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Look,
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Has anyone else noticed the trend in the TV news where an interviewer or interviewee repeatedly starts their sentence with "Look" to emphasize their point?
For example, a lawyer speaking to a news anchor may say something like, "Look, Michael Jackson may have slept with children, but the prosecution couldn't prove their case."
I started noticing this ever since 9/11; maybe it's just that I started watching the news more. But, look, it has come to be quite an annoyance.
For example, a lawyer speaking to a news anchor may say something like, "Look, Michael Jackson may have slept with children, but the prosecution couldn't prove their case."
I started noticing this ever since 9/11; maybe it's just that I started watching the news more. But, look, it has come to be quite an annoyance.





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I used to say "Listen,..." before I spoke. My friends were generally pretty quick to interrupt with "I AM listening!..."
Needless to say, I broke the habit in a short time.
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It's been around for a very long time. There's a famous quote from "The Way We Were" about not starting a sentence with "Look".
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Yes, I know what you mean...I only LOOK this stupid!
I didn't have a choice. When the Lord was handing out looks, I thought he said books. I said give me a funny one!
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If you are only saying what you said before, then you are talking too much.
William
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Actually, our Tony Blair uses look a lot actually. And it's well, beginning to like, get annoying.
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