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Post by Admiral Mundane on Dec 8, 2009 5:58:56 GMT 10
Yeah srsly what the crap are you on about? I'm talking about stereotypical cheerleader talk. Oh that. I've heard people call that "up-talking." It's a terrible way to talk. |
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Post by The Pletch on Dec 8, 2009 6:12:30 GMT 10
OH.
More confined to valley girls in general. For those unaware, this is the tendency of American teenagers, especially girls, to tilt up the end of their sentences as if they're asking a question, regardless of whether it is, in fact, a question.
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Post by Sergeant Dull on Dec 8, 2009 7:27:07 GMT 10
I tend to ...er. Pitch-Down when I ask questions, either that or remain completely neutral.
I guess that's why FE doesn't understand a blind word I'm saying on Skype.
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Post by Naem on Dec 8, 2009 8:15:02 GMT 10
I tend to ...er. Pitch-Down when I ask questions, either that or remain completely neutral. I guess that's why FE doesn't understand a blind word I'm saying on Skype. ...I think that might be because English isn't my first language. Just a guess.  ;; |
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Post by Sergeant Dull on Dec 8, 2009 8:29:45 GMT 10
Okay I'll change my sentence.
That's why nobody understands me on Skype.
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Post by Oberstleutnant Insipid on Dec 8, 2009 9:32:33 GMT 10
OH. More confined to valley girls in general. For those unaware, this is the tendency of American teenagers, especially girls, to tilt up the end of their sentences as if they're asking a question, regardless of whether it is, in fact, a question. I SMASHINGLY HATE THIS. People do this all the time while making speeches and oral presentations here. It's incredibly annoying. |
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Post by Sergeant Dull on Dec 8, 2009 9:33:28 GMT 10
OH. More confined to valley girls in general. For those unaware, this is the tendency of American teenagers, especially girls, to tilt up the end of their sentences as if they're asking a question, regardless of whether it is, in fact, a question. I ninjaING HATE THIS. People do this all the time while making speeches and oral presentations here. It's incredibly annoying. Did you forget you live in Australia? |
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Post by Oberstleutnant Insipid on Dec 8, 2009 11:41:02 GMT 10
No, I'm serious. People talk like that here too. It's uncommon, but annoying as all hell. I know one fairly annoying socialist who does it all the time when he's ranting about something rather serious.
And as aforementioned, students making oral presentations do it a lot. I have no SMASHINGLY idea why.
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Post by CoolCorky on Dec 8, 2009 11:43:09 GMT 10
There are people in my school whose "like" to "word other than like" ratio in a sentence is about 8:1
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Post by Fiery on Dec 8, 2009 11:49:17 GMT 10
There are people in my school whose "like" to "word other than like" ratio in a sentence is about 8:1 "Word other than like", eh? That seems like a rather bulky and awkward piece of a sentence for people to toss into their everyday speech. Doesn't seem very useful either. No wonder people say "like" instead. |
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Post by Admiral Mundane on Dec 8, 2009 13:38:35 GMT 10
I remember counting the amount of times a girl in my English class said "like" while trying to explain something from the book we read. I swear she was getting pretty close to like having like every like other like word like like like you know?
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Post by Stuart on Dec 8, 2009 17:41:46 GMT 10
The thing I hate about people saying "like" all the time is that now I do it.
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Post by The Pletch on Dec 8, 2009 21:57:17 GMT 10
I remember counting the amount of times a girl in my English class said "like" while trying to explain something from the book we read. I swear she was getting pretty close to like having like every like other like word like like like you know? Did this a few times during discussions in my english class. Averaged about 200 of the suckers, most of them coming from a few people who appeared to have some highly specified form of tourettes. |
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Post by Adramelech on Dec 9, 2009 0:30:28 GMT 10
I don't say "like", but I do say something a tad worse... The infamous "Ya'know?"  |
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Post by Oberstleutnant Insipid on Dec 9, 2009 0:36:08 GMT 10
A guest lecturer for political science last year said 'y'know' and 'okay' ALL THE TIME.
Oddly enough, he was Chinese.
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