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Re: Anyone count ums? » Miss Honeychurch

Posted by JenStar on August 29, 2004, at 18:42:32

In reply to Anyone count ums?, posted by Miss Honeychurch on August 27, 2004, at 13:41:52

that is, um, like, hilarious!

At my old company, the word "so" became the most-used word of all. A manager started it, and soon EVERYONE was "so-ing" all over the place. "SO" would precede every sentence -- literally. It got to where one of the new-hires printed up a bingo sheet with "So" on it and filled it out for one of the managers. It was really funny when we reviewed it later on...

I always found it fascinating how a really dorky phrase would come in to the workplace, pick up steam, and suddenly become de rigueur -- you weren't anybody if you weren't saying IT.

One example was bandwidth: "Hey, JenStar, do you have the BANDWIDTH to complete that project?"
Kind of like ValleyGirl talk -- pretty soon, everyone is saying it! I think language is fascinating that way -- how phrases originate, spread and die. Of course, fascination doesn't keep me from wincing every time I hear one of my "favorite" little gems! And of course I'm sure I said many things that made my OWN employees wince. Fair game, right?

Jen (fellow um-disliker) Star


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