A little request

[shmike]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

I had to look up what that meant..

http://www.stanthecaddy.com/up-talker-discuss.html

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...erm=Up-talking

I had no idea either.

I definitely think it's a Canadian thing. I've always had a tough time telling when my relatives (Canadian) have finished a thought or sentence.

My Uncle says: So I went to the store.....

He should have said: So, I went to the store.

They don't trail off at the end of a sentence. I guess I'll start calling them flat-talkers.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by shmike

I had no idea either.

I definitely think it's a Canadian thing. I've always had a tough time telling when my relatives (Canadian) have finished a thought or sentence.

My Uncle says: So I went to the store.....

He should have said: So, I went to the store.

They don't trail off at the end of a sentence. I guess I'll start calling them flat-talkers.

People who start every sentence with "so" are the real problem. It's like they think it adds something when it really doesn't. It's a useless filler word.

Gen Y are pretty big fans of it.

[shmike]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

People who start every sentence with "so" are the real problem. It's like they think it adds something when it really doesn't. It's a useless filler word.

Gen Y are pretty big fans of it.

I hadn't heard it used much until the first time you mentioned that a year or so ago.

I had a meeting with a guy a few days later and EVERY single thought started with "So.."

The whole time I'm in the meeting I"m thinking: "This is what Homeslice was talkig about and it IS annoying."

[fatbuckRTO]

Originally Posted by shmike

The whole time I'm in the meeting I"m thinking: "This is what Homeslice was talkig about and it IS annoying."

I knew a guy who, besides being a compulsive liar, started most of his thoughts with "Oh, yeah..."

Always felt like I was joining the lie half-way through.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by shmike

I hadn't heard it used much until the first time you mentioned that a year or so ago.

I had a meeting with a guy a few days later and EVERY single thought started with "So.."

The whole time I'm in the meeting I"m thinking: "This is what Homeslice was talkig about and it IS annoying."

Still can't figure out the origins of it. It might be a Midwestern thing, because most of the abusers I know went to college there.

Either that or it's just some generational thing, from watching certain celebrities/artists whatever

[Captain Morgan]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

I had to look up what that meant..

http://www.stanthecaddy.com/up-talker-discuss.html

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...erm=Up-talking

Hell, I thought he was talking about the "one-upper," where no matter what you've done, this guy has done it bigger and better. Those people need to be shot, too.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Captain Morgan

Hell, I thought he was talking about the "one-upper," where no matter what you've done, this guy has done it bigger and better. Those people need to be shot, too.

Got one of those sitting across from me, here in the office. If you say that something should be trashed he just has to pipe up with something like, "It has to be taken out into a field and nuked." Every. Time.

[Gas Man]

You talking about one-uppers?

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

You talking about one-uppers?

One uppers are people who always have to top what you say.

Up talkers are people who make everything that they say sound like a question.

[defector]

Originally Posted by Captain Morgan

Hell, I thought he was talking about the "one-upper," where no matter what you've done, this guy has done it bigger and better. Those people need to be shot, too.

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Got one of those sitting across from me, here in the office. If you say that something should be trashed he just has to pipe up with something like, "It has to be taken out into a field and nuked." Every. Time.

Hell, I've got at least 3 of those guys in my shop right now?