Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: HenHanna Newsgroups: sci.lang Subject: Re: Sentence-ending particles in English Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 21:15:55 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: <527fd8b16162753b9a0d3daeb33d45c2@www.novabbs.com> References: <87seznohe4.fsf@parhasard.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1190683"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="t+lO0yBNO1zGxasPvGSZV1BRu71QKx+JE37DnW+83jQ"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Posting-User: 5a1f1f09909a70d7ae18ae9af00e018f83ece577 X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$UclHH/znKgoCBVmaymwVz./hJIXarCOY3YhgfpoRdObsCR/1i2bV. X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Face: P#KeQ)CUdd!==@fw~Ms1=,Hb`IWtb6:Mw)x3B=H1BfNC\lz?Nb&)M9}$>?'X7l;CuB}utlJ=PHsRBSG6X>dYZ$[>P]$~+`>@V6$t}hTLoQ7XC~W\>:`B3ALU]SH;d(\MEc}znW8m}-ma&yPFkJ2@KSQrz=!Y;><;6a>z6N+mt`ClCt.PAE Ar an ceathrú lá déag de mí Aibreán, scríobh Stefan Ram: > > When we're chattin' it up in Japanese, we tend to tack on all > > these little particles to our sentences, am I right? > > > > Seems like the Brits have got a similar thing goin' on in English. > > I hear the kiddos over there sometimes talk like this: > > > > |Oh my gooood - uh > > > > |Whyyyy - yuh > > > > |Why did you do thaaat - uh > > > > |What the heeeell - uh > > > > |Stop iiiit - uh > > > > |Pleeeease - uh > > > > |Omg shut uuuup - uh > > > > |Give it baaack - uh > > > > |But I need it though - wuh > > > > (list comes straight outta the > > World Wide Web, the good ol' WWW.) > > > > Word on the street is that some of the young ladies - not > > children, mind you, but young women - have been known to > > tack on these little particle doodads to their sentences in > > English. Seems like it's a relatively fresh phenomenon, might > > even be takin' root stateside, at least in certain pockets. > I fear you are not working as hard as previously to disguise your origins as a > working class East Coast Estadounidense, born about 1930, Stefan! really? i thought Stefan Ram was German -speaking? i haven't noticed this fad (?) -- i'll look it up on Youtube.