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11-21-2016 #1
Annoying speech habits
Is it just me being a hidebound old fart or do some of you also find certain new speech habits annoying ?
Just when I thought I was getting used to upspeak and celebrating the death of "bro" , "ya know what I mean?" and "keeping it real".
Now along comes "it is what it is" and , the particularly annoying "go ahead and..."
http://speakermagazine.com/top-10-mo...peaker-habits/
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11-21-2016 #2
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I assume you find colloquialisms ill-suited for everyday use. The English language is one of the few languages that can be at times superfluous in it's creative manner. Presenting multiple ways of saying the same thing ad nauseam. Still, each of these forms of speech do not lose their meaning and in reality emphasizes cultural beliefs in it's words and phrases valued by it's target audience. While some of it may be jarring. I would say proper speech is a lot more jarring then every day slang.
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11-22-2016 #3
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You're just getting old man! Colloquialisms are for the young and and the not yet jaded. I'm at the stage where speech is an inadequate and tiresome method of communication.
What's particularly annoying are the recycled terms which are used as if they're brand spanking new or the hoary guy at the bar wearing skinny jeans and the earring from 1982 who still thinks he's in the loop because he's tossing out catchphrases he heard form his grandkids. I may have been guilty of the first offence once. I think they're just attempts to communicate in a way that seems relevant to the times and something we must all grow through though by no means should we continue to practice in our later years.
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11-22-2016 #4
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Times are changing. You're getting old. I hate a lot of new slang. I'm getting old.
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11-22-2016 #5
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Re: Annoying speech habits
What I fucking hate are these people starting every sentence or statement with 'So'.
'So' has a particular proper application and usage. For example, "Why did you clean the rain gutters out today?" Answer: "So that the water would flow freely."
Or, "You threw away the french fries!" Reply: "So."
But when someone asks "Tell us about the new fire hydrants..." Popular but wrong reply: "So the city had some extra money and we used it for new hydrants."
I noticed 90% of the people doing this are Millenials or post-Millenials. Did some debate teacher tell them they can use 'So' so that they don't say 'Uh....' ??
Pisses me off because the people doing it are speaking in public venues and are trying to pass themselves off as having intellect.
That's my current peeve.
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11-22-2016 #6
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11-22-2016 #7
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Re: Annoying speech habits
I notice the predominance of the phrase 'you know' in interviews/press conferences involving the sporting community but I suspect it's a sub-conscious adoption, a verbal equivalent of the musical 'earworm' perhaps?
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11-22-2016 #8
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Americans' fondness for pronouncing some words with "flaaaht" vowel sounds.
I was watching highlights of the latest round of the Americas Cup racing series and the US commentator kept referring to the "regaaahtta". Surely it's "gatt" as in cat?
Seems to me something that's only become more noticeable in the last decade or so. I've no idea why ...
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11-22-2016 #9
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Erm, yeah, like, init, y'know!
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11-22-2016 #10
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Any sort of communication seems to be inadequate nowadays...
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