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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 332989" data-attributes="member: 23">Well, this is a little embarrassing. I realised I, too, had mentioned the &quot;so&quot; thing and looked to see if it was in this thread that we&#039;d discussed it. And I found this (warning, the first sentence might blow your mind, but it does neatly dovetail the two topics):<img src="http://yoursmiles.org/tsmile/emb/t1813.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":embarrassed:" title="Embarrassed&nbsp; &nbsp; :embarrassed:" data-shortname=":embarrassed:" />The &quot;my&quot; thing relating to TV series reminds me of this scene:
[MEDIA=youtube]ywgfRg--Ivg[/MEDIA]Actually, I don&#039;t think I would say that in real life, so I suppose I don&#039;t always write as I speak. I&#039;m wondering if the &quot;my&quot; thing is a kind of shorthand for something someone has as a pastime, hobby or even interest, a way of claiming it as something that&#039;s part of their world on a regular basis.As far as the latter part of the point you make, I do wonder if there&#039;s a kind of &quot;monkey see, monkey do&quot; kind of effect going on. One contestant says it and the next one&nbsp; picks up on the same language (probably without even realising) and by the third or fourth it almost seems mandatory. It would be interesting to know if it is a conscious thing as part of a desire to fit in or match what&#039;s going on around them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 332989, member: 23"] Well, this is a little embarrassing. I realised I, too, had mentioned the "so" thing and looked to see if it was in this thread that we'd discussed it. And I found this (warning, the first sentence might blow your mind, but it does neatly dovetail the two topics): :embarrassed: The "my" thing relating to TV series reminds me of this scene: [CENTER] [MEDIA=youtube]ywgfRg--Ivg[/MEDIA][/CENTER] Actually, I don't think I would say that in real life, so I suppose I don't always write as I speak. I'm wondering if the "my" thing is a kind of shorthand for something someone has as a pastime, hobby or even interest, a way of claiming it as something that's part of their world on a regular basis. As far as the latter part of the point you make, I do wonder if there's a kind of "monkey see, monkey do" kind of effect going on. One contestant says it and the next one picks up on the same language (probably without even realising) and by the third or fourth it almost seems mandatory. It would be interesting to know if it is a conscious thing as part of a desire to fit in or match what's going on around them. [/QUOTE]

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