this is funny; i'm laughing just reading the responses.
a long time ago when i lived in michigan a certain talk radio host would do an annual show on this - banned words and phrases - and i loved listening to it; i would always LOL, dudes, y'know? in fact, I really 'heart-ed' that show.
for the record, i am thinking of the writing styles of a few popular bloggers (not cjane) when I say i really deplore the use of 'dude' (in writing especially) and the 'i'm all/ i'm like' writing style meant, i guess, to mimic a conversational speaking style. or something. it just doesn't work for me. i'm not cool enough to write like that, or something. it just feels false, but it is most definitely a trend among some of the high profile bloggers i've read.
here's another one. i'm guilty of having done it myself, and it's meant to be for effect, but it's a definite trend in blog writing style and it's getting to the point where i cringe when i see it so i guess i better not do it anymore myself, because really, that thing? when i do that with my writing where i ask a question that really isn't a question? it really isn't me. i think it's a trendy style of blog writing. or am i the only one who's noticed it?
