Anyway, it is what it is, at the end of the day, you know? Whatever.
Marist Poll has produced a table – I’ve no idea how to blog it so you’ll have to go and see for yourselves here – that shows by region, income, education, race, age and sex what category of American finds which of the above five expressions the most annoying.
Personally I hate them all – but not as much as I hate “I mean”. Like those examples above it’s a form of phatic communication and harmless enough, but I used to have to endure work meetings at which one participant said “I mean” in every clause of every sentence. Seven times in one sentence was the record.
That's what happens when you ban smoking in the workplace.
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