Argh!
Jud and I have been watching a lot of Wheel of Fortune lately because the 7:00 Seinfeld was replaced with Everyone Loves Raymond. This is all just to pass the time before Jeopardy starts. Now we can hardly stand to watch the interview segment--the part of the show where Pat talks to the contestants. This is because almost all of them are married, and when Pat says "You're married?" they all answer:
"Yes. I'm married to my husband Dave..."
Then today we were flipping channels and heard: "I'm engaged to my fiance Tim"
How can we claim that language evolution is a good thing if it results in redundant bullshit like this?
"Yes. I'm married to my husband Dave..."
Then today we were flipping channels and heard: "I'm engaged to my fiance Tim"
How can we claim that language evolution is a good thing if it results in redundant bullshit like this?
posted by megan at
12:46 PM
3 Comments:
Maybe the point of using such language is to avoid confusion. Imagine this:
"You're married?"
"Yes. To Sam."
"He's a lucky guy."
"Lucky girl. Her name's Samantha."
And I fucking laughed my ass off when I read the phrase "redundant bullshit". Never heard those two words in tandem...
---X
By
X, at 1:11 PM
Well, there's nothing wrong with saying: "Yes. My husband, Sam, ..."
By
megan, at 1:34 PM
Maybe the excitement of being on Wheel of Fortune gets to them and overwhelms the parts of their brains responsible for coherent speech.
Which, no doubt, results in redundant bullshit.
---X
By
X, at 4:43 PM
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