Saying "yeah" at the end of every sentence (parent, people)
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It's like, you know, people get so easily annoyed at everything these days, yeah? People are just waiting to be annoyed. Yeah!
Many would completely crumble and explode if they had anything significant of difficulty, such as living during the Great Depression. So many are just fragile babies these days. And the rest of us are forced to hear about their misery, instead of them keeping it to themselves, as in our better days.
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Originally Posted by RomulusXXV
About the (once known as obscene) language thing as brought up by another poster ...Perhaps I AM a prude (not that I care) because, even after many years of being subjected to what was one time known as 'bad language', I STILL cringe when I hear the "f" word used so freely by parents around their kids. Or around anyone else for that matter. It's an ugly and also an aggressive word. How can anyone speak to their kids or show respect for others in that manner? But they do.
And, today's so-called 'TV comedians' cannot get through a so-called comedic routine unless it is peppered with the 'f' word and, often, pure filth. And their dimwitted audiences roll on the floor laughing.
What happened to society and plain common decency?
We should choose our words/language as if everyone has virgin ears, that have never been penetrated with four-letter words!
My co-worker does this. With her, it seems to be a form of punctuating what she said.
"We got a shipment in two weeks ago, remember? Yeah."
"We should have enough in stock for at least six months. Yeah."
"You might want to call and get a price quote. Yeah."
Loosely related, I have a friend who ends a great many sentences with "... or something."
I'd guess that people who do this are utterly aware of it.
If I encountered that, I'd just have fun with it. Start really piling on the "yeahs". Make the comedy unmistakable. Now, something like that might get noticed with the other person, and they might start paying attention to their speech. We don't have to get mad or be silent; just bring it up to the surface sufficiently.
I don't know if this is the right place for this question, but it seems to have a psychological aspect to it---as in denigrating or patronizing.
I first noticed it about 10 years ago in Hawaii and just thought it was a Hawaiian thing. I don't hear it much in real life, but it sure is on TV.
Just finished the series "Succession" and those rich "kids" end every sentence with "yeah?"
I guess they want to make sure they are heard and understood, and more importantly: obeyed by their underlings.
Do you hear this in real life or is this just the latest trend on TV, to make the rich and famous even more hip and cool (lol)?
Or is just lazy talk? Somehow it seems more patronizing than just saying "right?" which is kind of begging for confirmation too.
It's just annoying but maybe it's here to stay---
LOVE that show! The last episode of the series is this Sunday. The acting is superb. I have most certainly noticed the use of the yeah but they do speak in a super cool coded manner. None of the siblings seem to finish a sentence when speaking to each other. Maybe to demonstrate how close they are? There are a lot of "bro" and other hipster words thrown in. They don't seem to complete a thought and speak in phrases which the other cool hipster seems to get. The older characters don't speak that way.
But in answer to your question I've never heard anyone speak that way. Could it be the speaking pattern of the super rich cool hipsters? I don't know.
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