Written and verbal irritations
Do you ever notice verbal or written habits of your own that you detest? In writing I use the word so entirely too much. It doesn't add anything to the statement.
'So then I bought the shoes that were out of my price range.'
'Then I bought the shoes that were out of my price range.'
See! The so is completely unnecessary. Also when I speak, I say ummm too much. I learned this when I took public speaking in college and the professor would make us take our performance and then watch it and critique ourselves. It was painful. I would sit, screaming at the t.v. "STOP! Don't say it again!" Inevitably I would. Approximately once every two sentences. More if I was especially nervous. There must be some sort of pavlovian treatment for that. So I vow now, before all of my blog readers (that's you d & l) that I will try hard to not say ummm or write so and if I do so in your presence you may do something painful to me. But nothing that will leave permanent scaring.
'So then I bought the shoes that were out of my price range.'
'Then I bought the shoes that were out of my price range.'
See! The so is completely unnecessary. Also when I speak, I say ummm too much. I learned this when I took public speaking in college and the professor would make us take our performance and then watch it and critique ourselves. It was painful. I would sit, screaming at the t.v. "STOP! Don't say it again!" Inevitably I would. Approximately once every two sentences. More if I was especially nervous. There must be some sort of pavlovian treatment for that. So I vow now, before all of my blog readers (that's you d & l) that I will try hard to not say ummm or write so and if I do so in your presence you may do something painful to me. But nothing that will leave permanent scaring.
Note: in performing spell check on this entry I learned that the blog's spell checker does not recognize the word blog as correct. Interesting.
posted by bjh at 8:09 PM
4 Comments:
The "blog" spell checker thing is hilarious. But aside from that I can only begin to tell you how excited I am that you have given me permission to hurt you.
This is not because I am disgruntled by your sloppy vernacular, but because I enjoy inflicting pain on others. I am waiting for just one "so" or "umm"...beware!
p.s. to my previous comment: Please note the titles of your first two blog entries....free hits, baby! Free hits!!
No D, you don't get to hit me for previous offenses. I think you really need to assess your proclivity towards violence. Sometimes I worry about you. JK I love your violent streak. He he he
B, you should erase that travis comment thingy. It is probably a virus, do not click it, just erase it =)
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