"I'm sorry, could you say that again?"

[TornZero]

Repeating yourself, be it from across the room, through a loud crowd, when you're trying to whisper to each other in the middle of class, or even just for people that seem ignorant instead of hard of hearing, it's likely that we've all experienced it. Sometimes after saying it even once you won't bother to reiterate.

Are there any times or places you're frequently in where you feel like you always have to repeat yourself? Or maybe you're against having to do it entirely?

 

[PlatinumDude]

Yes, I find myself having to repeat myself time to time because I tend not to say words clearly. I also have a hard time explaining things.

 

[Sammi]

I repeat myself all the time. I'm soft-spoken and speak quickly so it's not surprising and I'm not mad when I have to do it. It's mostly at work, which I feel bad for, because as a server I should be understood the first time.

I tend to have to ask people to repeat themselves, though. My hearing is kind of bad. I can tell people are talking but not what they say.

 

[Captain Fabio]

Unless I see a reason why they might not have heard what I said, I don't tend to repeat myself.
It is bloody annoying having to repeat something and it really gets me when I am at work and I explain a process, then they ask me to repeat it. I understand you might not get it, but at least ask about a part of the process and not just ask me to explain the whole, blooming thing because you have the attention span of a pea.​

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[Mr Cat Dog]

I talk insanely fast - especially to my parents - so I'm used to having to repeat myself on a not-too-regular basis. With new people, especially, I find this to be especially true. My friends have gotten used to it, so it happens less with them... but when I'm around my parents, I feel like my speed of talking skyrockets for whatever reason. As such, it's a rare day when my dad says "Could you say that again, please?" to me. :D

 

[Zephele]

I typically speak softly, and I stumble on my words a lot of the time, so I'm fairly used to having to repeat myself. It's only when I have to repeat something more than twice when it starts to irk me, otherwise, it's a common occurrence that I don't mind too much.

I also try not to get annoyed at repeating myself since I often have to ask other people to do the same for me due to my bad sense of hearing.

 

[Overlord Drakow]

I also hate it when I have to repeat myself. I feel as if I'm getting ignored and that really does irritate me.

 

[Skip Class]

I am a mix of both soft spoken and speak to fast. My grandparents think I talk way to fast yet my mum considers it a New Zealand thing since she considers my friends speak to fast sometimes xD
Other times I can be soft spoken. Sometimes when I talk to people, my tongue sorta twists and I'm somewhat softer and have to repeat myself - doesn't happen much now days though.

 

[psyanic]

I speak a little fast so sometimes my tongue trips over a few words and I end up having to repeat myself. That's really the only reason I have to repeat myself, and it doesn't bother me that much. I don't get annoyed if someone doesn't understand what I'm saying.

 

[Shining Raichu]

I have to repeat myself a lot because I talk so fast that sometimes I don't even understand what I just said. My words tend to blend together a lot and I have customers constantly asking me to repeat the phrase "Do you have FlyBuys at all?" because they think I'm asking them for a five dollar note.

On the flip side though, I'm also always asking other people to repeat themselves for me. You know how if you leave a computer unattended for too long it goes into hibernate? Yeah, that's my mind. And my hibernation time is set at 30 seconds. If you don't talk to me for that long I'm off in my own little world and you have to snap me back out of it, which usually means repeating what you just said haha.

 

[Altairis]

I talk too fast or too quietly sometimes and people always ask me to repeat myself. It's really annoying so most of the time I just end up saying nevermind.

 

[Bika]

No, because I am very loud and obnoxious, hahaha.

 

[Hybrid Trainer]

I'm very quiet, mumble a lot and can stutter when I'm uncomfortable talking to someone so I have to repeat myself quite often. I don't really find it irritating, until it gets to about the fourth time.
The thing that bugs me the most though is I tend to have people ask me to repeat myself the most when I'm trying to speak clearly and loud the first time round.

 

[Kura]

@_@ I find I do have to repeat myself over skype if my Steelseries mic isn't plugged in.. and it's annoying but I do it anyways. Uuugghh.. but as for explaining myself, I don't mind repeating myself as long as someone does make the effort to try and listen, remember, or understand.

 

[Otherworld9)]

I'm a very quiet speaker, so I suppose it's not surprising if I'm asked. Sometimes I don't speak fast, but most of the time I do. Despite this, I rarely get asked to repeat.

 

[Oryx]

My sister has a hearing problem so I used to have to repeat myself all the time around her.

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

I'll repeat myself if I have to, but I like to think I speak loudly enough that I don't have to... and if I have to end up repeating myself, usually I'll say it the second time with a much more annoyed tone.

I don't like it when others feel the need to repeat themselves when I heard them clearly the first time (or first 5,000 times in the case of my parents), and I certainly don't like repeating myself when people should have heard me.

 

[Alice]

I'm constantly having to repeat myself to everyone. As far as I can tell, I'm talking quite loud, but no one can ever hear. It's really annoying.

 

[Dreg]

I have a very hard time explaining something because I'm slow. I end up using the wrong set of words, and some people are like "wtf did he say?!"

 

[Firox]

I have a low voice so many times I have to speak up to be heard, so I have to repeat myself many times to be heared especially if there is a lot of noise (like traffic)