Pardon or Excuse me...
If you didnt hear what I said then just say either "pardon" or "excuse me"....

Saying "say again" just pisses me off to the point where I want to tear off your ears and skull fuck you....

That and people singing the wrong lyrics to songs....
(Lip Up Fatty Fatty Reggae still loves BBQ food on, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 15:04, 11 replies)

"Go and get stuffed...."

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 31 Mar 2011, 15:16, closed)

say again?
(Lip Up Fatty Fatty Reggae still loves BBQ food on, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 15:49, closed)

*Raises Hand* Sorry
I'm a 'say again' person.
Years of talking over radios will do that to you.
(Over)
(Bad Monkey hasn't had an abusive gaz since, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 15:18, closed)

You mean amateur radios?
(Lip Up Fatty Fatty Reggae still loves BBQ food on, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 15:49, closed)

Having spent some time in the army cadets I can confirm it's a military thing
If you didn't catch what someone said to you over a radio, the correct response is "Say again, over." This is (apparently) because "Repeat" is an artillery command and if you say that you might get mortared by mistake.

So yeah, I say "say again" mostly out of habit from those days, especially if I'm on the phone. Sorry, I didn't realise it was annoying.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:04, closed)

"Pardon" or "Excuse me" both suggest an error on the part of the speaker
And sometimes it's the other person's fault for mumbling or speaking quietly. "What did you say?" would be much more even handed.
(sabre-tooth monkey, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 15:36, closed)

And probably more likely to be followed by:
"You looking at my bird?"
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 31 Mar 2011, 15:38, closed)

Yes!

(sabre-tooth monkey, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 15:42, closed)

Aaaargh song lyrics.
In a bar in Austria and we hear a very loud rendition of "Sweet Home CALIFORNIA". It took us a couple of moments before we realised why something felt wrong.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 31 Mar 2011, 15:37, closed)

Of course
the lyric is "Chicago"
( RedHouse over yonder, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:33, closed)

Funny, I was watching this just an hour a two ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC5EaOcgx90
Cover of The Smiths' This Charming Man. The lyrics are absolutely butchered.
(jaytoothetee, Sat 2 Apr 2011, 2:25, closed)