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Saturday 16 August 2014
Running, Jumping, Throwing.
My grandsons have been watching bits of the present European Athletic Championships from Zurich, and I've noticed that all athletes have one thing linguistically in common.
Interviewer: Blah blah blah?
Athlete: Yeah; I mean.......
Why, I wonder, do they all feel it necessary to say 'I mean'?.... I mean, couldn't they say 'Yeah, like....'
The picture above is of Goldie Sayers (fellow OE). She came 6th in the girlies Javelin.
Politicians, athletes, actors, and anyone else who needs to speak with the media do these things so that they get some time. The half-second between the question and starting the answer means a lot when anything they say is being filmed. The exact words "I mean" seem like an American influence, though :-)
You're probably right, that split second thinking time is just enough..... although I wouldn't include politicians, they just reply about something entirely different.
THE BELLS ..... THE BELLS ..........
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*I guess we all have good things and bad things about where we live. One of
the lovely things about where our house is, is that it's a stones throw
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ReplyDeletePoliticians, athletes, actors, and anyone else who needs to speak with the media do these things so that they get some time. The half-second between the question and starting the answer means a lot when anything they say is being filmed. The exact words "I mean" seem like an American influence, though :-)
ReplyDeleteHi KK..... I'd wondered where you were!
DeleteYou're probably right, that split second thinking time is just enough..... although I wouldn't include politicians, they just reply about something entirely different.
Like she was in front and then she sorta like beat me like. Yeah?
ReplyDeleteYou've been practicing!
DeleteExactly !! Lack of a good education ?
DeleteIt is amazing becouse in Hebrew too young people say "like" 10 times in a sentence with 7 words.
ReplyDeleteIt's international; sadly.
DeleteMy pet peeve is people on the radio - often science experts - who begin every answer with, "So…."
ReplyDeleteErrg.
That means what they're saying is 'fact'.
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