In the meantime as you all know language fascinates me. There are “Isms”, slang or expressions in western English that have always given me pause for thought. Here is a short list of some of them. The expressions followed by my response.
Enjoy.
On the other hand – which hand did you start with?
In the fullness of time – that could take forever.
It is only a matter of time – everything is.
In the first place – where exactly was that?
At the end of the day – it is dark and late…except Alaska for 6 months a year…then it is light, and late.
In other words – if you have to rephrase it, why didn’t you start with those words?
That’s all I got for now. What “Isms” do you think about? Let me know. In the meantime…stay tuned for the main feature.
I’m just saying.
23 comments:
What the? Couldn't be stuffed finishing the sentence.
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heeheeheehehehee. I am drawing such things right now, such things indeed...also, I love the evil looking model-dude
"pull down and tear up." if you do you will pay for it.
"In other words..." drives me crazy.
And for another one, I have a coworker who answers every question with "to be honest", no I asked because I want you to lie to me! AAAAARGH!
Oh yeah Cynic!! We are about to roll it out in this sandbox...of DOOOOOOM!!
Isms...in the fullness of itme, but it's only a matter of time ;-) RAWR!
Ok I tried not to but I have to...
He said, "Which hand did you start with"
She thought, "The hand that isn't covered with the BS you tried to hand me."
He said, "It's only a matter of time."
She thought, "and your's just ran out."
He said, "if you have to rephrase it, why didn’t you start with those words?"
She said, "Because I was trying to use small words you'd understand."
Ok I'm done...
Alex - :) I hear you :)
Sugary - I am waiting with baited breath...and the model dude is ME...have you not seen the pictures?
Roy - :) you always make me laugh.
Brahm - I know...right? That one makes me crazy too :)
Lisa - Okay, you flat out made me laugh out loud so hard I think I peed a little ;)
"I could care less." "I couldn't care less."
The both mean the same thing.
That's weird.
What goes round, comes around. Hate that!
Blimey, I was going to say the same thing as Brahm - people who start their sentences with 'to be honest' drive me bonkers.
Izzy is also going through a phrase where she prefixes EVERY sentence with 'do you know what?'
Doug - Yep, that one bugs me too. ;)
Middle Child - Good one! He'll get his... ;)
Anne - How are you? I hear that one a lot. A question that gets answered with a question, "no, what?"
LOL!
In the first place, I think you were a little rough on the use of "isms". But on the other hand, maybe they are deserving of such, in other words, these be some pretty worn-out phrases. But at the end of the day, and time will tell, it's all about common usage, as you'll come to see in the fullness of time.
I know its supposed to be you :p I just liked that apparently there's an evil version lol
Mary - Glad you liked it :)
Hansi - Well Done! I LOVE it :)
Sugary - Am I bad because I play dress up with wooden dolls?
hahaha - they might be annoying isms but as a writer I'm always on the look-out for such things. People do talk that way, and I do try to make people talk the way people talk. (Try typing 'people' quickly three times in a row - it's not easy).
Love the 'at the end of the day' reference to Alaska. Here, the end of the day happens when exhaustion sets in. haha
Love your posts.
Anna - I was thinking about you specifically when I wrote the Alaska reference ;)
It's always in the last place you look: Well, duh, why would you keep looking if you already found it?
I have a friend Ron, and Anne will attest to this, who asks me how I am about 40 times every time I speak to her.. I love her, but highly annoying!
In the fullness of time? I can honestly say that I've never heard that phrase before. Does this make me sheltered at the end of the day?
On the other hand, maybe it just means that the naive gene was passed down to me.
Now, here's my question, is it even possible that the blog can be hijacked if you know about it in the first place?
In other words, wouldn't just be another guest post since you already know about it?
=) xo =)
Jew-jew....he doesn't know WHEN so it's like a terrorist threat. He knows the threat level is RED, but he doesn't have the intelligence to figure out when it hits....and by intelligence I mean information...LOL
I hate all those things as well as some very tired: "Think outside the box" (no I'd rather hide out in here) "Jump the shark" (no thanks) Or how about "See what I'm saying?" (no, I can HEAR what you are saying but unless you are a cartoon character with a word balloon, I can't SEE it)
Jen
Jen - Many of them are lame to start with...and wear out very quickly ;). "Outside the box" drives me nutty too. I've never been in a box I had to think my way out of...and I'd have to be pretty silly to have gotten stuck in a box in the first place :)
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