Basically …

February 25, 2008 at 11:03 pm (bleeeuurgh, bwahaha, culture, homework, unwanted advice)

… you know you’re in for trouble when your teenager starts a sentence with the word ‘basically’.

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  1. Billy said,

    February 25, 2008 at 11:11 pm

    But, “but is worse”.

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  2. rivergirlie said,

    February 25, 2008 at 11:13 pm

    hello billy dear. i’m not averse to conjunctions, as such. it’s just that waggly head thing they do when they say it. i think they’ve been watching ‘trisha’ or ‘judge judy’ or something. what i also get is that fantastic portmanteau expression ‘yeahbut’.

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  3. disgruntled said,

    February 26, 2008 at 8:42 am

    I seem to remember when I was being really obnoxious as a teenager that the word to watch out for was ‘actually’

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  4. Corgimom said,

    February 26, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    Yeahbut, it’s worse when they finish with “Whatever!”

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  5. AlphaDogMa said,

    February 27, 2008 at 1:18 am

    And finishes it with “…I’m sorta kinda for sure pregnant.”

    Glad you’re back. Don’t leave me like that again. How’s your mother.

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  6. corgimom said,

    February 27, 2008 at 1:28 pm

    Yes, how’s your mum and is everyone ok after the quake?

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  7. Steve Kane said,

    February 27, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    Izzit.

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  8. Mangonel said,

    February 29, 2008 at 1:25 am

    Actually, the thing about ‘Actually’, is that, used as the first word in a pronouncement, the quieter it is said, the truer the pronouncement. Not teenagers at all.

    Ah heck, what do I know?

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  9. Pendullum said,

    March 1, 2008 at 3:16 pm

    Actually, a friend of mine who is a dad, woke this morning to make coffee tofind a strange boy in his house…in his kitchen having breakfast…
    The boy had spent the night… with his daughter…
    BASICALLY, it made for an ‘interesting morning’….

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  10. rivergirlie said,

    March 6, 2008 at 9:25 am

    dis if you ever find your way out of the maze of packing cases to read this – i seem to recall it’s pronounced ackshully. and you can pack a whole load of attitue into that single first syllable.
    corgi hello there, sweetie. your off-blog messages are much appreciated. but did you know there’s no ‘t’ is ‘whatever’. it’s more like ‘wha -evaaa’. in answer to your question – she’s on a more even keel, thanks and that’s good for everyone. the earth quake …. i slept right through it! it did cause quite a bit of damage further east, i think, but nothing round here.
    alph have you seen juno? i thought it was fantastic – and so did the twins. i’ll be in touch through other means for a catchup.
    steve innit? innit though?
    mango yes – that’s quite a different use of the word. interesting that – how you can change it so much just with inflection.
    oooh pen the flies on the wall must have a tale to tell. i’m so not looking forward to the twins reaching that stage!

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