Well, I mean ....

self ^ | February 10, 2020 | knarf

[knarf]

REALLY ?

[knarf]

I can't take it anymore !

Or maybe I CAN, but I can't be silent anymore.

We seem to have travelled from "So", to "Well, I mean ... " and the only reason (imo) for that is;

NO ONE SPOKE UP AGAINST THE VERY BAD ENGLISH PROMOTED EVERY DAY IN EVERY MEDIA SOURCE .... (except re-runs of William F. Buckley Jr.).

"Well, I mean .... " as an opening remark Is SO

it boggles the 1950's public schooled mind !

HOW can you begin a sentence that has no preface with an explanation of something you said before you said nothing ?

OK ... This may disappear .... but it shouldn't.

We The Peaople that can actually READ the Declaration of Independence had better stand up and demand it be spoken properly in America .... or Rex Harrison will be proven correct.

Why can't The English learn to speak

[struggle]

I hate “at the end of the day.”

So trite and petty a phrase.

[rebel25]

So you are a grammar Nazi, like right?

[nuconvert]

Pres. Reagan started many of his sentences with the word, “Well...”

[Skybird]

Sentences beginning with “I mean...” and “Like...” have become pervasive in “millennial speak” these days.

[MrChips]

I am. But then, I taught Latin for 23 years; I can’t help it.

P.S. Please avoid beginning a sentence with “Hopefully.” Otherwise, you fail.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

The quality of vanity post has gone downhill.

So I mean, this one really sucks, like a whole lot.

[Bruiser 10]

Uh, what happened to ‘REALLY’, again, for like the 2nd time?

[thefactor]

You’re watching the wrong shows. Or speaking to the wrong people.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Rex Harrison will be proven correct.

"There is no such thing as 'The King's English'. The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares." - Mark Twain

[BenLurkin]

[BenLurkin]

[moovova]

Guilty.

[BenLurkin]

[Nifster]

So

[familyop]

"We The Peaople that can actually READ the Declaration of Independence..."

People who can actually read... A thing is a that. A person is a who. ;)

[Chainmail]

Huh. Usually, the problem is that a third or so of our population is speaking bad Spanish instead of bad English.

Some people just have to have something to gripe about.

[Hatteras]

Where’s it at????

[rktman]

“moving forward” “Re-double”

[Manic_Episode]

The late Professor Irwin Corey used to begin his lectures with “However”.