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CAG

(1,820 posts) Wed Mar 28, 2012, 11:48 PM Mar 2012

Pardon my annoyance...but someone please explain why Chris Hayes, Ezra Klein, and

Melissa Harris-Perry (among others I've heard on MSNBC) keep saying "right?" at the end of about every 3 or 4 statements. I love watching them (especially MHP) but this "right" thing is driving me nuts!!

I'm sorry, but I just had to get it off of my chest. Ezra Klein kept doing it tonight on Chris Matthews and I was about to throw something at the TV...

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Pardon my annoyance...but someone please explain why Chris Hayes, Ezra Klein, and (Original Post) CAG Mar 2012 OP

Nobody's gonna say it?! A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2012 #1

I was gonna, you know, but I was like "what if he takes it the wrong way?"... You know? n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #2

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I don't need Vanna, and I don't need to buy any vowels. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #4

Why do people (especially Europeans) EC Mar 2012 #5

I understand that....its just that 1) their talking to the TV audience who can't acknowledge that CAG Mar 2012 #6

I always figure EC Mar 2012 #7

Right GeorgeGist Mar 2012 #8

So that's driving you crazy, right? nt Javaman Mar 2012 #9

I know, right? Iggo Mar 2012 #10

A-Schwarzenegger

(15,596 posts)

1. Nobody's gonna say it?!

Reply to CAG (Original post)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 11:55 PM

Mar 2012

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)

2. I was gonna, you know, but I was like "what if he takes it the wrong way?"... You know? n/t

Reply to A-Schwarzenegger (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 12:15 AM

Mar 2012

A-Schwarzenegger

(15,596 posts)

3. -----.

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 12:19 AM

Mar 2012

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)

4. I don't need Vanna, and I don't need to buy any vowels.

Reply to A-Schwarzenegger (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 12:22 AM

Mar 2012

EC

(12,287 posts)

5. Why do people (especially Europeans)

Reply to CAG (Original post)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 12:33 AM

Mar 2012

say "yes" or "yeah" after about every 3 or 4 statements? They do it to make sure the listener is following and understanding as they explain something. Usually something that is involved and should be taken in steps. On a PBS special (I think it was Nova) there was the explanation that humans can only hold up to 6 items in our short term memory at a time (that is all senses)before it's replaced with the next six...

Anyway - it's not as annoying as saying Ommm...all the time.

CAG

(1,820 posts)

6. I understand that....its just that 1) their talking to the TV audience who can't acknowledge that

Reply to EC (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 12:49 AM

Mar 2012

they are following along, and 2) the assumption that they are doing it to see if the listener is following along infers that there would be some type of brief pause to elicit a nod or something from the listener, but generally the next sentence is being launched practically before they have put the "t" in right.

I share my annoyance just to get a little lighthearted break into an otherwise pretty bleak day. I am also annoyed by my local weatherman who randomly "growls" words for no apparent reason.