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You know what? (Vanity?)
Little House on Unaka | July 29, 2009 | don-o

Posted on 07/30/2009 9:54:14 AM PDT by don-o

You know what....?

Is it just me or are people increasingly using that nonsense phrase? I know I hear it from talking heads on the television; (actually) I just get audio on XM radio. Today, I heard a baseball broadcaster begin an answer to a question with..

You know what...?

What is going on?


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: babble; blather; know; what; you; youknowwhat
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1 posted on 07/30/2009 9:54:14 AM PDT by don-o
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To: don-o

You know what? I think you are right!


2 posted on 07/30/2009 9:57:55 AM PDT by jessduntno ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: don-o

It is probably the handiwork of the same individual who generated the phrase: “went missing”. People don’t “go missing”. They either “are missing” or “are not missing”.


3 posted on 07/30/2009 9:58:03 AM PDT by NYer ("One Who Prays Is Not Afraid; One Who Prays Is Never Alone"- Benedict XVI)
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To: don-o

CHICKEN BUTT


4 posted on 07/30/2009 9:58:22 AM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Texan. Monarchist. Any questions?)
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To: don-o
Bob Lobell...former Boston sportscaster...is the King of "Ya know what?"

He starts off almost every sentence with it.

5 posted on 07/30/2009 9:59:04 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Hope requires the contender, who sees no virtue in surrender.)
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To: don-o

I similarly can’t stand sentences that start with:

1) Here’s what I’m going to say...
2) Look...
3) Truthfully...
4) You know...
5) I was born in Hawaii..
6) No family under $250K will see a tax increase...


6 posted on 07/30/2009 9:59:52 AM PDT by Made In The USA (BO stinks.)
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To: don-o
The phrase that has really been irritating me as of late has been, "At the end of the day..."

How is the end any different or more important than any other part of the day? Won't things be pretty similar at the start of the next day?

7 posted on 07/30/2009 10:00:21 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: don-o

You know what...?


Yep

Know what I mean?...........


8 posted on 07/30/2009 10:01:19 AM PDT by deport
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To: don-o

As annoying as that phrase is, a co-worker had a canned response to anyone who used it:

Moron: “You know what?”
Co-Worker: “Chickens Butt!”

His response was even more annoying.

My personal pet peeve? People who say, “I could care less”

My response is usually “You could?” which they usually miss.

Mark


9 posted on 07/30/2009 10:02:27 AM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: Made In The USA
7) We have made a lot of racial progress in this country and I am standing here as proof of that, BUT...
10 posted on 07/30/2009 10:03:59 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Is Boy Bob still in business?


11 posted on 07/30/2009 10:07:26 AM PDT by jessduntno ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: NYer; don-o

I agree with you, I find some of these phrases annoying. However, as someone who was born and raised in the southern Appalachians, I probably shouldn’t complain. I can mangle the English language with the best of them. You’uns have a good day. I’m a fixin to go to work.-—JM


12 posted on 07/30/2009 10:08:32 AM PDT by Jubal Madison (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: don-o

You know what? I think you knew you were going to get this... LOL...


13 posted on 07/30/2009 10:14:41 AM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: don-o

Basically....it is what it is.

Hey, just sayin’.


14 posted on 07/30/2009 10:22:11 AM PDT by Eagle Eye (Kenya? Kenya? Kenya just show us the birth certificate?)
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To: don-o

To that and the equally annoying derivative, “Guess what?”

I say, .. just start guessing . . . annoys the hell out of them !!!


15 posted on 07/30/2009 10:23:00 AM PDT by Jeffrey_D. (veritas odium parit)
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To: don-o
MYSELF

I got and email today that said...."I need the output specs for the new Coggins turbo. When you get the final parimeters, email them to myself or to the lead floor tech"

UHG.... I hate when people say "myself" instead of "me". They just trying to sound articulate and dignified.
16 posted on 07/30/2009 10:23:17 AM PDT by envisio (95% of blacks voted for Hussein, but the whites are told to get past skin color.)
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To: envisio

I read your post to my husband, and him and me agree with you. It bothers he and I too.

; )


17 posted on 07/30/2009 10:28:18 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Damn the naysayers. Full speed ahead. ~ Þ)
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To: don-o

I don’t know Don-o.


18 posted on 07/30/2009 10:31:37 AM PDT by HoustonTech
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To: don-o

My four year old nephew is constantly asking that question.
Every time i reply “What?” he has to sit and think of something to tell me.


19 posted on 07/30/2009 10:31:40 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: don-o

I’ve noticed that people don’t use the word “Absolutely” four times in one sentence as much anymore.


20 posted on 07/30/2009 10:33:24 AM PDT by mowowie
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