Verbal Tic/Real Life: Difference between revisions

m
update links
(Created page with "{{trope}} Examples of Verbal Tic in Real Life include: * Tourettes Syndrome. Of course in that case it really is an unavoidable compulsion. *...")
 
m (update links)
Line 31:
* Also, in the drinking game Kings (or Circle of Death), one card allows the person who picked it to make up a rule, the penalty of breaking which is to drink. A very common rule in some places is to add the "In my pants" rule mentioned below, making for interesting conversation.
* Not all Minnesotans end every sentence with "doncha know," but yeah, a few of us do, doncha know?
** And the British [[UpperclassUpper Class Twit]], as parodied on ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' by Paul Merton.
** Actually, there are some remnants of the stereotyped phrases in Minnesotan speech, as we sometimes have a tendency to end sentences in "y'know?". The other phrase of "Ya sure, you betcha" (Which is only ever used by the elderly) is now two separate phrases used when agreeing with something: "Yeah, sure" and "You bet." The heavy Fargo accent is mostly a myth. Mostly. The rare person who does have that accent is usually from the far north. Usually.
* The stereotypical Pittsburgh "Yinzer" is someone who, among other verbal quirks, ends most sentences with "annat" (short for "and all that"), annat.