Terminalcoffee discussion

Is it just me, or are people saying "really?" a lot lately? As in, something bad happens, or someone does something with which the other person disagrees, and one of them says, "Really?" I saw the pattern on some travel commercial in which a guy is trying to talk to his girlfriend in a hotel room but a jackhammer or something keeps interrupting him. Then I saw it in a commercial for tile at Lowe's. And my students are starting to use the phrase as well.

Please tell me I'm not insane.

Love,

RA

I haven't heard a glut of "really" lately, but I have heard an overabundance of "seriously" and "literally." People are abusing and misusing literally in ways that I don't approve of.

Seriously, Logan?

(Sorry, it had to be done, might as well get it out of the way early.)

I've heard the use of really? a lot lately as well. It's very grating. Is it just me, or does it sound condescending?

Yes. I agree, Heather. The condescending potential is present, no doubt.

I do think it's interesting to witness the way our culture or any culture I guess, can manipulate a word. Really is an example, Paris Hilton butchered the word hot, not that it was so hot to begin with, haha :) Lame joke, sorry. I also noticed the trend to create words at random. I'm reading a book now where two main male characters call each other brah. It took me a minute to figure out what it meant. Grr.

I find the more I talk to others (esp the younger crowd) I automatically pick up using seriously and really in excess. Not all the time do I remember to utilize a different word. And some days I'm entirely too lazy, sleepy, etc to care.

Seriously ;)

Heather, does the book you are reading happen to be set in Hawaii? Because no one is "bro" there, only "brah".

Logan, it takes place in Perdido Beach, CA. Do they say that there as well? Interesting. I hadn't thought about it being a regional term...

Oh, and they're surfers...

That'll do it!

Well that makes me feel better. I felt as though I was out of the loop, but living in TN will do that to you I guess.

Really, this is a topic? Really?

Haha. :)

Really?

Okay, that was one too many...

Larry wrote: "Dave's gonna be pissed that this thread was started. "

Why? Did we talk about this already? S--t. I need to pay closer attention.

:)

That SNL news-skit-thing is all I could think about while reading this thread.

Me, too, Nools!

Since Larry mentioned me by name I will point out that this thread got to 24 posts in about six hours. I hope Larry now understands the difference between an interesting thread and the kind he usually starts.

I agree with you RA. People have begun to use REALLY very frequently recently. when I am telling smth. and somebody asks me 'Really!?' I always answer 'NO,I am lying.' They usually look at me like I am crazy! (:

I, of course say this all the time,when I am driving and another driver does somthing that pisses me off I say,"Seriously?" It is better than lighting up or throwing the F bomb. And I accent words like Oprah does!! Totally annoying,III know!

Nothing's better than lighting up and throwing the F bomb!

:)

Mine go off on contact Bun!

Mine has an automatic timer. (Set for like every five minutes or so.)

*heehee*

Well my three year old dropped one the other day, so I must use it somewhere.

It cracks me UP when kids cuss!

It's not so cute when they use them towards you.

I probably deserved it.

It is cute, but I guess I shouldn't let her see me giggle when she does it. Damn it!

Not you personally, I just don't find it cute when the little ones cuss at somebody.

And like you Mindy I probably would deserve it too.

Oh Hell no, she better not be comin at me with afoul mouth,I'll put her in time out quicker than she can say peanutbutter...It's been a long day..please excuse me.

Dave wrote: "Since Larry mentioned me by name I will point out that this thread got to 24 posts in about six hours. I hope Larry now understands the difference between an interesting thread and the kind he usu..."

How can you discern types of threads? Aren't they all basically the same?

The topics are different.

I use really as an adjective all the time. Guilty as charged...

And if it's needing extra highlighting, I use really, REALLY. :)

We should count how many times we've used "really", "seriously", "like", "literally" and "just" in a day to see how frequently we've inserted those words into our everyday conversation (some we may not have realized!).

I am guilty of using just unnecessarily.

Basically I, like just use all of those words, like, pretty much all the time. I mean, you know, basically. You know what I'm saying?

Time out is the cruelest for of punishment out there. My mom used it frequently, and as I am complaining about it even now, I think its fair to say the mental scars still linger :)

Nothing like being stuck with yourself in 15 minute intervals to straighten yourself out...

Larry wrote: "Basically I, like just use all of those words, like, pretty much all the time. I mean, you know, basically. You know what I'm saying?"

Larry, that was a very impressive sentence, all you needed was an um.

Heather wrote: "Nothing like being stuck with yourself in 15 minute intervals to straighten yourself out... "

I now seek that out.

Larry wrote: "Heather wrote: "Nothing like being stuck with yourself in 15 minute intervals to straighten yourself out... "

I now seek that out.

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I'm with you there.

I thought time outs were a great tool to use on younger children as a parent, but 15 minutes seems excessive. we always tried to go for 1 minute for each year, that would keep the attention span of the child.

I had a friend over last night who gives her 2 year old time outs when he doesn't listen. As soon as he's ready to be good he can come back - this is usually between 15 and 30 seconds. I wonder how effective this is.

I do the minute per year rule, it works pretty well. When she's angry and won't stay, I just have to keep puting her back on her time out spot without saying anything to her until she stays there. One time this took acouple of minutes, it was tough but she settled after that.

Jim, according to SUPERNANNY, time-out is a minute per year. She sets a timer but it restarts if the child leaves the time-out section.

Tanja wrote: "Jim, according to SUPERNANNY, time-out is a minute per year. She sets a timer but it restarts if the child leaves the time-out section."

That seems fair.

I wish someone would give me a time out, if that formula be used. :)

I'll put you on a time out if that helps Larry, let me know when you want to start.

Hulllooooooo - FICUS TREE, anyone?!!!!

Larry, you've had plenty of time outs. You don't need anymore (yet). :)