Words that you repeat usually

I remember my college instructor in one subject. He often said "you get the point?" in our classroom discussions. One time, i was so bored that I decided to count how many times he'd say it. I think he said "You get the point" about 15 times during our one hour class.

Hi, Prof. LOL...The words I repeat most include 'OK', followed by 'yes', 'you know', 'thank you'...... And I've noticed that I changed my pet phrases from time to time. Now, most of the young people like to say 'yun'(Chinese), which means 'dizzy', when they found something was boring or ridiculous.

it seems that you have forgotten you are at home now and no longer giving lecture in college. Yeah, I understand that it would take quite some time to shake away the habit which has been sticking to us for such a long time. No wonder you still utter the same words that you were use to say before at home. I was cultivated to say thank you and sorry according to the situation since childhood. Might be I'm getting old and too used to it I even say thank you after I have done something for someone. Once I a passer-by stepped on my foot accidentally I uttered out "sorry" and he stared at me amazingly and returned a "sorry" as well. Of course my hubby and son burst out laughter then and never asked whether my foot was pain or not Happy posting!

Hi, Professor2010. I use the word "pretty much", a whole lot. Sometimes, I hear myself say it so many times in a conversation. It annoys me. I am trying so hard to break this habit. I find myself saying these words so much.

I also have some words that always use just like your "get my point?" i also have this hobby of repeatedly saying "get it now?" and sometimes the word capability and commitment that I have learned from my previous mentors. So cheer up, your not the only one.

I can totally relate. I say "sorry" a lot even when it does not apply! especially when I am about to ask a question, almost like I feel like sorry for disturbing you with my question. hehe I also say "You feel me?" or "You catch my drift"? I guess these phrases we use are like feelers and they help us complete your sentences. We just have to be careful not to over do it.

The words that I repeat. Well 'I know' was an evergreen one I repeated for quite a few years.

When I was in the high school, our math teacher often said " As for this,...", and all the students would burst into laughter for hearing he said "as for this...", at the first few days. But later, no one would laugh, because we were all used to it.

When I was in college, I have a teacher who keeps on saying "nuh" almost every after a paragraph, and I had a classmate too who keeps on keeping a tally of it whenever she mentioned the word. The phrase that I keep on repeating too is "did I make myself clear?" Of course my students would say "yes"... :-) So far I have never been experienced when someone says "no". Maybe they are just hesitant or maybe they said no but only at my back. :-))

Well, at this point of time in my life, I'm the mother to two younger children, so there are a lot of things that I have to say over and over. The most promient one is "I said No!" It seems like with the children when you tell them no that means that they are supposed to continue doing that thing which they weren't supposed to be doing in the first place. Then there is the "Didn't you hear me?" Another that goes right alongside the saying no.

Funny of you. When we get used to saying such words, sentences, etc., they just effortlessly come out from our mouths without really being conscious about it. Mine would be 'you know what I'm saying?' when I finish talking about some things..:)

My classmates say whenever I speak I kept repeating the word "parang". Haha.

Just check yourself at the door! It can be quite condescending to individuals who are not taught be you. A change of clothing when you get home may be a great idea, it can get you out of work mode and perhaps relax a little, although I do agree speech habits are hard to break.. Keep Cool Prof!

hi professor!which course did you teach?what is your major ?

my mom is in teaching field,so she often says "got it'we do make a joke of it and tell her that we havent got anything special from her today.

Hehehe.. I have also been teaching and training people, I noticed (and so did they) that I use the word 'actually' and 'basically' too many times in one session. It's really quite annoying and I would want to take that habit out. I could recall way back in my Toastmater's days (though I didn't stay long), they used to count these stuff and tell you after your speech so as to let you know that you really are overdoing it with the words. Now that we're talking about it, it's actually happening in mylot as well. I find myself using several words in every post. I don't think most people would recognize or look into it, but I would know because I've realized that I have the same pattern in my responses. I guess I need TypingMaster's hehehe this time - a newly coined word for this topic.

Ha!ha!ha! That is a funny anecdote dear! You made me laugh. You know what we really sometimes forget to remove the role we are playing at work when we are already home. Even me, sometimes my husband gets offended because I act as like as I was in the office. It was as if I was commanding all the time and during these times I know he felt quite dominated. So I am really very, very careful now. I don't actually have any redundant words in particular but it is the way I talk that sometimes offend him. Well, I'm glad I know how to discern when my husband feels bad already so I had to say sorry immediately.

I used to work at a company where we got many collect long distance calls. We were required to ask the operator to call back and give us time and charges for each call. One night at home, I received a collect call and without thinking, I asked the operator for time and charges. It was my MOTHER-IN-LAW calling. Since we were not on the best of terms at the time, that little incident added another nail to my coffin. She thought I did it on purpose and never forgave me.

Good Morning dear Professor2010 , well i cann say that first off all you have a great familly that knows that your intentions ( when asking them if they understand , or if they got your point )are purely there to make them a little bit more sure that you have sorted out well the point you meant to make , how ever in my familly as i am not a professor such as yourself , whenever i put them or asked them if they got my point or understand what i mean to say ( if i keep repeating that ) , at the first question they all understand ( at least thats what they say ) so if i double check , they might think that i am considering them stupids and they start backfirring at me , tellin' yeah yeah , big deal ...everybody knows that ( aparently not everyone lol) Well ever since , i try to evoid giving my familly iof my friends "Lessons" , cause they might think i try to show off and they dont like that ( lowl) Hzave a nice day dear Professor2010

hello professor. i too am in the teaching profession and i would catch myself saying "actually" and "usually" too many times during a lecture. i am trying to cut back from using these words; i am aware that students do count the number or times their teacher utters certain words (i did it too when i was a student) :)