"Well....Obviously....." "Well .... Basically...."
When I ask a person a question and they start to reply with, "Well obviously......"
If it was obvious, I wouldn't be asking.
When I ask anybody a question and they start to reply with, "Well basically......"
I stop them and explain......" I'm reasonably bright, don't give me a basic answer, please give me a full answer and if I don't understand, I can ask for a more detailed explanation which I may understand."
Normal reply...... "Eh?"
( Unklian Lives in the only country where "Glass" is a verb., Fri 9 Apr 2010, 10:36, 4 replies)

I work in IT...
...so when most people ask a question, 'basically' is almost always the way to go unless I want to see thier eyes glaze over in the first 8 seconds of me opening my mouth.

That said, sometimes I want them to not have a clue what I'm on about - doesn't make thier life any easier, but it does mine ;)
(thatblokeoverthere not quite as much an arsehole as I thought, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 10:39, closed)

It's not just starting with "basically"
that irritates me. Using it 5 or 6 times in the same explanation is criminal.

Well, BASICALLY you put the doofer in the... well (pause), well, BASIC...BASICALLY it's like you do the hee-haw to the mee-haw?
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 10:40, closed)

Just checked BBC news......
A good start......

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8610701.stm
( Unklian Lives in the only country where "Glass" is a verb., Fri 9 Apr 2010, 10:50, closed)

English as a foreign language
I was on a train to Geneva from France recently, and was sat opposite a Chinese guy who was talking to the girl next to him in English. I think though he'd learnt his English off Manchester United TV as every sentence started 'Basically,...'

I was suppressing the urge to punch him and giggle at the same time.
(sugar_tits, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 11:53, closed)