Words you say just a little too much.

[Vern5]

A few friends and I were hanging out in my apartment yesterday. We were trading stories and making jokes. At one point, two of my friends who are both in the same class, started talking about how the author of a required class text constantly says "so" a lot.

This reminded me that there are words that unerringly cling to our everyday diction to the point that we cease to recognize that we are even saying them. For example, I have a habit of prefacing many of my sentences with "basically" or using "seriously" to describe.

So listen carefully to yourself. Notice anything you say just a little too often?

 

[No_Remainders]

the author of a required class text constantly says "so" a lot.

"So so, so so so, so so so so so..."

Constantly says "so" a lot?

OT: Eh... I say "like" quite a bit, but I say "y'know" even more.

 

[ace_of_something]

When writing i tend to use the phrases 'also' 'in addition' 'either way' a lot. Spoken... i am told i say the word 'clearly' often.

 

[staika]

I say "oh my" a lot whenever I see anything mildly interesting but I try not to say any word too much because I would annoy myself with that.

 

[CleverNickname]

Actually.

I don't know why I need to correct myself all the time. Well, actually, I'm just playing Devil's advocate too often, so I reply to objections before anyone can even make them.

Makes me feel smrt, actually.

 

[The Man With the Soap]

I use the word corn alot.

 

[Instant K4rma]

Instead of saying I "like" something, I usually say I "dig" something.

"Hey Dylan, have you seen Reservoir Dogs?"

"Yea man, I really dig that movie."

I've had a couple people point it out to me.

 

[kannibus]

Here is the list:

1) Y'all
2) Fuck (and all variations thereof)
3) Bejesus
4) It's like that episode of Star Trek where...
5) Mate
6) Bro
7) Ramshackulous
8) Aces

 

[teqrevisited]

Indeed.

"Did you do x/y?"

"Indeed I did."

That and "aye", but that's just part of my inherited speech, being part Scottish and English.

 

[New Troll]

Kewl beanz!

 

[The Night Shade]

Carajo which is like saying damm in english

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

Something i hate is people who say "like" for every other word. "So, like we were, like... hanging out and stuff and he just comes up and is, like a giant douche" That sort of speech makes me want to slap someone's face with a dictionary.

As for myself i'm not really sure. I don't really talk a lot so i guess neither me nor my friends have noticed any specific tics about how i talk.

Could be that, or it could be that i just have a nicely balanced and varied vocabulary

 

[flamingjimmy]

Everything that I like is awesome, and everything I don't is lame, pretty much. It's not that I don't have a large vocabulary, just most of the time I'm subconsciously too lazy to use it.

 

[sageoftruth]

My two offenses are:
1) "Say..." with index finger pointing upwards.
2) "Excellent" sometimes with fingers folded.

 

[General BrEeZy]

Dick
Fagballs
Loser
Effer/F**ker
Communist/Commie Bastard
Fartknockers
Niiiice
B*tchin'
Turdbucket
Efftard

well, those are primarily insults, but those are my most common words! xD

 

[General BrEeZy]

Kewl beanz!

cool cool beans, beans, cool beans!
coOOOOOOOOol be-be-be-be-be beans!

 

[Madara XIII]

So listen carefully to yourself. Notice anything you say just a little too often?

*Pulls out list*

-Actually
-Sorry
-Excuse Me
-Bro
-Jesus
-Interesting
-Indeed
-That's Understandable
-Irksome
[HEADING=2]-The Game[/HEADING]......Btw you lost it.


And that's pretty much it. Thanks for this interesting thread. Gave me something to think about.

 

[Llil]

I use the word corn alot.

Corn Alots, huh? Are they a kind of Alot that live in corn fields, or do they eat corn? Or are they actually made out of corn? I'm interested.

OT: I really shouldn't use "really" as much as I do. It's really annoying, but it's really difficult to figure out other good words that do the same thing. I don't really have any words I say too often when I'm speaking, it's only when I write something in English.

 

[PleasantAsAHeadcrab]

Here's my list'

10. Reckon
9. Mate, as in addressing someone as that, not...mating.
8. Ergo
7. Indeed
6. Bloody...I'm sorry, it's my favorite adjective/swear word, to the horror of pretty much everyone.
5. Lass
4. Though
3. Also
2. To be honest
1. Granted

8D I talk like a little weirdo.

 

[Viral_Lola]

Titmouse
also
actually
okay
no
like
lols
fuck tart (my personal favorite cuss word)
you know
indeed