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Methinks
Well, this guy thinks that anyone who uses the word “methinks” in any form of written communication whatsoever needs to be beaten, shot, salted, and spat upon. And if you use the word “methinks” in actual spoken conversation, as an additional punishment, every single strand of your nerdy beard hair must be plucked out.
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5 comments:
I have to submit my most hated word. LOOK. Seems innocuous, right? I can't tolerate it. Watch any politician or any talking head on TV. They begin each sentence with... Look. Look at what?
A close second is sortof. Listen to the guests of talking heads on any news channel. I find the people most guilty are the WSJ, NYT types explaining their position. Listen to Frank Rich some time.
Uncle
LOOK, I sortof agree with Uncle. But methinks that the most egregious abuse of language is..."you know". I mean, you know, it's like repeated during conversation, you know, about every other phrase/sentence, you know? But, LOOK, I sortof accept it's pervasive use because methinks that it's a result of nervousness on the part of the conversationalist.
-JCON
sortof is the Hampton's version of You Know. And the presedential version of "uh".
Uncle
You guys crack me up. I cringe when watching American Idol with the girls - when a contestant is asked a simple question, they utter "you know" a dozen or more times in a 30 second response. What are my little ones absorbing watching and listening to this?
My father-in-law absolutely despises the word "like", which is, as JCON says, a result of nervousness on the part of a speaker.
And I, like our esteemed president, tend to utter the sound "uh" a lot when speaking.
i cant believe how i spelled presidential.
Uncle
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