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Author Topic: "Y'know what I'm sayin'?" Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-04-2004 03:46 PM                     Okay. What the hell is with this phrase, "y'know what I'm sayin'?" I've just finished watching a thrilling overtime finish to the Seahawks-Packers wild card playoff football game. Cornerback Al Harris intercepts a slant pass thrown by QB Matt Hasselback and runs it in for the game winning touchtown. Now, Harris made a hell of a play (great read, great catch, fast run). But his after-the-game talk to the sideline reporter was peppered with that "y'know what I'm sayin'" crap. We hear this phrase coming from everyone trying to front some kind of urban reputation, be it a rapper, politician or some silly white kid in the suburbs trying to act black. Dude, you're a honky just like the rest of us. Accept it. Anyway, the phrase "y'know what I'm sayin'" really isn't even funny anymore when comedians like Chris Rock make fun it when lampooning rapper cliches. It's just old and sounds as stupid as dated expressions like "groovy" or "swell."  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 01-04-2004 03:58 PM                     I know what you're sayin. there was a guy in my speech class a few semesters ago that said "ya know what im sayin" in every sentence, luckily he never could give a speech over two minutes.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-04-2004 04:04 PM                        actually guys.. it comes across as... "ykna whaa I'n sayn" ANd yes, it gets aggravating as hell. I keep interrupting "No, I don't "kna whaya sayn".  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-04-2004 04:23 PM                     Believe it or not, I never stopped using Jim Varney's "You know what I mean, Vern?" and, for me, that dates back to around 1988.  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 01-04-2004 04:42 PM                     Another phrase to nominate for the Banished Words list. Such a shame this thread didn't come up 2-3 weeks sooner. We would have goaded Bobby to nominate "Y'know what I'm sayin'?" Incidentally, Al Harris is black. [ 01-05-2004, 05:09 PM: Message edited by: Charles Everett ]  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-04-2004 04:48 PM                     Bobby, have you seen "Office Space"? "Y'know what I'm sayin'. Gonna show her my o-face."  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-04-2004 05:14 PM                        When people say "Y'knowwhati'msayin'" it just means that they are retarded. Serious. People have been doing this for awhile, though. Well, the retarded ones anyway. When you hear someone talk like this, the best thing you can do is point it out and make fun of them. Everyone likes to laugh, so they will laugh at the retarded individual. The retarded person will not like being laughed at, and will mabe be forced to go back to special ed school (where they dropped out). I watched the end of that game, and when the reporter started asking him "How did you do that?" (stupid question, by the way) he started saying "Well it's all about studying film (video?) etc etc etc" and I immediately changed the channels to watch the Broncos lose. Studying film? Bullshit! He was in the right place at the right time. Simple as that. What a retard!  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-04-2004 05:41 PM                     Office Space is a funny movie. I chuckled at the term "o-face." It's visually descriptive. "Y'know what I'm sayin'" is not. I suppose the phrase is the "urban" way of saying, "uh." I strongly agree that anyone using the phrase, "y'know what I'm sayin'" sounds like a retard. Unfortunately, it's usually some big jock, someone with a criminal record or just someone glorifying white-trash culture or inner city down-wit-it bullshit. So you're taking your chances if you want to just come right out and say, "you sound like f**king idiot." But someone needs to do that already.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-04-2004 05:48 PM                       Same rules for writing prose. Stay away from the street slang and latest catch phrases! It's a bad habit, it obfuscates your meaning, and it dates you when your interview is played back (or your work is read). Some guy that ran a booth in Houston I serviced used to say "understann whaa i'n saayn?" about every other sentence. It took him forever to tell me about booth problems. Like Joe suggests, I finally got tired of waiting for him to get to the point, that I just started hollering back, "YES!! I understand what you're saying!" every time he said it. While that didn't break him of the habit, it cut the occurrences by about 50%. So, leave the dated phrases behind, and use your head. Jeepers!  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-04-2004 06:36 PM                        Well I firmly believe the reporter should have started making fun of him during the interview and urged all of America to join in and perhaps even point at him while laughing. OK that may have been a little much, but the reporter should have thrown in a "Know whut I'm sayin'" or three in his follow up question. That would have made the point at least to the people who were watching TV.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-04-2004 07:25 PM                  Are you talkin' to me? Are you...who you talkin' to? Are you f*cking talkin' to ME? >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-04-2004 09:08 PM                     "Can I ask you a question?" Sure, but only that one.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-04-2004 11:18 PM                        "Basically." I have tried to banish that word from my speech but it still sneaks in once in a while.  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-05-2004 02:19 AM                        "Do you understand what I'm saying?" doesn't bother me as much as "Do you see what I'm saying?" After that, I see laser-burned subtitles appearing under their face for the rest of the conversation. In the same language they're speaking.  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 01-05-2004 07:22 AM                     People that say this phrase probably have no idea that they are making the person they are talking to want to strangle them. One day on The People's Court (American daytime TV show) the defendant said this phrase at least 20-30 times before the judge interjected with: If you will get on with it, I will know what you are saying. Defendant never had a clue. Sometimes, I just count how many times I hear it. Jim Varney. RIP. We saw him on local TV for many years before he hit it in the movies.  |  IP: Logged

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