"say again"

I dunno, I guess?

"what?"

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEAK UP

"say again" comes across as a bit cocky doesn't it

For fuck's sake, speak English.

whit?

say again, please

it's never say again, please

always say again

it's often "sorry, say again?" though..

i have never heard anyone say this

I have never heard anyone say sorry, say again

come again?

wossat?

maybe people are just naturally more polite to me

zing again

Maybe people are deluded that they are on ships?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedure_word#SAY_AGAIN

with me it's always "sorry"

posts out of context lolz

"say again?" sounds more borderline-illiterate to me than cocky. (This one from a woman who says "Pardon me?" Gently, though. Not coldly.)

It's right up there in my mind with describing a country barn as "a far ('fur') piece away" or opening a Christmas present and saying, "Ferr CUUUUTE!"

"did i catch a 'niner' in there?"

TWAT DID YOU SAY?? I CUNT HEAR YOU.

^^ proper etiquette

QUE? QUE? QUE!?!?!?

My favorite:

"What did he say?" directed at someone else within the vicinity.

Do what now?

De k-c

eh?

UH??

i have never heard anyone say this

Neither have I. "Come again" plenty, though. (Is this a US/UK divide?)

This thread is the 19th hit on Google for "say again."

Shows how unusual this saying is. Though I have heard people say it. I prefer, 'Sorry?' or 'Ya wot?'.

I've heard it a bit recently, but yeah "come again?" is more common (and more britisher I guess?).

I always got told off for saying "what?" as a kid, I was told it was rude. And if I said "what", dad would interject with "INVENTED THE STEAM ENGINE" every damn time.

Maybe people are deluded that they are on ships?

It's used during radio transmissions in the Army, too. (Or at least was, when I was in the Army.) I never heard civilians say it until the past few years.

In Cincinnatti, when I was growing up, people would ask "please?" Don't think I've ever heard that since; I'm wondering if they still ask it in Cincy.

i prefer a good hearty "do WHUT?"

I had no idea i said this (say again) until i read the thread, how weird. I wonder how long i've been being so rude, and if its just to familiars, or all types of random strangers i bust out damands to....especially weird considering my dad was like Trayce's in his vehemence of 'what'.

"What did he say?" directed at someone else within the vicinity.
This is fabulous.

*demands

this term is standard radio voice procedure. when i was in the AF, i worked a job where we all talked on the radio a lot, and started using "say again" in normal conversation. always weird to hear civilians using it, but maybe it has something to do with the USA's military fetish right now.

just don't bother talking to people in the first place and eliminate the problem at the root

i say "say what, now?" sometimes, it's all in the inflection. i wonder how young someone has to be to try "whatchoo talkin bout" out on them and get an unfiltered reaction.

"Come again."
"Say whaaat?"

If "say again" is to be allowed, then it's only fair to permit "come whaaat?"

"say again" actually sounds courtly to me, it doesn't sound rude at any rate. "what's that?" or when people allude to not being able to hear you are probably the rudest.

I only say "say again" when I'm chattin w/maint bros on the radio @ work

Mostly it's "I'm sorry?" or "I'm sorry, I didn't hear you there"