Indeed I actually use them too much

blazar on 2007-04-03T12:01:39

"Indeed" and "actually".

Well, I think so, at least. Surely I use them fairly much. To judge if that is too much I should probably compare with some statistically relevant bunch of English texts approximately of the same length and subject matters as mine, preferably by native English speakers. Anyway, is mine really a bad habit? Who knows?

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Not that bad

phaylon on 2007-04-03T13:00:55

If it makes the meaning of a text clearer and doesn't obscure it, use them as often as you see it fit :)

My own habit is much worse. When I'm too tired, I start replacing words with the term "thingy."

Not that blue either

blazar on 2007-04-03T13:09:11

Whoa, that resmurfs me of a toon I used to watch as a kid...

Re:Not that blue either

phaylon on 2007-04-03T13:22:49

Indeed, I actually watched that thingy as a kid too, but only in german. I "learned" english (Futurama Original ftw!) only many years later.

qw/smurfs puffi schlümpfe/

blazar on 2007-04-03T13:34:41

They had always been "puffi" for me up until I wrote the post above, and I had to check. Incidentally, one of their creators (not Peyo) died just recently. There was some discussion in the italian comics newsgroup I regularly follow, along with a reminder of the oft repeated urban legend that it was a commie err... well... thingy for "educating" young minds. :-)

Re:qw/smurfs puffi schlümpfe/

phaylon on 2007-04-03T14:34:19

Oh, I haven't even heard about that UL before!

RIP - Mitch Hedberg

stu42j on 2007-04-03T15:30:23

“I use the word totally too much. I need to change it up and use a word that is different but has the same meaning. Mitch do you like submarine sandwhiches? All-encompassingly...”