Awkward Things People Say/Do

[Kosheh]

I don't know but I use "quite" quite a lot

as in that case


But this is because I learned English from many places so I might mix stuff up

For example I'll always favor not using u for "-our" endings (favor itself, color, etc), but glamour must have it imo. And "-ize" is preferred, though sometimes, very rarely I'll use "-ise".

I will also use "thrice" unironically because it's such an useful word

I feel like I've gotta dig myself out of a hole here.  But like, I know people (and I think some of you know people) who use "quite" as a synonym of emphasis, where you'd typically use "really", "pretty" or "very". Like I'm OK with it if used in moderation, i.e. "Looks like he made quite a mess", but like "I thought the dinosaur exhibit was quite cool" or "Wow! You're quite the singer" is kind of a silly use of the word. I think it's a regional thing - the usage of "quite" here comes off quite forced. 

Here's one for the gaming community:  Swinging your body around with the controller while gaming.

I honestly don't get it.  I've been fully engrossed in games before, and have been seen energetically button mashing (not hard, just fast and all over the place), but I've never started swinging the controller and my body around and such.  How can you play in that state without messing yourself up?  Also, it's impossible to do in PC gaming anyway, heh.

I tend to do that when playing Mario Kart 8 for some reason. I'm trying to get my motorcycle to turn sharper when I lean in to the turn outside the TV. Totally works. Every time.

There's a guy I knew from college who would attend Smash tournaments and pretty much his thing was that he could never stay in his seat. He'd stand up and dance around like an 8 year old when he was really engrossed in a videogame, which is...kinda the polar opposite of what I'd do in the same situation; I'd rather shift my weight around until I'm the most comfortable I can possibly be in the chair.