I dunno, I can kind of see the use of it even inside a normal conversation, as the human equivalent of a mode-switch flag. You’re temporarily switching from “conversational” mode to “information transfer” mode and it can signal to the other party that they may need to be ready to provide said information.
Mind you, I don’t people well, so this is probably just me being odd again.
OMG, did you just use ‘people’ as a verb? That is awesome and I have to remember it. Even if unintentional.
No, that was intentional. I definitely don’t people well. (Which I alternately express as “I don’t human well”)
What about dog?
No dog. Don’t like dogs.
Cats and I tolerate each other, dogs spike my anxiety and put me in alert mode.
Aww, sorry. My dog is 8 pounds of fluffy love. And peepee. Little bastard will squirt anywhere if you don’t keep an eye on him. But other than that, he’s super.
Sorry to sidetrack, back to your regularly scheduled programming.
People who say ‘different to’ instead of ‘different from’.
I know that it’s an acceptable usage now, but it still bugs me.
One thing is similar TO another.
One thing differs FROM another.
… and another thing …
It’s a weird language thing, but … I’ve been sat in front of the television … is just wrong.
People who’ve experienced 30 years of mismanagement, yet choose to elect the same political fckers again.
The “been sat” gets me, too. Did someone physically move you and put you in that location? Or did you sit yourself?
I’m tempted to start saying “I did done been sat there.”
I’ve also seen ‘different than’, which is just … what?
The system has failed us.