[ExI] creepy, was: RE: child marriage, usa

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of SR Ballard



And what is it with people going?  It seems we don’t say.  I recall at one time hearing young people relate a discussion thus:  He said {such and such} then she said {so and so.}  But now it’s: He goes {yakkity yak} then she goes {bla bla}.

 

And see, my generation would say “was like”:

 

He was like {such and such}, but then she was like {so and so}.

 

SR Ballard

 

 

Ja, and it gets even worse from there.  After people stopped being like, they were all.  A description of the “dialog” often came with acted out gesturing and pantomime: He was all (exaggerated act, often including facial gestures and body language, surprisingly often with a lack of actual verbalization.) 

 

But consider the difficulty presented to the court stenographer who must translate all this to text.  A case with contradictory testimony might be transcribed:

 

Well he was all, then she was all, and he was all, then she was, then he was…

 

Judges reviewing the transcript of a He’s All She’s All case would be most puzzled.

 

spike 



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