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ottersinspace-draws · 6 months ago

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Not gonna write about it now but I genuinely think I could write an essay on how and why I hate "Um/Erm Actually 🤓" and other linguistic phrases that are generally rude, antagonistic, shut down conversation, and are simply not as funny as the user thinks they are

#one such example is the use of the phrase “who asked”#especially the kind where the user pauses significantly before saying “asked”#thus leading the replier to think that the user DOES want them to go on #god i hate “who asked”#edit: i forgot to mention how much i hate the americanized pronunciation of “erm” because it is BRITISH IN ORIGIN #i hate hate hate HATE how people pronounce the “r” because That's Not How It' Supposed To Sound #im not british btw i am fully american #i just care about proper pronunciation and have also grown up either reading British books or listening to people who r British via ✨media✨

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