>>That sounds a lot like the word 'Okay', over here. Here it would be.
>>Daughter: "There's this kid, okay?"
>>You: "Okay." (and walks away).
>>or even better,
>>You: "No. I have to disagree."
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>Another one is: "Dad .... You know tomorrow? ..."
>"Yes, I know tomorrow. What about it?"
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>>What is it, even without the Yeah, or Okay, that makes some people talk entirely in question marks?
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>This is the scourge of today's evolving speech. All over the UK people are speaking with the "rising intonation? At the end of every clause?"
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>It drives me mad. I blame Australian soaps for this. It's they who speak like that. On the other hand, the USA has a lot to answer for:
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>SCENE: US court room. The bailiff comes in and intones, "All rise?"
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>Many use it just to avoid saying "please":
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>SCENE: In a bar. A customer comes in and says to the barman "Two beers?" (If I was the barman I'd say "No there are many of them.")
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>>Another favourite of mine is "You can't have your cake and eat it too." That makes no sense to me. It seems to me that the only possible way of eating your cake is by having it. I've been convinced for years (with no actual information to confirm my belief) that the proper expression should be: "You can't eat your cake and have it too."
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>When I was a teenager, and went out and stayed up late, and had to be up in the morning, my mum would say, "You can't burn the candle at both ends."
>I'd say, "You can ... if you hold it horizontally"

Orson Bean used to tell the story of having dinner and not finishing his vegetables. His mother would say "Eat! Children in Ethiopia are starving". He's respond, "Name three!"