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Sunny Posted Wed 19 Sep, 2007 7:31 PM |
"I myself ..."
What the hell? Where has that come from? It's not even correct English.
You wouldn't say "Her herself ..." would you? All these 'experts' the BBC use randomly throw in "I myself .." STOP IT, IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS!
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Hanne Posted Wed 19 Sep, 2007 7:33 PM |
Maybe it's meant to emphasize the fact that it's the opinion of the speaker, and no one else's opinion? I don't like the expression either.
It's happening in all languages though. Sometimes I wonder where the hell people on tv learned to speak Danish :oS |
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goosey_84 Posted Wed 19 Sep, 2007 7:34 PM |
| ahaha you should hear my coworker pauletta speak....my favorite is when she says "but, however"....use one or the other lady!....and rather than say 'specifically' she pronounces it 'pacifically'!....so many treasures! :D |
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Sunny Posted Wed 19 Sep, 2007 7:36 PM |
Hanne wrote: Maybe it's meant to emphasize the fact that it's the opinion of the speaker, and no one else's opinion? I don't like the expression either.
It's happening in all languages though. Sometimes I wonder where the hell people on tv learned to speak Danish :oS
I wondered that too. But doesn't the I do that sufficently enough?
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Sunny Posted Wed 19 Sep, 2007 7:38 PM |
goosey_84 wrote: ahaha you should hear my coworker pauletta speak....my favorite is when she says "but, however"....use one or the other lady!....and rather than say 'specifically' she pronounces it 'pacifically'!....so many treasures! :D
"but, however .." that's a new one on me.
"pacifically" Aww, I used to do that when I was about 4 :D
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Hanne Posted Wed 19 Sep, 2007 7:46 PM |
Sunny wrote: [
I wondered that too. But doesn't the I do that sufficently enough?
Well, in French they say "Moi, je..." (Me, I...) in order to emphasize the speaker's opinion. But of course that doesn't justify using it in English... |
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happy_me Posted Wed 19 Sep, 2007 7:48 PM |
| I hate it when a friend of mine always says: " Well, you know..." every time she speaks english. She uses the word 'Well' way too much. |
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the boy with a cryptic name Posted Wed 19 Sep, 2007 7:53 PM |
happy_me wrote: I hate it when a friend of mine always says: " Well, you know..." every time she speaks english. She uses the word 'Well' way too much.
Yeah, I, like sometimes say 'like' every like 2 minutes and it really like drives me crazy when I do it. I'm trying to phase it out of my speech as quickly as possible, but it's being replaced with 'kinda' and 'well'. Grrr, I hate the way I can't stop! |
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Hanne Posted Wed 19 Sep, 2007 7:53 PM |
happy_me wrote: I hate it when a friend of mine always says: " Well, you know..." every time she speaks english. She uses the word 'Well' way too much.
Woops, I do that too... Gotta get rid of that habit! |
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the boy with a cryptic name Posted Wed 19 Sep, 2007 7:55 PM |
Sunny wrote:
"I myself ..."
What the hell? Where has that come from? It's not even correct English.
You wouldn't say "Her herself ..." would you? All these 'experts' the BBC use randomly throw in "I myself .." STOP IT, IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS!
My favourite example is "Now, then". What? That's two tenses next to each other! Whoever invented that was very bad at grammar :) |
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megg_inc Posted Wed 19 Sep, 2007 7:58 PM |
the boy with a cryptic name wrote:
My favourite example is "Now, then". What? That's two tenses next to each other! Whoever invented that was very bad at grammar :)
That one's new for me! |
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Lemon Grinner Posted Wed 19 Sep, 2007 8:33 PM |
| I think I'm gonna avoid this thread, I'll get slaughtered for my misuse of the English language, innit. |
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weirdmom Posted Wed 19 Sep, 2007 9:46 PM |
| I use like way too much. Especially for a grown woman. I have to try really hard not to say it. It's almost a placeholder while I get the rest of the thought formed or something. |
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Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) Posted Wed 19 Sep, 2007 9:59 PM |
Lemon Grinner wrote: I think I'm gonna avoid this thread, I'll get slaughtered for my misuse of the English language, innit.
INNIT!!!!!!!! |
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ricv64 Posted Wed 19 Sep, 2007 10:03 PM |
weirdmominaustin wrote: I use like way too much. Especially for a grown woman. I have to try really hard not to say it. It's almost a placeholder while I get the rest of the thought formed or something.
eh don't sweat it , I use like and dude way tooooooo much in conversation but thats the way I speak . |
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