hbiden@onlyfans.com wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:30 amname please?
"ummm.... singh."
you need more time to think about it?

losthighway wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:24 am It would seem (damnit now I'm analyzing my own phrasing) that a lot of this verbal fluff is mostly there as a buffer while the brain machine is manufacturing a sentence. Tough issue brought up? "I mean....." [buffering], "I think...." [commence main point].

It's harmless, except when we hear it so much it feels appropriate then it's needlessly written. There's an indirectness to American (and perhaps all?) English as it's currently spoken that reads as manners. When speaking Spanish, I've been corrected that my "polite" syntax "Can I have...." (Puedo tener) is odd to the native speaker's ear, it's just not normally said. Instead "Two beers, please", which isn't rude or unheard of in English but has observable confidence over "Can I have two beers?".

(I think) my language and culture seem to contribute well to my being a nonconfrontational, codependent, people pleaser.

kokorodoko wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:43 am

hbiden@onlyfans.com wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:30 amname please?
"ummm.... singh."
you need more time to think about it?

Actually pretty common for mundane things like that to require a second of thinking, like a reflex. Don't know why but it happens to me all the time. Maybe not with my name but when people ask my age I'm often like that, and I don't think I ever forget how old I am really.

"Get ready for the next surge! COVID deaths are 25% higher [than negligible] this year "

Anthony Flack wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 2:03 pm

"Get ready for the next surge! COVID deaths are 25% higher [than negligible] this year "

Negligible? Last I heard it was still killing twice as many people as the flu, and the flu kills a lot of people.

Dave N. wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:51 pm There’s a lot on NPR that is worthy of vaporization, but my top three lately are:

Reporters greeting each other with hey. “Hey, Ari!”

An interviewee discussing something thoughtful or somber and the interviewer replying with “Mmmmm…”

Pundits starting their opening sentences with “Look…”

rsmurphy wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:53 am

losthighway wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:24 am It would seem (damnit now I'm analyzing my own phrasing) that a lot of this verbal fluff is mostly there as a buffer while the brain machine is manufacturing a sentence. Tough issue brought up? "I mean....." [buffering], "I think...." [commence main point].

It's harmless, except when we hear it so much it feels appropriate then it's needlessly written. There's an indirectness to American (and perhaps all?) English as it's currently spoken that reads as manners. When speaking Spanish, I've been corrected that my "polite" syntax "Can I have...." (Puedo tener) is odd to the native speaker's ear, it's just not normally said. Instead "Two beers, please", which isn't rude or unheard of in English but has observable confidence over "Can I have two beers?".

(I think) my language and culture seem to contribute well to my being a nonconfrontational, codependent, people pleaser.

I get it. I even feel like a spoilsport for bringing it up. And as FM dontfeartheringo eloquently stated there are far more egregious long-lasting offenses. Also, I'm definitely not economical with my words in print or verbally. I blame high school and oral interpretation.

ErickC wrote: Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:49 pm Seesaw drivers. Pick a speed and hold it. I literally mastered that my first week behind the wheel.