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12-30-2016, 12:09 PM | #1 |
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Musings on Wording
A decade or three ago, when someone wanted to append an additional affirmative clause or descriptor to a thought, the word that most folks used was "too," as in, "Me, too," "I'd like to go, too," or "we have a dog, three cats, and a three-legged gopher, too."
A while ago, folks started using "as well" in place of "too." That always grated on me; to me, it came off sounding pretentious and affected. Years went by, more and more people adopted it, and now I hardly ever hear anyone use "too;" everyone uses "as well" now. I even find myself using it as well (CRAP!). What happened to "too?" Why use two words when one "too" can be used? Perhaps to convey increased smartment? |
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In our current meme-tastic world, "Me too"/"Me as well" has devolved into "same." Simpler and easier. Who said us millennials aren't good for anything?
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or we can sound even more pretentious and say "likewise"
"nice car" "likewise" |
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Samesies.
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I tend to use the shortest words possible, but if I'm writing for something (academic, whitepaper, article, etc) I will use all forms of a saying to avoid sounding repetative.
One of my biggest pet peeve is using complex words in everyday conversation. It just bugs the hell out of me because I do feel people do it to show off. Like this post Quote:
This isnt a novel so why be so formal about it? |
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I think I use "also" or "too" most often. I'd wager that a lot of people just don't know which to/two/too is the right one, so they use different words. C |
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As far as the use of "too" goes I don't pay attention enough to what I say to tell you if I ever say "as well" but I do not believe that I do.
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