Posted by Steven on 18/12/2011, 22:05:04, in reply to "Your less favourite word"
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Why "potluck"? Are you tired of casseroles?
I have nothing against the word itself, but I wouldn't mind not hearing "like" for a while, especially from people under 40 who use it to mean "said" as in: "And I'm like, 'Dude!' and he's like 'Huh?' and I'm like..."
This is only slightly related to your topic, but there was an interesting piece on the news lately about a phenomenon called "vocal fry" which is common among young women, particularly college undergraduates. Here is a short article that explains it. Listen to the podcast audio track for an example. http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=a-quirk-of-speech-may-become-a-new-11-12-17
Yesterday we hosted a Christmas dinner at my house for my relatives, including two sisters who are my nieces, one a graduate student, the other an undergraduate. They are both drama majors from an identical academic environment. The undergraduate exhibited a tendency to vocal fry, exactly as described in the article; the graduate student did not. Fascinating.
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: If you were to be granted the absence of one word, a
: word that you would have the privilege of not hearing
: within year 2012 (or for the rest of your life, for
: that matter), which word would you choose?
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: Mine would be: potluck
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