I Know,Right?
Monday, 28. July 2008, 10:58:34
Filed under the category of "The Odder By-ways of the American English Language":
I know, right? has become the new catch-all phrase if someone agrees with something. A friend may say to you, "That dress you are wearing is the most hideously ugly thing on this planet," and it has become fashionable to respond with, "I know, right?" or "Zombies will eat your face," "I know, right?"
This phrase has moved into suprising circles. A college professor at the school where I work was caught (by mne) saying that very thing.
Professor 1: It is going to rain today.
Professor 2: I know, right?
Me: It is raining already.
Professors 1 & 2: I know, right?
These are the same people who taught their students that using a double negative in a sentence was wrong. "It is never not going to rain," means the same thing as "It is going to rain."
These are the same people who taught their students that using two positives in a sentence never means a negative.
To that I say, "Yeah, right."
I know, right? has become the new catch-all phrase if someone agrees with something. A friend may say to you, "That dress you are wearing is the most hideously ugly thing on this planet," and it has become fashionable to respond with, "I know, right?" or "Zombies will eat your face," "I know, right?"
This phrase has moved into suprising circles. A college professor at the school where I work was caught (by mne) saying that very thing.
Professor 1: It is going to rain today.
Professor 2: I know, right?
Me: It is raining already.
Professors 1 & 2: I know, right?
These are the same people who taught their students that using a double negative in a sentence was wrong. "It is never not going to rain," means the same thing as "It is going to rain."
These are the same people who taught their students that using two positives in a sentence never means a negative.
To that I say, "Yeah, right."
WIDGETIZE
momable # 30. July 2008, 02:12
Maybe the French have it correct in that they have laws so their language doesn't change too much or not at all and is grammatically correct.
English is such a living language and that is incredible, but it must be frustrating, indeed, for English teachers and Grammatical Historians.
Mickeyjoe_irl # 3. August 2008, 23:08
And when people keep doing it, like.
It starts to get really annoying, like.
KayFour # 4. August 2008, 10:29
That is one of my Mom's worse nightmares, too.
Mickeyjoe_irl # 4. August 2008, 12:04
It sets my teeth on edge, like.
And when people do it in interviews on the news, like....
nonbelief # 14. October 2008, 01:22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl9dsgZjkQg
KayFour # 14. October 2008, 10:44
I watched your YouTube. You are definately a man on a mission.
To which some lesser person may reply, "I know, right?"