I know someone who starts everything with "...it's like..." Maybe your colleague from 20 years ago is responsible. He could be the Alpha meme. Kill him and all of his spawns die. Witch hunt anyone?
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > How technical people derail conversations by saying "well actually" > > http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.html > > > > That's nothing compared to starting a sentence with "Yeah, No, ..." > > > > A work colleague of mine used to say that frequently 20 years ago and I > never heard it again until a few years ago when it started to spring up > everywhere. It seems to have spread like a virus, infecting people of all > walks of life. I hope someone is doing PhD research to discover where it > came from. > > > > Greg
