So I was on the Sonic Youth discussion board
 

I love the way Americans sometimes start a story with, "So I was..."

No sarcasm intended.

we do say that. i have a nasty habit of saying "uh" in the middle of all my sentences too.

How do you Brits start a story, wot?

innit

We say 'Excuse me, but would you mind awfully listening to my amusing tale'.

"I say, now here's a thing: I was perusing the Sonic Youth forum...."

before i ask a question no matter what it is. i go "wait a minute"

how can you awfully listen?

Although now it's starting to get on my wick a bit.

what gets on my wick is the way english people say "basically" all the time

its like its like its like...oh my goooodddd and etc.

It's what happens if you post from work. Always in a bad mood at work.

I'm much nicer when I post in the evening.

pookie, in a bad mood? your the eternal optimist. maybe you really do hate christmas?

I think there's a difference between writing and talking. If we all wrote the way we talked, we'd constantly be saying um and ah.

I'm always in a bad mood at work.

We spend the majority of our waking hours doing something we don't want to do, and being with people we don't want to be with.

Other than work, I love my life (and I love Christmas).

But surely you'd expect people to cut out those parts of the spoken language we use which are superfluous, and just inserted because of lack of confidence, lack of articulacy, or because we're afraid of silence?


It's all relative really. I'd much rather be with my family and friends.

Then again, I don't dread going to work each morning, the way I have with some jobs I've had.

anyone that happy is obviously a liar and a murderer and a conservative party member and a fox hunter and a U2 fan.

Two of those things apply to me.

murdering tory!

which two?

ok i will admit that yes i am generally not in my best moods when i am at work. i generally dont like the people i work with and its strange to think that such a random group of people are thrown together and have to try and get along.

they also say that a lot of people find their love at work. i dont really think thats possible for me unless i am willing to make some major changes in my life. i am sat in the marriage chair apparantly. everyone who sits here ends up getting married apparantly.

STFU back, you aren't english!

people who aren't native english speakers get special allowances when speaking english

Ogni tanto son talmente stufo di essere "costretto" a pensare in inglese che mi verrebbe da scrivere solo in italiano. Poi mi pento subito, perchè ormai sono talmente abituato ad esprimermi in inglese in internet da fare una figura peggiore con l'italiano.

I did study psychology, but it was more than 20 years ago. I don't remember mentioning it here (I might have though).

I usually don't use parentheses when talking either.

I used to tap people on the shoulder to get their attention. People dont like that.

I hate when people say "at the end of the day" a lot. You get that more and more the further north you go in england.

People tend to do that when they dont know how to conclude their arguement.












But yknow, at the end of the day each to their own.

I do.

hmm...

i love when people say something totally out of the ordinary up to date way of speaking like "aces!" or "Groady to the max!"

So I was on the Sonic Youth discussion board
...and nearly every topic was a "recycled" one.

Sensing overwhelming deju vu, I logged-off as soon as possible.

I still find the word 'dude' incredibly irritating, regardless of the person saying its nationality.

I talk weird, because of lisp so most of the time people don't understand a word I am saying. And I speak in somewhat of a low voice.

It's the only bad thing about south park.

British exlamations like 'belter!', 'get in!', and 'top man!' annoy me.

What the hell is top man?

So I was thinking....I love the way the english say "supernova".

SUPANOVER!

:D

I call my mom dude. :eek:

Ah, I may not have mentioned it was so long ago that I studied if I was trying to make a point:o .

I did study child psychology as well, so that makes sense.