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| MixedUpCody Senior Member United States Joined 5256 days ago 144 posts - 280 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 9 of 17 25 July 2012 at 10:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
This is without a doubt my least favorite internetism. I understand people say it to be nice, and keep their statements from being too blunt, but (IMHO?), it is obvious that if you say something it is your opinion. To the OP, George Lopez does a great skit about Mexican-Americans saying "basically" too much. "Basically, I went to the store, and basically, I bought some milk." 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5130 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 10 of 17 25 July 2012 at 10:51pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Just looking at some of my posts here on HTLAL, I use "actually", "in any case", "for
example", "that said", "honestly" a lot. It's a pretty good reflection of my speech too, as far as I can tell. R. == 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Phantom Kat Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5063 days ago 160 posts - 253 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Finnish | Message 11 of 17 28 July 2012 at 12:33am | IP Logged | |||||
Really? I can't remember the last time I've said "basically". In Spanish, I use the word "aunque" a lot. I also use "pues/pos" too much to be legal. In English, I have to admit I use "like" a lot. I'm nineteen, so I'm hoping that provides some sort of excuse. A phrase I use occasionally is, "Despite the fact..." (which ties in with "aunque"). - Kat Edited by Phantom Kat on 28 July 2012 at 12:35am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| liddytime Pentaglot Senior Member United States mainlymagyar.wordpre Joined 6229 days ago 693 posts - 1328 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Galician Studies: Hungarian, Vietnamese, Modern Hebrew, Norwegian, Persian, Arabic (Written) | Message 12 of 17 29 July 2012 at 4:23am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm guilty of saying "awesome" an awful lot. ( but sometimes something just IS totally AWESOME!!!) I know I need to
cull my usage of it. Funny about "actually". I think that is my 9 year old daughter's favorite word ... or perhaps she just likes to argue! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5066 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English*, Bulgarian*, Spanish Studies: Danish | Message 13 of 17 29 July 2012 at 12:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
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In English I say OK way too often (so much so that while I'm generally able to separate my
Bulgarian and English vocabularies, I tend to blurt out "OK" while speaking in Bulgarian too often). In Bulgarian, I say "добре" too often, only in the meaning of "OK" though, not so much in the meaning of "good". 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Gorgoll2 Senior Member Brazil veritassword.blogspo Joined 5146 days ago 159 posts - 192 votes Speaks: Portuguese* | Message 14 of 17 29 July 2012 at 3:16pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Every word I learn.
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| Jappy58 Bilingual Super Polyglot Senior Member United States Joined 4638 days ago 200 posts - 413 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Guarani*, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghribi), Arabic (Written), French, English, Persian, Quechua, Portuguese Studies: Modern Hebrew | Message 15 of 17 29 July 2012 at 4:45pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I tend to use "Indeed", "In my opinion", "In my experience", and "To be honest" quite often. In speech, I do tend to use "Indeed" a lot as well, while the others I only use when I'm discussing something more complex or when I'm explaining something.
In Spanish, I tend to use "Claro que..." a lot, and in Arabic, "طبعا". EDIT: In Guarani, "Iporaiterei" is one of my favorite words to utter. It's an equivalent to "awesome" or "extremely good" in English. Edited by Jappy58 on 29 July 2012 at 4:48pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5130 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 16 of 17 29 July 2012 at 4:59pm | IP Logged | |||||
Unfortunately, I tend to overuse "OK" in Italian, too ("tutt'OK"), and I hate it every time it falls out of my mouth. But it's a byproduct of my Italian friends. They all overuse it, too. R. == Edited by hrhenry on 29 July 2012 at 5:00pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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