Comments | hirez: Dear 'The kids' (i)

hirez

Dear 'The kids' (i)

Jun 14, 2011 12:15

What is this fashion for ending a paragraph with the phrase 'End of.' ? It makes you sound like a stroppy wanker ( Read more... )

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valkyriekaren June 14 2011, 11:16:46 UTC

It's just plain rude. Nuff said.

hirez June 14 2011, 11:21:01 UTC

And now the BBC are at it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13762313

valkyriekaren June 14 2011, 11:23:45 UTC

Just poorly written. Sentence fragments. What's with that?

quercus June 14 2011, 14:53:37 UTC

The BBC, and its web presence in particular, has become an example of how not to use English.

mr_tom June 14 2011, 11:51:27 UTC

David Cameron does it; that's a good reason why not to. Along with all the others.

It's up there with "I'm not a -ist, but…" or "No offence, but…" as a useful indicator that the rest of the sentence contains some particularly ill thought-out opinions that the orator wishes to inflict rather than refine. If only those people had a visual tell so that they could be avoided before conversation begins. Apart from the blue rosette, that is.

hirez June 14 2011, 12:02:07 UTC

Dear me, yes. Oh, and, 'I'm not being funny or anything, but...'

When voice-recognition gets really good, one will be able to have one's SpeechTool on the lookout for such phrases and have it either emit a ringtone so you can escape under cover of a spurious conversaton, or just go 'BOLLIX!' at the top of its tiny electronic lungs.

"I do apologise, my telephone appears to have developed Tourette's..."

mr_tom June 14 2011, 12:06:29 UTC

Yes. A Babelfish with a built-in John Peel. Only translates/transmits stuff that's not balls. A small price to play for your friends' voices occasionally coming through at the wrong speed.

nmg June 14 2011, 12:44:49 UTC

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sarah_mum June 14 2011, 14:01:19 UTC

It's them expressin' themselves like, y'know, init? Nuff said.

Like what, exactly?
No I don't know, please do enlighten me!
No, I don't think is actually.

Oh, and my favourite teeth-grinder from any form of customer service person "obviously". No, it's not obvious, if it were I wouldn't have had to ask, would I?

girfan June 14 2011, 16:13:02 UTC

My least favourite is "at the end of the day..."

anonymous June 15 2011, 14:59:49 UTC

There's a theory that goes reason only evolved as a fairly effective tactic in winning debates.

While using 'End of' simply smacks of a desperate stab at 'I am the alpha of this group, why can't you just STFU and just obey me'.