tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post2552710069687307668..comments2023-12-20T08:18:00.872+10:00Comments on kae's bloodnut blog: "So called" should be bannedkaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-83448978793174177722008-09-27T12:33:00.000+10:002008-09-27T12:33:00.000+10:00PS Boy, so he was a slow learner?PS Boy, so he was a slow learner?kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-30333112398932280372008-09-27T12:32:00.000+10:002008-09-27T12:32:00.000+10:00I listen to the ABC, all the other stations annoy ...I listen to the ABC, all the other stations annoy the hell out of me with their idiotic un-funny comedy and so on, so now it's the ABC, might as well, I'm payin' for it!<BR/>Anyway, what makes me cringe is people they get to speak on the radio about current events or whatever, and they can't string three words together without ummms and ahhhhs. It's tolerable when it's someone who's not a public speaker or expected to be one, but there was a young girl who used to report on police happenings last year. She was delightful and had an interesting voice and tone. However, she said um a lot. It was so grating. I wonder if she ever heard herself? She would have heard how grating it was. The segment is no longer on (I suppose the powers that be decided that we didn't need to know what the police had been up to - or they haven't been doing anything, which I'd find hard to believe).<BR/>There was another boffin interviewed who was very interesting, however, I couldn't listen, too many umms.<BR/><BR/>Anyone else notice how sometimes people with interesting speech impediments or lisps tend to be chosen as speakers? I often wonder if this is because they have been trained to speak and are good at speaking even with their lisp or whatever.<BR/><BR/>Another pet peeve with me, before I finish, is the Valley Speak. The insertion of "like" in conversation.<BR/><BR/>Arrgh. It's like, so Valley!<BR/><BR/>Sort of.<BR/><BR/>(teehee)kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-48420453417678973212008-09-27T12:12:00.000+10:002008-09-27T12:12:00.000+10:00Don't get me started on people that say "sort of"....Don't get me started on people that say "sort of".<BR/><BR/>I drove to Qld once with a bloke that used it at least twice in every sentence. I punched him every time he said it. As we approached Newcastle on the return leg, he uttered his last "sort of".<BR/><BR/>My knuckles were pretty sore by then.Boy on a bikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452119541546978454noreply@blogger.com