>We make comments and sometimes joke about the English language as used in the U.K., Canada and the United States. Our language, rules and usage seem to change over short periods of time. What was correct ten years ago may not be correct today. One term that I greatly dislike is "do you know what I mean"? It has been popular from the late 1960's and began with the LSD crowd. I always tell people that use that term, "no please explain what you mean". I hate guessing about what others may be thinking or mean.

Just at about the same time, another one was popular - "never mean what they say, never say what they mean" :)