While facilitating trainings, I'm hyperaware of every stumble, stutter, "um" and "uhhh." I also noticed that I have a chronic addiction to the phrase, "you know?"
And recently, a friend informed me that I say, "blah, blah, blah," a lot. I thought he was crazy when he said it. Since then, I've caught myself saying, "blah, blah, blah" 672 times.
What phrases do you overuse?
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Suzanne
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Lately I have been saying "hit the wall" a lot. Maybe I need to get the toilet paper that has a new vocabulary word every day to expand my repertoire. Or maybe I AM hitting the wall and need to go spend a week on a sunny beach and forget about my job. :)
ReplyDeleteDude, for what it's worth, I'm just saying, you know? Totally.
ReplyDeleteWhatever.
ReplyDeleteshut ur mouth when ur talking to me - I find it ends conversation rather quickly and annoys people...bummer!
ReplyDeleteLately I have noticed that when I'm on the phone with people and the conversation comes to a lull, I say "so anyway...".
ReplyDeleteSometimes I catch myself chiming in with "cool" a lot. How old am I? Or I notice if I start spending time with someone who says particular things repeatedly, I start picking it up too. There's a Southern boy in the picture recently and I find myself saying "I tell you what,..." I caught it from him!
ReplyDeleteI belong to the blahblahblah school of linguistics.
ReplyDeleteDoes that make sense?
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