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I'm 57, male and a bit fussy and critical, perhaps?
I just listened to a Boston Celtics post-game show, and a player uttered numerous times the word "man." "Man...
it was a tough game." Or, "I hear ya, man." Or, "no problem, man." Even the host uttered the word.
Is it a 'bro thing? A cool thing? Primarily a black person thing (though many Whites and Hispanics certainly say it). A lower class or low class mannerism?
Am I the only one bothered by it? I expect a lot of responses will be nasty toward me, defending it as a normal, cool, friendly, fun manner of speech.
Would an educated woman, young or old, be impressed with a guy on a first date talking like this? Females do not say it?
(1) I hate it when people use the word "ghetto" as an adjective.
(2) I hate it when people use the word "female" as a noun when referring to a human being. (Notice how you didn't use the word "male" when you were referring to a man?)
(1) I hate it when people use the word "ghetto" as an adjective.
(2) I hate it when people use the word "female" as a noun when referring to a human being. (Notice how you didn't use the word "male" when you were referring to a man?)
Yep, not hard to infer that he equates referring to something as ghetto as saying it's not only black but lower class. OCD is not an excuse for that.
I'm 57, male and a bit fussy and critical, perhaps?
I just listened to a Boston Celtics post-game show, and a player uttered numerous times the word "man." "Man...
it was a tough game." Or, "I hear ya, man." Or, "no problem, man." Even the host uttered the word.
Is it a 'bro thing? A cool thing? Primarily a black person thing (though many Whites and Hispanics certainly say it). A lower class or low class mannerism?
Am I the only one bothered by it? I expect a lot of responses will be nasty toward me, defending it as a normal, cool, friendly, fun manner of speech.
Would an educated woman, young or old, be impressed with a guy on a first date talking like this? Females do not say it?
Even educated talk show hosts sometimes say it. A friend, my age, complains about a 60-year old Boston talk show host who says it at times (the host is otherwise very cultured!). My few friends don't say it.
Geez, just heard another player say it on a different sports station! And just now, a seemingly white male host, just said "its toxic, man." I agree the latter is likely more educated and accomplished than I.
I follow the NHL and don't find hockey players using it.
This is worse than saying "like" all the time!?
By the way, OP, punctuation and grammatical errors bug the heck out of me. Do they indicate a lower class or low class mentality? A lower education? Some sort of mental weakness? I don't know, but your post is chock full of 'em. I've highlighted them for you to mull over.
Hey, man, if you're interested in correcting these mannerisms of writing in the future, just let me know and I'll give you a hand. I'm sure you don't want to come across as low class.
It's a habit. Good, bad or otherwise. If you know what someone is trying to communicate to you, why quibble over vernacular? Communicate, relate, appreciate. Life's too short to be aggravated over the speaking habits of others. If I know what they mean to say, I don't bother correcting or critiquing them unless invited to do so. Heaven knows I'm not perfect. (though I realize I must seem so on c-d LOLOLOL)
Saying "dude" or "man" in and of itself is not what was drawing the ire of the OP
It was the unceasing interjection into conversation
This is more than using a "vernacular" piece of slang
It is part of the creating of language in the mind in the process of speaking...
And it can happen with any level of education--or race---although most better educated/successful people train themselves out of it if they had it...
It is a learned response to a speaking pattern...
I was actually replying to a different post not the OP with my response. But thanks for clarifying the obvious.
I'm 57, male and a bit fussy and critical, perhaps?
I just listened to a Boston Celtics post-game show, and a player uttered numerous times the word "man." "Man...
it was a tough game." Or, "I hear ya, man." Or, "no problem, man." Even the host uttered the word.
Is it a 'bro thing? A cool thing? Primarily a black person thing (though many Whites and Hispanics certainly say it). A lower class or low class mannerism?
Am I the only one bothered by it? I expect a lot of responses will be nasty toward me, defending it as a normal, cool, friendly, fun manner of speech.
Would an educated woman, young or old, be impressed with a guy on a first date talking like this? Females do not say it?
Even educated talk show hosts sometimes say it. A friend, my age, complains about a 60-year old Boston talk show host who says it at times (the host is otherwise very cultured!). My few friends don't say it.
Geez, just heard another player say it on a different sports station! And just now, a seemingly white male host, just said "its toxic, man." I agree the latter is likely more educated and accomplished than I.
I follow the NHL and don't find hockey players using it.
This is worse than saying "like" all the time!?
No, it's just a "casual", colloquial, "I'm comfortable with you" kind of thing. It's only irritating if it is every sentence...or said to females - it's really just a "bro" thing.
By the way, OP, punctuation and grammatical errors bug the heck out of me. Do they indicate a lower class or low class mentality? A lower education? Some sort of mental weakness? I don't know, but your post is chock full of 'em. I've highlighted them for you to mull over.
Hey, man, if you're interested in correcting these mannerisms of writing in the future, just let me know and I'll give you a hand. I'm sure you don't want to come across as low class.
(1) I hate it when people use the word "ghetto" as an adjective.
(2) I hate it when people use the word "female" as a noun when referring to a human being. (Notice how you didn't use the word "male" when you were referring to a man?)
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