Why have we raised a generation (or more) of women who speak like crap?

[mushroomme]

16. Like, I mean, You know, man,

Every generation has its language peculiar to their youthful years. What really annoys me is adults emulating their kids. When I hear an adult mimicking the latest catch phrase, such as "That's awesome", I turn on my internal mute button. I once e-mailed Hillary Clinton's campaign and begged smeone to tell her to quit starting every sentence with, "I mean". No, I don't know what you mean because you haven't said anything yet that needs clarification. You know? You know, what I meant to say, I mean...I have engaged my mute button at this point. When I was out in corporate America, I refused to be sucked into the neverending barrage of psychobabble. Embrace the moment, the concept, the weather. Doesn't matter. Just throw your arms around it. Are we on the same page?

Just reading a newspaper anymore is enough to drive anyone who has a grasp of grammar, looney tunes. Does anyone anymore know how to use the words effect and affect. I don't believe any media today has spell check and grammar check on their computers, or perhaps they haven't yet embraced the use of this tool.

I don't believe we have raised a generation of women or men who speak like crap. We're just getting old and forget the crap we spouted, which drove our parents nuts. But I must say we were much better at spelling and grammarcool, with-it than the newer generation. Now that's just plain groovy, said the woman with the husky, raspy, coughing voice of the cool, with-it chain smoker.