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05-01-2007, 10:53 PM
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Annoying verbal conventions
1. I pass a neighbor in the hall "How's it going?"
He responds with "what's up?" I think this one is about 5 years old or so, and on top of being annoying, it further strips the meaning from an already almost meaningless convention of asking someone how their day is. It's fake, and further degrades the connection that individuals can have to eachother in urban life. 2. This convention has become very widespread in the last 2 years or so, and hasn't even peaked yet IMO. Ask someone a yes or no question, and you'll get 3 or four answers "yea no yeah yeah yeah." ????????????? What is the "no" doing in there? The permutations of this are almost endless. They can go "no no no yeah" or "yeah yeah yeah no", etc. I catch myself doing this sometimes, and I hate it. 
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05-01-2007, 11:08 PM
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Re: Annoying verbal conventions
yes no maybe
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#3
05-01-2007, 11:08 PM
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Re: Annoying verbal conventions
wtf
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05-01-2007, 11:33 PM
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Re: Annoying verbal conventions
i've become more aware of this lately.. whenever someone asks me how's it going, i always say "good" or "not too bad" or whatever... and that's the end of that. i feel bad like i didn't ask THEM how THEY were doing.. i probably should just say "good how about you" but i don't
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05-01-2007, 11:33 PM
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Re: Annoying verbal conventions
[ QUOTE ]
2. This convention has become very widespread in the last 2 years or so, and hasn't even peaked yet IMO. Ask someone a yes or no question, and you'll get 3 or four answers "yea no yeah yeah yeah." ????????????? What is the "no" doing in there? The permutations of this are almost endless. They can go "no no no yeah" or "yeah yeah yeah no", etc. I catch myself doing this sometimes, and I hate it. [/ QUOTE ] I don't even understand what you're saying. I ask someone a yes or no question, and they answer me four times in rapid succession? I don't hang out with speed freaks or Jimmy Two Times, so I can honestly say I've never experienced this. EDIT: If I'm talking and not making myself clear, and the other person says, "Wait, you mean ____?" and that's exactly what I meant, then I might say "Yeah" three times pretty fast. But throwing a "no" in there is so weird I couldn't even imagine it for a bit, if that's what you were talking about.
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#7
05-01-2007, 11:38 PM
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Re: Annoying verbal conventions
RDH,
It usually follows a misunderstanding of some sort, so the person is meaning to say "no, you're wrong", and then saying "yeah, this is how it is", but instead says "no yeah" Like "Dude, you said you'd drive me to the party. Don't flake" "No No Yeah, I will drive you. I just can't make it til 7" It gets a lot more extreme than that though. Maybe this is an LA thing.
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#8
05-01-2007, 11:56 PM
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Re: Annoying verbal conventions
I see. I was confused like RDH, as well. In your example, it looks like the person is answering the second part of your statement first.
I think I've heard people do this before, but I have never noticed it enough for it to be annoying.
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#9
05-02-2007, 12:01 AM
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Re: Annoying verbal conventions
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i've become more aware of this lately.. whenever someone asks me how's it going, i always say "good" or "not too bad" or whatever... and that's the end of that. i feel bad like i didn't ask THEM how THEY were doing.. i probably should just say "good how about you" but i don't [/ QUOTE ] I usually say "about average".
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#10
05-02-2007, 12:30 AM
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Re: Annoying verbal conventions
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RDH, It usually follows a misunderstanding of some sort, so the person is meaning to say "no, you're wrong", and then saying "yeah, this is how it is", but instead says "no yeah" Like "Dude, you said you'd drive me to the party. Don't flake" "No No Yeah, I will drive you. I just can't make it til 7" It gets a lot more extreme than that though. Maybe this is an LA thing. [/ QUOTE ] I do this.
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