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British people are adopting another U.S. verbal trope: answering the question previously posed with ‘right?’
“It’s hot today, right?”
“His stupidity should make him unelectable, but his voter’s stupidity means that he will be, right?”
“Monkey’s are cute, right?”
I’ve just heard this in a British advertisement!
In the U.K., young people used to pepper their sentences with “errrr…”, now the say, “…like..” and now, “…right?”
“It’s hot today, right?”
“His stupidity should make him unelectable, but his voter’s stupidity means that he will be, right?”
“Monkey’s are cute, right?”
I’ve just heard this in a British advertisement!
In the U.K., young people used to pepper their sentences with “errrr…”, now the say, “…like..” and now, “…right?”
Steve
Mostly Harmless
May be a regional thing, but I thought this was a British thing from jump. Not common here, at least. Kids do say “like” a lot, though.British people are adopting another U.S. verbal trope: answering the question previously posed with ‘right?’
“It’s hot today, right?”
“His stupidity should make him unelectable, but his voter’s stupidity means that he will be, right?”
“Monkey’s are cute, right?”
I’ve just heard this in a British advertisement!
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Steve
Mostly Harmless
May be a regional thing, but I thought this was a British thing from jump. Not common here, at least. Kids do say “like” a lot, thoughBritish people are adopting another U.S. verbal trope: answering the question previously posed with ‘right?’
“It’s hot today, right?”
“His stupidity should make him unelectable, but his voter’s stupidity means that he will be, right?”
“Monkey’s are cute, right?”
I’ve just heard this in a British advertisement!
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Nah, just getting fed up again
Wing Woo Gar
Senior Master
Other people’s children…
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Just getting tired of it again...... was going to make a post about it..... but decided not to..... may be coming up on another MT break time for me.....
Wing Woo Gar
Senior Master
I understand. Arguing with asshats is not lots of fun for anyone.
You hear a lot of “like” and “right” in New England.
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
You hear it a lot in New York State too. Went for a walk outside my office once, walked behind this couple for 10 minutes. The woman in that conversation said "like" over 250 times
I found it quite fitting to like your post.
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
And I also, like, found it , like, fitting to like your post
Wing Woo Gar
Senior Master
And I also, like, found it , like, fitting to like your post
Wing Woo Gar
Senior Master
I love slang. There is so much, and it evolves quickly. You know how people used to say rad, or awesome, or bitchin to imply something is great or wonderful? Here is my personal contribution to that, “Yoga pants!”
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Mine there was Dude and Dudett
Wing Woo Gar
Senior Master
You heard it here first. I won some money and exclaimed, “Yoga Pants!” My wife gave me a knowing and yet somewhat disapproving look.
And I also, like, found it , like, fitting to like your post
Like, cool, dude. Right?
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Like, Awesome dude.
Slang changes a lot. It ages like us I guess. When I first heard the word f-a-g -g -o -t it meant a cigarette. I was told that before that it meant a bundle of sticks tied together.
When we were young teens it meant someone who couldn’t fight. Not because they were effeminate, they just couldn’t fight.
We know what it means now.
Fifty years from now it might be a model of Pickup Truck.
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
It might
I use some slang terms that my kids have no idea what it means....and I don't know their slang either....but my daughter takes one of mine every now and then and uses it at school.... and none of her friends have any idea what she is talking about
