"I mean" this is driving me up the

[doc03]

wall ya know what I mean. I mean I watch these talking head shows and just about everyone starts a sentence with "I mean". I mean I just seemed to have noticed this in the last year or so. I mean that must be the new "ya know" or is that short for "ya know what I mean". I mean I watch Hardball and the others and Congressmen, Senators, etc. all start an answer to a question with "I MEAN"

[rug]

1. You're mean.

[lildreamer316]

2. What on earth do you mean?

:evilgrin:

Actually, it's been that way for awhile. Very irritating.

[datasuspect]

3. like

that's a pretty insightful post you know, like sometimes i can't you know understand what like people are talking about you know?

[skygazer]

4. Yeah, it's like, back when I was in school

We had to take Public Speaking. I mean, you had to learn not to say, like, um and er and like and I mean. I mean, it was really series, you had to like really work at it. I mean, it was hard. Ya know?