tells me to stop, not that I don't like it)
#136074
This troper has watched too much Beast Wars Transformers ... YEEEEESSS ...
#136075
There used to be a teacher in this troper's high school who'd always say "Yes, of course" whenever he passed a student, any student, in the halls. That along with other things made him our Official {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
#136076
Well, this troper has a number of verbal tics, like always starting a sentence with 'well,' or 'actually,' or similar. Oh, and he uses the words 'also' and 'oh' too much, like he meant to stop speaking halfway through the conversation and added something on at the last second. On top of that, he never says 'yes' or 'no', those being 'mmm.' and 'eh.', respectively. And he responds to ''everything'' with those, leading to alot of confusion.
#136077
This troper has two friends, both of with constantly sprinkle the phrase "y'know" though their sentences, even though it's obvious that he DOESN'T know. He plans to start taking tallies of which of them says it more often...
#136078
This troper picked a habit up from scanlations of Naruto online. No, it isn't Naruto's. It's Hidan's habit of using 'seriously'. She tends to gain and lose new tics all the time. Lately, it's prefacing things with "You know what's interesting?" or "Wouldn't it be interesting if...". Also, random 'meep's.
#136079
This Troper has had so many verbal tics that the standard number of fingers and toes is insufficient. They've ranged from sentence-enders as Shout Out-ish as 'Buku' and '-ssu', to as simple-but-varied as (as of late) an 'Oi' as an attention-getter, a sentence-starter, and as an expression of exasperation. He's also managed to go for good periods of time ending his sentences with 'In America' . . . but his most prolific verbal tic is his EvilLaughter (would you believe that I have at least 5 different types?).
#136080
Not exactly a ''verbal'' tic, but this troper has a habit of putting lots of unnecessary ellipses in his writing... however, he only does this when writing casually... not when writing formally (such as letters or reports). In the realm of tics actually verbal, he also uses some strange vocabulary, such as the archaic "methinks", or occasionally speaks in third person for no readily apparent reason (editing TvTropes has not helped this at all)... he has also watched far too much Stargate and uses "indeed" rather than "yes" or similar.
#136081
in addition to the common randomly using the word "like", i also start a LOT of sentences with "actually" and "you know what". i also often end sentences with "right" and "innit" in the british style, even though im american.
#136082
This troper had an English teacher who often gave a quiet sing-song "maybe, maaaaybe..." as a non-committal answer. It could be a reference to the song by the Ink Spots, but it was distinctively off-key enough to sound completely different. At times it'll come out of my own mouth, but more often it simply goes off in my head. I think. I hope.
#136083
Is it just me, or was every one of Obama's sentences in his latest speach end with [Cheers and applause]?
#136084
This troper has multiple verbal tics. Mostly my use of "hm" for ''everything'',and on the internet my constant use of "Yayz!" for whenever I'm happy or excited.
#136085
This Tropette had a lecturer who used "dialogue" instead of talk. Like, "I want to dialogue with him, to make sure I know what he means." I was cracking up.
#136086
Umm, this troper often has one?
#136087
{{Raekuul}} has used some of these in the past. Recently, he's been using "ore", "nani", "nyah" and - for some inexplicable reason - "moo".
#136088
This troper had a high-school chemistry teacher whose disfluencies were once referenced by his (college) freshman speech professor] whose children had also taken classes with the teacher in question. A friend of this troper once suggested that the theoretical element [''teacher's name'']-ium would have an atomic mass equal to the number of times the teacher said "uh," "um," and "er" in the space of one week of classes. We never counted, mainly because we all liked that teacher. He has since retired.
#136089
at least one pathologically foul-mouthed Troper is [[spoiler:fuckin' possessed nearly compulsory tendency to punctuate phrases, provide a [[spoiler:fuckin' kind of running tone-based commentary, provide additional [[spoiler:fuckin' emphasis to declarations, and generally break up speech. Fortunately this little [[spoiler:ass-fuckin' tic rarely manifests in inconvenient Fuck! company and has not fuck caused him undue embarrassment for a fair strech. Oh, except for every [[spoiler:motherFUCKING time I call my er... [[spoiler:fuck HIS mom. fuckery. Meh... I blame society [[spoiler:fuckin' society! FUCK society!. At fuckin' least he doesn't say "uhm", right? [[spoiler:FUCK "uhm"!
#136090
This troper would like to note that his German-born uncle, who has been a naturalized citizen of Canada for decades, speaks English with a faint German accent - and a Canadian "eh?" on the end of most of his sentences.
#136091
This troper only just recently realised he suffers from this, as he ends most explanations with 'right?' as if seeking confirmation, which is awkward considering the person he is explaining to often doesn't know enough about the topic to confirm it, right? This troper also tends to leave situations that don't end in a satisfactory manner with an 'ah well'. Right?
#136092
Right? Inverting the above troper, this troper recently noticed how frequently she begins sentences (and even conversations) with 'right?' though there's no context for her to be seeking confirmation in the first place.
#136093
This troper has some rather unusual tics. Including one that she probably shouldn't attempt to spell out, as her best attempts at doing so come out as "Blodaloodalerp". Yes, she also has the tendency of ending sentences with the typical So Yeah. And the aformentioned first tic of hers is used whenever she needs a sound effect for anything random, or in mid-sentence, randomly.
#136094
This troper has an annoying habit of ending sentences with "and so on" or "and such" or "and the like." He also has a habit of lapsing into foreign languages mid-speech.
#136095
This Tropette has a series of verbal tics that I subconsciously rotate in and out. I jest not. Cain is the ONLY permanent tic though, it serves as a battle cry.
#136096
This troper is prone to overuse of "painfully", "disturbingly", and "alarmingly" as adjectives, for example, in the phrase "alarmingly sweet" or "painfully adorable". I am also prone to misuse of "sundry". As a sort of substitute for less intelligent sounding verbal tics I have, like, once, really really, uhh, possessed, more like possessed-''ish''... when buying for time, I use "hoom..."
#136097
Fai is to blame for this one: I often say "Hyuu" as a substitute for a whistle or any word with a similar connotation. As a result, the usual expressions of admiration, like "cool", "wow", "sweet", etc. have been effectively removed from my vocabulary.
#136098
[=~Excel-2009~=]. I have one. And yet...
#136099
Also I say "also" too much.
#136100
This troper has gone through several verbal tics, yeah. I like, used to, like, use like, like every other word, like yeah? Then I frequently pose everything as a question, yeah? And i never yuse the word adorable anymore, it adowable now, yeah? There there was the y'know? thing i haven't really shooken yet, y'know yeah? Oh, y'know, i like totally didn't mention, yeah? I've been ending every sentence with yeah or ne, but usually yeah, yeah. Also, whenever I'm near my cat, i get the urge to squeal NIPAAA, YEAH?
#136101
This troper makes a rather abundant use of the word rather. He's rather fond of it, you see. Also, also.
#136102
This troper has two-- making his sentences into questions by means of adding "ya?" (think Wakka), and throwing "yo" to the end of sentences for reasons that I can't quite explain-- "do it yourself, yo" comes to mind. (It doesn't help that it makes this troper sound like a wannabe gangster. IT'S A TIC, I CAN'T HELP IT, YO! D: )
#136103
Please, if anyone is out there, mine is repeating the end of most of my sentences under my breath.I reckon it's like checking over my speech to make sure I didn't say anything I wasn't supposed to.Anyone else got this?
#136104
My brother does, or used to anyway. (Unless you're my brother, in which case: Hey, Jer! Apparently you're along in this!)
#136105
This troper was put on a "once per day" budget when it came to the word "actually" back in primary school. It hasn't stopped him threatening his youngest sister with death if she doesn't stop using "like" every sentence.
#136106
This troper and her sister tend to add the suffix -ísimo or -ísima to a lot of their adjectives when speaking Spanish, translating it to basically "very (adjective)", like "buenísimo" is "very good". Afterwards... well, her brother started to add it to ''nouns'' in retaliation.
#136107
This troper has a horrible habit of starting her sentences with the word "So", scattering "y'know" throughout her sentences, ending her sentences with "'K thanks" AND ending lists with "and stuff."
#136108
This troper's friend will often respond to things in IRC by saying "o".
#136109
This Troper has "many". The biggest one is beginning each question with, "I have a question!". The Troper becomes anxious that no-one will hear her if she doesn't say it, and feels incredibly uncomfortable NOT saying, to the point where she MUST blurt it out at some point, something that drives one of her friends insane. Hehe, his response has become something of a verbal tic for him. That is; #QUOTE#'''Troper''': I have a question! #QUOTE#'''Friend''': You always have a fucking question!
#136110
She also uses "like", frequently adds "but" to the end of her sentences (a common tick amongst Queenslanders), unconsciously adds "-thingy" to items she's unsure of (eg. "The hold button-thingy) and uses "shoom" as a description, no matter how inaccurate of a description it may be.
#136111
I have a tendency to just use the word "Question," to announce that a question is about to occur. I'm always a little amused when someone (usually a stranger, such as a retail store clerk) responds to my "Question" with "Answer."
#136112
I'm not sure when it started, but a few years ago, I apparently had an annoying tic of making clicks, pops, whooshes, and other sounds with my mouth, almost like punctuation. (Not nearly as classy as Victor Borge's work, though.) After my dad pointed it out, I was able to quickly stamp it out in the course of a few days.
#136113
This troper has a bad habit of beginning sentences with "it's like" when talking about something that actually is what she's saying it is. "It's like, he ate a sandwich."
#136114
This Spanish troper answers a good 75% of any yes/no question posed to her with "No particularmente" (Not really/Not that much). And when speaking English, she'll buy time for herself in the middle of sentences with random "I mean..." and "You know, like..." and such. It's irritanting, because she catches herself doing it and wonders if the person she's speaking with finds it as annoying as she does.
#136115
I end my sentences with something sounding like "N'da" or "Daishi Da", either way, I try to stop myself, but I just can't seem to do it, Daishi Da
#136116
This troper is mildly addicted to adverbs.
#136117
This troper had an English teacher who said "theoretically" all the time when explaining things or talking to us about a certain chapter in a book.
#136118
This Troper went through a phase where, at the end of her sentences, she would ''purr''.
#136119
This troper is in the habit of ending a lot of expositional sentences by trailing off with so... It's an unfortunate habit, recognized by my family as being extremely annoying, but I don't seem to be able to put a stop to it, so...
#136120
This Troper has a lot of verbal tics. She has weaned herself from saying "like", but has found herself saying "y'know?" in its place. "Ne?" is her all purpose word for "What/huh/hmm". Her tics aren't that noticeable in English, but they're very drawn out when she's speaking Spanish. For example, "¿Fuiste al cine, no? ¿Te divirtió?" (You went to the movies, right? Did you have fun?) will turn into "Ahh...¿Fuiste al cine, no? ¿Yyyy Te divirtió?" (Ahh... You went to the movies, right? Andddd did you have fun?). She blames it on the fact that her Spanish teachers didn't focus on dialogue in class.
#136121
This troper says 'Meh' and 'Neh' a lot. They go at the beginning of sentences she's not quite sure about, at the ends of sentences she doesn't know how to finish, and can also be used as a response to almost any question.
#136122
Recently, 'Neh' has evolved into 'Nay'. It's usually a question. If I want clarification or if someone's calling me, "Nay?" If I didn't hear something clearly, it's "Nay, what?"
#136123
This troper has taken to ending yes/no inquisitive sentences with "or…?"
#136124
This troper has found that when not sure of the answer to a question, his subconscious forces him to go "Maybe. * sniff* Maybe."
#136125
This troper tends to use "Indeed..." whenever he loses his train of thought. He also has a rather curious propensity for spontaneously antiquating his lingustics mid-sentence, ending up sounding like some manner of new-age GilbertAndSullivan character.
#136126
This troper used to tack on "no?" to the end of most of his sentences. He grew out of it. But gained the habit of snapping his fingers instead when thinking.
#136127
This troper had a teacher that added "here" in the middle of any sentence.
#136128
There is a teacher in this troper's school who is infamous for her use of the word "alright" or "aight" in nearly all of her sentences. Beginning, middle, end - doesn't matter so long as she has that word in. She also loves to end her sentences in "mmmkaaaay?" Many students have been known to ignore her lessons and keep a running tally of just how many times she says each word. In a fifty minute period, one student counted "alright" or any variation of the word at least 180 times.
#136129
This troper has developed a habit of saying "gao" in every day conversation. Depending on the inflection, it can mean...anything. It can be a cry of unhappiness, a nervous stutter, a cheerful greeting, and so on and so forth. She has no idea why she's so dependent on it, especially since she's only seen one anime where it's used...and only one episode of that anime.
#136130
For This Troper, the tic is "exploding penguins." It's usually heard when he's forgotten what he was going to say... exploding penguins. Oh, and there's also "I forgot what I was going to say" and "my train of thought derailed." (Instead of "I lost my train of thought." The reason? "How does one lose a train?") Also, there's probably half a dozen more that he's not sure about... His train of thought just derailed... Now he's rambling....
#136131
This troper has acquired the habit of adding 'Fact.' after every theoretic sentence, probably because of a TV show. Fact.
#136132
And said troper's friend has a tic of saying 'Now's good' after strange discussion topics. His logic makes 2+ 2=fish; mine makes 2+ 2=duck. My logic eats his logic.
#136133
This Troper is a bit scatter-brained and really only hangs out with one person. Considering this person happens to know me well and we have a few RunningGags between us, I always stop before that would come up cause yeah. It would confuse anyone else, true, yet yeah. Hard habit to shake there.
#136134
This troper tends to add "but" to the end of her sentences when explaining or contradicting something as a screwed up version of however, and when inquiring on the internet always adds "ne?" to the end or her sentences (and "~" for everything else, even if not verbal). She also has a friend who will start every sentence with "technically" leading to verbal tic wars. "THAT'S NOT WHEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO USE TECHNICALLY, BUT!"
#136135
This troper has a RunningGag with his friends that when you use so yeah, you add "ish...ness...ly. Ishnessly." To the word at the end of the sentence. "The dress was so pink that it was... well, pinkish...ness... ly. Pinkishnessly. Yeah.
#136136
This troper had a Spanish teacher who, when she speaks English, intersperses "y'know" in her sentences. She's native ''Costa Rican''. Presumably she picked up this super-annoying habit when she learned English.
#136137
Luckily, she doesn't do this when she speaks Spanish or else this troper would not be here to tell you about it.
#136138
This troper's friend often punctuates his speech with "wah!".
#136139
Yeah, This Troper has a tendency to either begin sentences with "Yeah" (which also sometimes occurs when he's writing), sprinkle his speech with stuff like "sorta kinda", "kinda like" or some variation of the two. Also he's unable to achieve a MotorMouth speed of talking since when he does so he starts stumbling over his, his, he starts... Yeah. Finally he will tend to end sentences with "... And all that" to the point where a Teacher starts joking about {{Chicago}} and all that...
#136140
{{Scrounge}} tends to grunt or sigh fairly often, and also has a tendency to trail off at the end of a sentence and...
#136141
This troper usually ends his sentences in so yeah, and it annoys his mom. He also has a tic where he says what's on his mind or things just said under his breath.
#136142
This troper tends to echo the last few syllables he spoke under his breath.
#136143
Are you my long-lost clone?
#136144
This troper will often begin or end sentences with "dude" when addressing close friends as a means of expressing surprise, interest, or, of all things, punctuating that said friend(s) (or something we are currently viewing) made an intellectual error of some sort. Example: Dude, that close to a black hole, even outside of the event horizon, you're not getting away with any feasible space craft.
#136145
This troper has some {{Catch Phrase}}s. But some habits might count as Verbal Tic: addressing people with generic adjetives/pronouns ("man", "boy", "subject", "individual", "girl", "woman"), or derrogatory terms (my particular favorite is "unhappy" - I'm used to after using, hearing "Are you calling me unhappy?!"), sometimes related to animals; religious expletives ("Oh my God", "Virgin", "Holy Cross"); and falling into monologues, specially starting/during IM conversations ("will he hear me?").
#136146
Well, this troper usually begins explanations with "Well,..." Not even two years of speech therapy got rid of this one. He also has a rare tendency to accidentally cut off the last syllable of the last word in a paragraph and say it a second later rather soft...[[AC:ly]].
#136147
This troper has developed a nonsense verbal tic seemingly out of nowhere, natch. It's really annoying to suppress it in day-to-day conversations, natch... See? No clue if it means anything.... natch.
#136148
This Troper's habit is to laugh after every third or fourth sentence. While it never got on anyone elses nerves, it can tick ME off.
#136149
This Troper always says 'right' when agreeing to something.
#136150
This troper had a headteacher who always overused the word 'actually', and emphasised it - "I'd like to welcome our new teacher who is *actually* going to work in the maths department" "I'd like to congratulate the basketball team, who *actually* placed in the league semifinals" etc...
#136151
This troper has a friend who adds ",sir" to the end of nearly every sentence. He even does it in texts and IM's. The only really tick I have is that in any apology that isn't for a serious situation I pronounce "sorry" in a mock-british like accent. (phonetically "sor-eh") Started out as a joke and just worked it's way into my normal speach.
#136152
I went to visit a friend who, when asked a yes or no question to which 'Yes' is the answer, would say "Yeah-- I mean, JAAAAAA."
#136153
This troper does this a lot. She overuses the word sorry to the point of one of her friends' annoyance, peppers sentances with 'y'know/kinda/like/sorta' for no explicable reason and can't help but refer to everyone as 'dude'. Everyone, including teachers and parents. It doesn't upset her mom, now her dad...This seems to run in the family, as her mom says 'y'know' to almost the same extent, and has to begin/end/fill anecdotes, 'I told 'em, I said...' Yes, the whole statement. This troper likes to lampshade it, but has sorta started picking it up herself... . Dude...I have to like stop doing this sorta thing, y'know?
#136154
This troper does this too. They're mostly only noticeable when typed, though. One day, I decided to find the perfect spelling of my favourite low chuckle, and it ended up being "Aheheh..." But it turns out that it really stuck, to the point that this dialogue happens during a live-action role-playing game I participated in:
#136155
Character 1: What are you doing here?
#136156
Character 2: (points at me) Ask Mr Aheheh!
#136157
This Troper: (gagging and nearly giving another Aheheh in response)
#136158
This troper's friend starts every sentence with "Well..." and every question with "I have a question." Our English teacher told her to stop it so she replaced 'well' with 'now'.
#136159
This troper ends many sentences with "seriously", sometimes when it's not warranted.
#136160
Rather than "um", This Troper fills gaps in sentences with "fuckin'" or "feckin'". When talking to teachers it evolves into "f-ehhhh". She also ends a lot of sentences with "or whatever".
#136161
This Swedish Troper had a high school Spanish teacher who ended every fourth sentence with "förstår ni vad jag menar?", which is Swedish for "do you get what I'm saying?" We all realised that she didn't really mean that as a question, and never waited for us to answer. But once, my ex boyfriend (although we didn't become a couple until years after this particular event)actually answered with a ''no'', which prompted her to start over and repeat everything she had said up to that point.
#136162
This troper's exwife had the habit of ending every insult with "-lookin' ass". This might've made sense if it was an insult like "Get out of here with your Pee-Wee Herman-lookin' ass", but she typically used it as a closer for a rambling tirade of insults that had ''nothing'' to do with the insultee's appearance, such as mocking their speech patterns; "Shut up with your 'Yeah dude'-lookin' ass".
#136163
This Troper is very easily annoyed by people with verbal tics, (though to be fair, he probably could be said to have one of his own being militantly rigid about grammar and pronunciation) so naturally, he attracts people with them. One egregious example and that is a friend who inserts the phrase "and that" into his speech and that. I counted how often and that he'd use it on a few occasions and that, and his record is about five times and that in a single sentence and that. It's gotten to be very annoying and that, because he likes [=RPG=]s and that, but this tic and that ensures that all of his characters and that all sound the same and that. Sometimes it ends up that a conversation with him is more him saying "and that" than actually speaking and that. It's becoming a BerserkButton and that for me.
#136164
''Uh''-This Troper has one.
#136165
One of {{Sarahsuke}}'s aunts uses "so it is" as a filler.
#136166
This Troper had the tendency to say "technically" quite often while her sister used the word "seriously". When this was pointed out, we started a contest where we had to use our word in every single sentence, and whoever kept it up the longest won. And yes, that meant even at school when the sibling wasn't around. We lasted 2 days, and I seriously plan to never use the word "technically" ever again.
#136167
This Troper has an odd habit offf... pausing in the middle of his sentences in order to avoid... the dreaded "uh" or "um". Consequently, most conversations with me tend to go at a slower, more leasurely pace.
#136168
Well then, it appears that this troper repeats herself at the end of sentences, then.
#136169
This troper has one pretty much in the form of "um..." because normally his mouth runs faster than his brain.
#136170
This German Troper and his friends utter many chat phrases like, "lol" (''very'' frequently) "OMG!" (or "zomfg" as variation), "WTF!", "lmao" and so on. And they're prone to use "whatever" at the end of a sentence, mostly in English, rarely in German, though.
#136171
This Troper's brother '' '''cannot''' '' speak a single sentance without adding the word right. It drives me crazy! Especially when he's telling a story and says 'right?' about five ''hundred'' times.
#136172
This troper's calculus teacher ends every sentence with "and all".
#136173
This troper has the tendency to say, "Oi" "Aye" "Crap" "Fart" when in confused/annoyed, "Um" "Like" "So" "Er" and "Eh?" in typical conversation, and sometimes changes pronunciation of words while talking (Elephant because EEL aff int.)
#136174
This troper's uncle has a tendency to randomly insert the phrase "turn around" into almost every sentence (and apparently was unaware of it until it was mentioned it to him).
#136175
This troper had the "you know" tic BAD as a child. My mother cured me in an interesting manner. When talking to her, every time I stuck in a superfluous "you know," she would immediately and loudly parrot "YOU KNOW?" right back at me. It kept interrupting my chain of thought, and called attention to just how frequently I was using it.
#136176
This troper can barely finish a sentence in Tagalog without saying "eh", a sentence in Spanish without saying "ah", and sometimes sentence in English without saying "um". I have three verbal tics for three languages...man I need help.
#136177
This troper (hereafter referred to as I) has a few in her family. My great-grandmother used to litter the middle of some sentences with "y'know, like that," even when she wasn't comparing anything. My mom hums "deet-dee-dee..." when she forgets something obvious. My brother is a walking meme thanks to the internet and litters his words with "over 9000 *somethings* ". Whatever I have, I got from friends and people from other countries, funnily:
#136178
Thanks to learning Spanish, I tend to mutter or exclaim "¡Ay!" when frustrated. Thanks to having friends from Australia and New Zealand, I tend to say "oh, no worries," as a reply to "sorry" or "thanks". And thanks to having friends from those countries and a boyfriend in England, I would refer to my cats when they act silly, or even a cute little critter I find, as a "little bugger..." Heh, and I like every single one of our tics, they're amusing.
#136179
This troper has a few. For specific situations, She'll be talking to someone she doesn't know very well, stop in the middle of her sentence, and say "I talk in PARAGRAPHS!!" Or if she's surprised, saying "Woah, Hello, world!!" At one friend's house, this troper seems to end every sentence with "Thanks", as well... I also tend to say what I'm doing as I'm doing it, especially when I'm on the phone. "Walkingwalkingwalking..."And whatnot... Also, I end all explanatory sentences with "and whatnot." or "And all that fun jazz."
#136180
This South African troper's many verbal tics include peppering my sentences with "hey?", "like", y'know" and "innit?"...
#136181
Hmmm? This Troper has a reverse verbal tick: He begins most of his sentences with "Hmmm?".
#136182
This Chinese troper has a bad habit of saying "ai ya" at the smallest things. Or maybe I'm just lazy.
#136183
This Troper has way too much verbal tics to count. When explaining something, I'd start the sentence with "Well...". When talking to someone, I'd randomly start my sentences with "Duuuuuuuuuuude..." or "Man". I've recently found out that I said the former in a different language, but it sounds more like a question and I only do it when I bump into someone.
#136184
This troper laughs. ALOT. Hehehe....
#136185
This troper has a nasty habit of starting almost every other written sentence with "so" or "basically" when he's writing out whatever comes to his mind. It makes editing very difficult if he's writing an essay at 2am, hours before the deadline. Also, thanks to Tv Tropes, this troper has stopped using spaces when there are two or more words
#136186
This troper's precal (and then calculus) teacher in high school ended every sentence with "m'kay". More often than not, the "m" was really "mmmmmmmmmmmmmm". We made fun of him soooooo much. But then he stopped saying it. We think he stopped on purpose.
#136187
You know, this troper starts conversations with an important thing he needs to say by saying 'you know'.
#136188
This troper ends nearly every sentence in casual conversation with "yo", to the point where when talking with close friends online I still type out the "yo" at the end of typed sentences.
#136189
This troper is surrounded by verbal tics...
#136190
Former US History teacher would literally say "Um" over 200 times in a 40 minute class. She also had a penchant for "basically" and "essentially". As a result, these are three words I purposely try to exclude from all of my speech.
#136191
Well, I tend to start written and some spoken sentences with "Well,".
#136192
Especially common a few years back, but for me my use of "um's and 'er's were so frequent during in-class rants that I didn't think through before raising my hand, that at my (AWESOME) school some of the kids created a rap consisting solely of my sampled ums and ers taken from phone recordings and videos. not all that embarrassing, but an epic win/CMOA for one of the usually most polite kids in the school (think 3- Rock's Kenneth polite, SANS unfortunate implications!).
#136193
This troper took Japanese the last school year (it was a year long course, ne?). Being Canadian, he has started to interchange "eh" and "ne" at the end of his sentances.
#136194
This troper has one. FAIUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU~!
#136195
This Swedish troper has many. For starters, I pepper my speech with the word "typ" (as mentioned in the Real Life section), which is probably the Swedish equivalent of inserting "like" everywhere. I also tend to begin my sentences with "Grejen är..." ("the thing is...") and I use "så kan det vara" ("it can be like that") as a filler. Finally, I have a habit of using phrases in foreign languages in the middle of something said in Swedish (example: I almost always use the German "danke schön" instead of the Swedish "tack" when thanking for something.)
#136196
This troper once literally had an ICT teacher who basically had one of these. he effectively added "basically", "effectively" or "literally" to anything he said. these were basically replaced with "at this point in time". when he was using the former three, I effectively kept a tally during one lesson for uses of any of the three. the final total? SEVENTEEN.
#136197
This troper has two when speaking Spanish (as a second language). Sentences are frequently started with a very long 'y' (pronounced "eeeeeeee..."), and are often ended with "Si... si". I've been told the first is common in native speakers, but in my case they're both more likely caused by having to think out what I'm saying.
#136198
This troper has a rather annoying habit of stopping in the middle of a sentence, repeating it, and THEN going on to finish it. Said out loud, it goes like this: "This troper has a-- this troper has a rather annoying habit of stopping in the middle of a-- in the middle of a sentence." She is also practically incapable of going five minutes without saying "seriously". Seriously.
#136199
This troper has an odd habit of saying "No" at the end of every sentence, which stemmed from an old habit of saying "Just Kidding" after every sarcastic comment. Since she was nine or so, it's gone from "Just kidding" (said intentionally) to an involuntary "jus'kiddin", "-no" or occasionally"-non" when speaking very fast. A sentence spoken to my sister (as she was talking about our looks, a week after she had told me I looked "average" in a lie-detecting excercise at the Ontario science center)can go somewhat like this: Sure, after you told me I looked average-no... Ah, just kidding-no... --
#136200
Oh, so many teachers at my school. My old Biology teacher inserted "Now, what you're gonna find, lads/gents, is..." (all-male school, btw) into virtually every explanation. My deranged English teacher uses "All right?" in a low monotone about twice per sentence - think SouthPark's Mr Mackey, but a deeper voice. My quiet, slightly scary Maths teacher constantly says "Alls you've got to do, boys, is..." Can't unhear any of them.
#136201
Whenever this troper makes a bad joke or wants to take something she says back, she immediately blurts 'no!' or 'wait!' Along with this, the troper also says 'excuse me' and 'sorry' almost compulsively. It doesn't help that her brother has an actual tic disorder (along with ADD), and so this troper is constantly panicking over whether she'll develop real tics.
#136202
This troper has been developing a tic of his own: ent. started with anno, then worked it around in his head, now thinks it at the end of every question, finding himself actually saying it. Interesting, ent?
#136203
This Troper has a tendency to refer to his male friends using "You, sir...".
#136204
This Troper's school's computer-help guy will very often end sentences with a little laugh, ranging from a barely-audible "hm" to a barely-ignorable "MM-HMM-HMM-HM." It's not a genuine laugh, unless he were laughing at his own statement, but it still doesn't sound like it and how funny the statement was doesn't determine how the laugh is. It's just... a weird, likely unintentional laugh, for no reason. But it's so funny that when I first started talking to him, I'd laugh as well whenever he did it. My friend also did once I got him to notice it.
#136205
This troper doesn't know if this has been mentioned, right? I think you can guess what my VerbalTic is, right? If you can't, I'll just say it myself, okay. I have a bad habit of ending sentences with "Right?" or "Okay.". Especially if I'm overexited, okay.
#136206
Okay, so this Troper has one. It's also in french, his native language: "Bon, alors ce Tropeur en à un."
#136207
This troper has an odd habit of making a purring/chirping sound in replace of words like "thank you," "you're welcome," "I agree," basically any form of polite affirmative. A lower squawk or a cat-like hiss takes the place of negatives.
#136208
For This Troper, it's "Meh." When a friend asked her about this, she explained it by stating how multi-purpose the noise is. Agreeing? "Meh heh." Annoyed? "MEeeeh." Sad? "Meeeehh..." Also why she doesn't have any entries on the Angrish page. It all comes out as a long, painful "MMMMEEEEHHH!!!"
#136209
This Troper's friend has a habit of saying "I'm genuinely serious" about pretty much everything that she thinks people might doubt, if even a little bit. That's fair enough, but she always seems to end up saying "I'm generally serious" nine times out of ten, which can get a bit annoying as this Troper is a grammar correcting fiend, much to her friend's annoyance.
#136210
There is a strange noise, like something between a hum and a whistle, that I make after most sentences. Even my parents sometimes laugh at me because of it. In fact, it has become such an integral part of my thought pattern when I think about speaking, that I often use it even while I am writing. hmm
#136211
Mine seems to be saying ummm....and pausing when I cant think of what to say. I use this online too in my sentences.....by adding a load of these dots as a pause. I say OMG a lot, although I have to try not to in front of the Catholic first graders I teach.
#136212
This troper has the oddest habit of ending all her sentences and conversation's with, "Anyways..." And it gets REALLY confusing when she doesn't say anything afterward, which leaves everyone in the longest of silences, expecting her to speak again. Thankfully, her friends and family have grown used to it so its not as awkward but when she meets new people...
#136213
This troper ends a good %15 of his sentences with "You know what I mean?", which in practice is usually pronounced without spaces, or simply as "'Namean?". He has been told that it makes him sound like mafioso on speed.
#136214
When this troper's computer science teacher was in college, he got infected with a virus that appended "dude" to every sentence in his text documents, with lead to a sort of As Hell}} dissonance between the content and the vocal tic when he had to submit his term papers.
#136215
This troper's friend has the tendency to end her sentences with "kyo". She even ends most of the sentences she types on the internet with "kyo". It turns out that she can ''easily control it but doesn't feel like it''. It's as annoying as it sounds.
#136216
The above troper's reponses to questions usually begin with either "um" or "what?". And since she's a bit of a ShrinkingViolet, hearing me end sentences with a quiet "so yeah..." isn't too uncommon either.
#136217
Similar to the above troper, this troper seems to always end her sentences with "Anyways..." But sometimes ends them with a loud "Haaah?!" for emphasis. Also, when frustrated, scared, or annoyed, she'll yell "Aiyaahh!" Granted, I am Asian(Vietnamese), but my friends love to call me out on it, haaah?! Anyways...
#136218
I've recently (and thankfully) grown out of saying "am I right?" at the end of most sentences... HALLELUJAH
#136219
This troper tends to curse in German or Hebrew when irritated... which is odd, due to the fact that he is neither German, nor Jewish.
#136220
I have a habit of saying "You know [something]?" when about to explain something similar to [something], even if [something] is so ridiculously obvious that they MUST know it. He also has a TEXTUAL tic on forums of reverting to nocaps and nopunctuation when either sarcastic or terrified (E.G oh yes because that makes sense) or simply typing "uhm..." when falling into his ever-so-common AccidentalPervert moments.
#136221
Recently, I end a lot of my sentences with "yo", even online, yo. Other {{VerbalTic}}s I use are "dude ranch" and "for serious". Finally, my sister and I ripped off "degesu" from Escargon of the KirbyOfTheStars anime, simply because of how funny and cute it is. ~ FairyRed
#136222
This Troper TIC parodies this TIC trope. And for some TIC reason it's not at TIC all annoying, TIC.
#136223
For me, its long pauses between everything I say, my best friend has one too, she ends almost every sentence with innit
#136224
Uhum, This Troper's friend Matthew has a VerbalTic, and it is ''way'' better than yours.
#136225
This troper has a habit of talking in... y'know, that thing with the talking and the Buffy and... stuff..
#136226
I sometimes end sentences with "nya" or "meep". Also, when i get angry or annoyed, i often start chanting "kolkolkolkol"
#136227
Dropped the "nya" now. Still use "meep" and "kolkolkol", though.
#136228
This troper has a habit of attaching "or something" to statements and "or what" to questions or something.
#136229
This troper has the tendency to stretch out wordddssssss. I also use copious amount of -ish.
#136230
{{Annebeeche}}: I once went through a phase in which I subconsciously added the word "-sauce" after select words, a la "awesome-sauce". This has led to words like lolsauce, coolsauce, amazingsauce, d'awwsauce, depressingsauce, and others.
#136231
I also once in a while make a little nya. This is not often enough to be really a verbal tic, though, not added at the end of sentences, and actually sounds like a real cat.
#136232
This troper has a bad habit of punctuating her speech with the phrase "I don't know." For example, if asked for her analysis of a book, her answer would sound something like; "It seemed like a metaphor for Jesus. I don't know." Every sentence making a definite statement will end in the phrase, even if she ''does'' know, and is fairly sure of what she's saying. She also makes a "ch-ch-ch" sound when thinking, and will give a loud, derisive "tah!" when someone makes a ridiculous statement (cloudcuckoolander friends claiming to be normal often receive this response).
#136233
{{nicktoonhero}} has a VerbalTic in RealLife. He has a rare habit of saying 'already' twice in the same sentence, once in the middle of the sentence, and twice in the end of the sentence. Other tics include saying 'uuuuuuh...' for a long time when thinking and saying 'I don't know' in response to a question ''even if he knows the answer.''
#136234
This troper has a few things you can count on him saying at least once a sentence. They include: like, you know, I mean, man, hella, and dude. In fact, that last one usually starts off my sentences when I'm talking to friends.
#136235
This troper has a strange habit of pausing and then saying "Question" or "Serious question" before she asks anyone anything.
#136236
This troper has like, a tendency to say the word "Liksom", which is like, Norwegian for "Like" or "Sort of", in almost every sentence he ever says.
#136237
I could always add "-uh" to the end of my sentences when I was younger. It ''really'' annoyed my teachers.
#136238
I've seen people ''type out their verbal tics on'' ''FaceBook''!
#136239
I say end sentances with "n stuff", and "sort of" sometimes when things are perfectly made clear, n stuff. Now I meow, sort of.
#136240
This swedish troper says "Eller hur?" every other senctence, often with different meanings behind it. "Eller hur!" (I know, right!?). "Eller hur?" (Don't you agree?). "Eller hur..." (Yeah, right.) Quite annoying, eller hur?
#136241
I tend to say x & tack on "and stuff like that," or use a word & tack on an -osity to words that don't usually use it in appropriate spots (for example, replacing shyness with shyosity).
#136242
This troper's Physics professor often ends his sentences with quick "...and things like that."
#136243
This Troper used to end her sentences with "right?" a lot.
#136244
This troper has a habit of making a click with his tounge when annoyed sounding like a Tch
#136245
This Troper has a Latin teacher who has a tendency to use the -age suffix randomly both at the ends of words (Latinage for example) and in place of other syllables (like when he reads the "announcage).
#136246
This troper has a very odd habit of adding 'per' to the ends of her friends' names, for absolutely no reason, and she has no idea where this came from- since it isn't even a proper honorific and she isn't even from a country that uses them. Also has a habit of saying 'impressive' and 'not bad' a lot.
#136247
I've picked up the habit of saying {{Klonoa}}-ish things for when I so things, muttering "yatsa" for greeting and stretching, "adawell" for aw well, I also chuckle a lot more like sonic.
#136248
For some reason, saying "wait" as a verbal tic or an elaborated version of "um" is a known habit of people from my hometown, and I'm not immune. I say "I mean" and "for some reason", end my sentences with conjunctions but can't be bothered to fill in the rest, and abuse "like" way too much, and that's just me. And, like, I sometimes type them too. I mean, I'm trying to break the habit, but...
#136249
I once had a math teacher who added "go through and" to verbs for no apparent reason. "Let's go through and look at the homework." "Let's go through and do the first problem." "I'll just go through and take attendance." I also had a self defense instructor who added "sit" to verbs. "You can just sit there and punch him." "Let's sit and practice this." She never really meant anyone would be sitting; perhaps her feet were tired?
#136250
Anyone living in GreatBritain will know someone who say's 'innit' or other chav words a considerable amount of times. This troper himself receantly realized he says 'I Mean' at the start of almost every sentance he speakes or writes. I mean, I only realized it after I started making other characters in fanfiction say it.
#136251
This tropette has a tendency to start every sentence with 'Dude' or 'omigosh.'
#136252
This Troper calles everyone "hon" or "honey" apparently, she is fated to work at a GreasySpoon
#136253
This Troper repeatedly uses "NYA!" at the end of her sentences (and by accident half of the time, because my first anime addiction was {{Tokyo Mew Mew}}); also, I say "Ohmigod!" about a billion times per day. It's to the point of where my friends and my classmates have noticed.
#136254
This troper has a friend who uses the phrase "You have to admit..." to start sentences quite frequently, even if no one is arguing anything. I used to say "For that matter," a lot, but have since stopped, to be replaced by the habit of repeating to myself sentences or phrases that I feel are particularly well-constructed bits of rhetoric. (''...particularly well-constructed bits of rhetoric...'')
#136255
This troper has recently noticed (to her irritation) that she's started to add every sentence with the word "No." She also ends her sentences with conjunctions sometimes, as a previous troper described.
#136256
I often agree to something with a simple,short and monotonous "hm."
#136257
Hm. I have.. Well, a pretty decent - Or rather 'quite' decent (Heh) - amount of those when writing. Anyway, here's a hottip; Starting with 'Hm.' Using the (incorrect but oh so cool) double period ellipsis. Starting a sentence with 'Well,'. Using the words 'Pretty', 'Quite' and 'Anyway'. Using '- -' to construct more elaborate sentences. Using the semi-laugh exclamation 'Heh'. Adding irrelevant sidenotes in parentheses. Abusing the dee-licious semicolon.
#136258
This troper ends random sentences with 'so hard' so hard.
#136259
I have this weird tendency to shout "shut the fuck up" at weeaboo nerds who think throwing random Japanese into their sentences makes them sound cool.
#136260
This troper has way too many. When he sees something interesting, his reaction is usually "Ohey, a [whatever]". He ends questions with the word "or" , and if nothing happens for a long enough he'll start saying "So...", "Alright, then", "Anyway" and so on. If he's trying to prod a group of people into doing something more interesting, sentences like "Anyway, are we going to do something, or?" happen a lot. --- Return to VerbalTic, annat. ....nyoro~.