Here are a few words and phrases found on Friends that have no rightful place in the English language. What does this rubbish actually mean and why don’t they talk properly?

So Totally

Well Hello!, hello and hellooo

I’m good

Like yeah

I was like

I mean come on

Hang out

Yo dude

Cool

Doin’ it

Makin’ out



In fact thinking about it, that is just about the entire script… apart from the canned laughter and the long pauses that have to be included for the establishing shots even after 9 or 10 years of using the same sets.

I think the long pauses are there to indicate to people that they should be laughing as the characters have said something "funny".

If it was truly funny they would not need to tell anyone that it was.

They not stupid well most of them arent

ive put a star next to ones that are used here anyway

So Totally

Well Hello!, hello and hellooo *

I’m good *

Like yeah

I was like

I mean come on

Hang out

Yo dude

Cool *

Doin’ it

Makin’ out[/quote]

They are all used in Friends and seem to be finding their way into the English language, which is very annoying.

hey wobble, how you doin?
I've a suggestion: why not invent a time machine & travel back in time to, say, the 1950s'?

I like most of them phrases, I see nothing wrong with them except "so totally" - that is annoying!

Did anyone see Grumpy Old Women on Friday? There was a very similar rant on that.

Yo dude, so totally cool thread you got here. Like yeah I suppose the phrases are getting into the english language but I mean come on they're not that annoying are they? When I first read it I was like shut up!

But then I read it again and thought, actually when you try it they're highly annoying and they just don't sound right with a british accent either

^ i agree most of them sound weird with an english accent

So totally agree with both of you!

Why does the dense one always say cworfe, is it really so hard to say coffee?

totally


peace out dude its only words

They may only be words but they are still annoying, not least when delivered by those awful whiny American voices.

well anything that comes out of an Americans mouth becoms instantly annoying.

if you hate the show so much then why watch and then why waste your time regestering to become a member of a forum dedicated to it

Not sure who thats directed at, but I go on other forums aswell, I don't like being restricted to the one forum.

quote:

I was like

I have to admit i do say that...

"i was like yeah and she was like nooo and then he goes what! n they go init!!" lol

When you say ‘like’ do you mean ‘similar to’, or do you just mean working class?

Yeah they don't sound right in a British accent, so don't say them

I think they sound cool in American...

Pet Peeve of Mine: the phrase "British accent". There's no such thing. Thanks.

acctually there is , but its not so common now .
its concidered too posh . or something

no, there is no such thing as a British accent, as it would have to be a mixture of Scottish, Welsh, Irish and English. So, no.

wow - i've never thought of that - good point!!
but i suppose everywhere in England there's a different accent so....

Ross does a wicked British accent