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From: "Paul J. Kriha" <kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz>
Subject: Re: what people say when they're pausing (uh)
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stevemac@bud.indirect.com (Pascal MacProgrammer) wrote:
>
> Not so very long ago, "Paul J. Kriha" <kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz> said...
> 
> >My pet hate in English conversation is "you know". Some random interviews
> >in the street can often yield 2 or more "you knows" per sentence. 
> 
>   And I have suffered through conversations in which the other speaker 
> ended every sentence with "...okay?", and inserted quite a few into the 
> middles of sentences as well.
> 

There is not much one can do when one listens to conversation
like that on the TV, except changing channels. When I am
confronted by a live person asking me "you know" every five
seconds, I start interjecting "yes, I do" or "no I really don't,
please tell me". It's amusing to watch the expressions of 
icomprehension and puzzlement on the person's face. Eventually,
they figure out what the problem is and say something like:
"Oh, I don't mean, you know, if you already know, I mean,
you know what I mean, you know?"

I suppose the OKs could get a similar treatment.

Paul JK
