I think we all know people who do this - they interject "you know" into everything they say. That was bad enough. Now, there's another one - "know what I'm sayin'?" Notice how politically correct I am? I didn't mention what we all know to be true and that's who started all this.
Look, if it's not clear what you're saying, I'm pretty sure someone will tell you - we don't need you to ask over and over again during a conversation or while you're being interviewed. It's annoying and it makes you look, well, (dare I say it?) STUPID. It's as if you truly don't know what you're about to say so you put in some "filler" words to give yourself time to figure it out.
These bad habits are hard to break. Imagine listening to our President give a speech or a pastor give a sermon, or a professor teach physics and having "know what I'm sayin'?" mixed in every other sentence. Holy crap - would not be good.
So stop it!!!!! You are not doing yourself any favors by saying this and, eventually, you will wish you'd never started it in the first place - like when you're in that really important job interview! I suppose if all you ever want to do with your life requires you to communicate only with people who probably WON'T know what you're saying - then you'll be fine. Otherwise, it's time to purge it from your conversation before it's too late!!
KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN?
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