Hello Readers,
Sorry I have been absent from the blog, but classes are back in session. Oh, yes, and my ears assaulted!
Last Friday evening in San Francisco, the major assault occurred. As four of us were walking about eight blocks, we endured the case of the Valley Girl. A young lady and her companion were walking right behind us and by the time we had walked one block, I thought I would absolutely go stark mad. She used "like" between every word even when it did not make sense. She also used um, uh, and yeahhhh, often! I honestly could not tell you about the speaking pattern of the young man as she never let him speak. She just rambled aimlessly saying nothing coherent. This was due to the uses of gutteral utterances and "like" throughout her sentences. Hum, sentences, there were really never any sentences. Oh, I must not forget the "me" coming before anyone else. Obviously, the whole conversation was about her, first and foremost. I asked the rest of my party whether I should give her the blog URL. They all agreed that she probably would not have been able to navigate to the site.
Sad note. What else can I say in this rant?
Take care! Let's hope for a better day!
Uber Professor.
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