#14845 - 01/09/01 03:25 PM
Re: basically
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/22/00
Posts: 1981
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>the fashion was to start every second sentence with grundsätzlich (=basically)....I managed to keep from screaming ...
I used to have a boyfriend who started most sentences with "basically" and end them with ... "and such". I didn't manage to keep from screaming. He didn't last.
Other fashionable words around that time were:
timewise, workwise ... everythingwise.
My current pet peeve is "enjoy" with nothing after it. What am I meant to enjoy? At least adding "it" would give me a clue.
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#14846 - 01/09/01 11:04 PM
Re: but
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 11/13/00
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Loc: Northamptonshire, England
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Annastrophic pouts My name in vain thou shalt not take, stales (that goes for you Kiwis, too...)You're not half bad, but.  I wish I could send you all an MPEG of the beer ad which kicked off a resurgence of trailing "buts" here. It was a hoot, although MaxQ was miffed because it was Speights, not Tui.
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#14847 - 01/10/01 12:00 AM
Re: but
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 08/12/00
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A deranged Scarfie claimed that MaxQ was miffed because it was Speights, not Tui.
Yeah, right.
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#14848 - 01/10/01 08:16 AM
enjoy
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 08/23/00
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My current pet peeve is "enjoy" with nothing after it. Oh, Jo - I do so agree with you!!! It is a phrase that grates on my nerves, too. After that, there is nothing left to enjoy. And to save postage  (and keep my addiction under control) I have been following the "but" debate with fascinated interest - thank goodness it hasn't caught on over here, yet - and I'm wondering if its use is as a type of phatic emphasis. It certainly comes over that way from the examples adduced; as,indeed, does the use of "eh?", from my experience of its use in London.
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#14849 - 01/10/01 08:35 AM
Re: eh
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/22/00
Posts: 1981
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>indeed, does the use of "eh?", from my experience of its use in London
There is also the matter of the Glasgow "eh" (pronounced - e-grunt) which tags itself onto the end of every thing said. [note to comics - rarely have I heard anyone say "eh jimmy"]
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#14850 - 01/10/01 08:38 AM
Re: but/not
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/22/00
Posts: 1981
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I wonder if "but" is replacing "not", another irritating fashion.
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#14852 - 01/10/01 09:11 AM
Re: enjoy
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 08/23/00
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- and there is always the phrase, which I am assured was originated by the Chinese, "May you live in interesting times!"
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#14853 - 01/10/01 09:20 AM
Re: enjoy
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 10/17/00
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Loc: rego park
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In reply to:
and there is .. phrase ... by the Chinese, "May you live in interesting times!"
I have always been told this is a Chinese "curse" -- along the lines of "May the flea's of a thousand camels..."
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