Annoying words, and Turkey

What do you think is the most annoying English word?

According to the below article, "whatever" ranks first on the list of most annoying words. Some other contenders were, "like," "anyway," and "you know."

It is iddifcult to explain the nuances of these expressions,

but many teenagers use the above words,

which are not flattering or a sign of indifference.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20091212td.html

What do you think? How about in Japanese...

what do you think is the most annoying word/phrase/expression in Japanese?

And speaking of Japanese, it was announced that the Kanji/Japanese character of the year 2009 was "NEW." This "NEW" stands for the new government, the new flu, and...what other "new" things happened in 2009? Do you remember?

For you, what kind year was 2009? Think about it and lemme know.

For me, I can't complain. It was a good year concerning many aspects of my life...

I travelled, I met many new good people, I learned a lot...

and I am looking forward to making 2010 even a better year.

Below, are some photos and an email from Ms. C.

She went to Turkey with her mother for a vacation two months ago.

I bet that was a good memory for them in 2009.

Hi Glenn!!
This week is three-day weekends.
But I went to the office yesterday.
And I don’t have special plan, so I will take it easy and organize my trip photos.

I send you several photos of my trip to Turkey.
I thought Turkey was very multifaceted country.
Because I could see very old sites in B.C., magnificent landscape that nature made, strict Islamic mosque and enjoy both atmosphere of Europe and Asia.
I could enjoy a lot !!!

I sent you seven photos.

※sorry!!!!!
I sent this mail before but it returned.
So I send this mail twice.
First I send only mail after that only photos.

●first photo
This is a Trojan horse.
It is a famous spot of Trojan war.
I could enter the inside.(I showed my face from the right window….)

●second photo
Here is the site in Ephesus
There are a lot of ruins that were built in second century.
This place is a library.

●third and forth photos
Here is Cappadocia.
I think here is the most famous spot of Turkey.
I could see strange shape rock as far as I could see.
I was overwhelmed very much.

●fifth photo
This is a Turkey’s famous sweets, Baklava.
It was sold everywhere. So I ate it. One piece is very small so I could eat one bite.
But it was very very very sweet !!!
It is the same as a pie. But in addition to inside cream, it is soaked in sweet syrup.

●sixth photo
This is Ayasofya . It is a cathedral and built thousand years before than famous Saint Peter's Cathedral in Italy.

●seventh photo
This is a photo of the cruise of the Bosphorus strait.
It is located between continent of Europe and Asia.