Whatever, you know?
A few months ago, I e-mailed CNN suggesting they might run a story on "the overuse of "YOU KNOW".
This week they DID, along with the word WHATEVER'.
Have you been distracted during a conversation by the excessive use of "you know"?
"JP"s
This week they DID, along with the word WHATEVER'.
Have you been distracted during a conversation by the excessive use of "you know"?
"JP"s
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Permalink Reply by Eugene on -
That's so cool. Congrats on the article..
I absolutely get sidetracked when a person overuses a word, especially if they are giving a speech. The ones that come to mind are , "um, whatever, like."
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Permalink Reply by Doctolero on -
D'ya know wot I mean, like, you know? Totally, know what you are saying. Like. Yeah, whatever.
No, seriously that is awesome. I should suggest things to the BBC news. See if they will stop listening to the government and listen to me instead. Grrrrr.
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Permalink Reply by Kristine Allen on -
I once had a guy in my class use "um" over 100 times in a 10 min speech. That's all I could hear. I have no idea what he presented on.
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Permalink Reply by Rachel Anne on -
Yeah... overuse of words tends to muddle whatever it is person was speaking about to begin with.
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Permalink Reply by Keith L Spurgeon on -
The umms and likes always remind me of one of my college professors. I was a broadcasting major, and he would listen to our recordings and verbally count off two points for each of them. I somehow adapted this into my actual conversations. I just apply it to my interest in the conversation with a person. In the back of my mind there are always "yup, there goes two, and another two".
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Permalink Reply by JP Slater on -
ILike,
I'm so fed-up with some of the 'talking-head" guests on BNN saying "you know' that I now Goggle them for their E-mail address and point out the overuse of that saying , suggesting they review the tape and see for themselves how annoying and distracting it is.
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Permalink Reply by Mark Huckabee on -
Whether we like it or not the way we speak forms impressions in those around us. Overusing worthless statements such as "you know" or concluding a discussion with a vapid response of "whatever" paints a very unflattering picture. Either the speaker is too lazy to construct a proper sentence and communicate some cogent information or they didn't have anything worthwhile to say in the first place. These people just feel like they have to fill the emptiness around them with *something*. They would've been much better off just keeping quiet. Whenever I hear someone speak like this it instantly makes me mistrust anything else they've said.
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