It is so funny how TV influences the way we speak... The first incidence of this that I recall was in Friends. That was that trademark way the character Chandler's cadence in his speech was accented all wrong. "Could I BE wearing any more clothes?" mimiced by Joey. With the emphasis on the middle of the sentence, on be...
Now Grey's Anatomy has made it's mark with one word : seriously.
A character can express a whole range of emotions with this one word in succession. For example:
Declarative statement: Seriously. ( makes a statement)
Interogative question: Seriously? (askes a question)
Exclamatory statement: Seriously! (shows strong emotion)
Imperative Statement: Seriously. (gives a direction or command)
Example of it used in dialogue;
MERIDETH: "Seriously? Seriously... Seriously!"
Grey's has also reinvented the McDonaldization of America with all the "McLabels".
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