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To: tbw2

It’s a fad like valley girl ditzoidism. Moving in herds; speaking in herds... They repeat the same phrases, too.

Had a girl over who my son was dating. She did this low garbled thing with a question mark after every second or third sentence.

About drove me nuts, but as my husband says, it’s a short trip.


56 posted on 12/11/2011 5:49:33 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: SaraJohnson

I try to correct girls and sometimes guys on that.
* You’re allowed to make factual statements without requiring a consensus. Say what you saw or did, without adding the verbal question that they agree with your version of reality.
* You are allowed to state your opinion without asking the “is that OK?” question tone to seek approval for your opinion.
* It gets worse when person to person conversation seems impossible to get concrete, direct answers. It all has to be vague, non-committal, “could, would, might want to”, not “I want X”. As if making a “I want X” statement is offensively harsh. Yet these same individuals can spout absolutes “this is bad, this is wrong, this is evil” in an online conversation.


58 posted on 12/11/2011 7:26:39 PM PST by tbw2
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