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15 September 2012

David Mitchell on the phrase “going forward”

post by: D.C. at: 14:06 | 7 comments

Yes.

Also, I love how David Mitchell always plays a slightly exaggerated version of himself. I mean, have you seen Peep Show?

posted by Specklet 15 September | 15:19

I took about 12 seconds of that know-it-all tone of voice. Do I get my Klondike Bar now?

posted by Doohickie 15 September | 15:46

I love this.

posted by BoringPostcards 15 September | 22:07

I was totally unaware that there was another David Mitchell video posted on Metafilter yesterday. This video came to me from a totally non-Mefi source.

posted by D.C. 16 September | 00:32

. . . and I totally can use “totally” twice in one short post because it’s an awesome word.

posted by D.C. 16 September | 00:33

I'm going off to have a cry for completely different reasons.

posted by ethylene 16 September | 15:40

It's too late. I even use it. This isn't one of the phrases that makes me crazy, though I have some, and I understand that the phrases that make us crazy are just these random irritants and you never know what it's going to be next. Something else will soon bug the hell out of me, though this doesn't, and I'll be equally powerless to stop it. After all, a lot of our daily speech was a new coinage that drove somebody crazy once.

posted by Miko 16 September | 16:38

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