Slog - Comments on I'm Worried http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried When I moved to the Pacific Northwest 12 years ago, one of the first things I noticed was the popularity of the expression: "Right on." You didn't have to restrict it to its actual meaning: "exactly" or "well done" or "hurray." It was a malleable expression that worked its way into every single conversation. Someone would tell you about their love life troubles, and in the pause, you'd say: "Right on." Someone would tell you that you inadvertently cut in line, you'd say: "Right on." Someone would tell you they had to leave town on an emergency because their mother... Copyright 2008 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:57:36 -0800 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:34:11 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Kristin haha. Right on dude. No worries!

:) k.

]]> Kristin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947034 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947034 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:58:39 -0800 Comment by Ziggity I refuse to acknowledge the worries.

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947037 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947037 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:00:28 -0800 Comment by Skip Whenever I hear "no worries," I'm like, where am I, the Outback Steakhouse?
Though I still say "dude" all the time and am starting to feel left behind.

]]> Skip http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947038 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947038 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:00:32 -0800 Comment by me I use 'no worries' all the time and never use 'right on'.

I like 'no worries' because it generally puts people who think they have made a faux pas at ease.

]]> me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947039 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947039 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:00:48 -0800 Comment by cw no worries....common Aussie phrase.

]]> cw http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947041 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947041 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:02:28 -0800 Comment by some dude there are worries, you're right. like nsfw images. :p

]]> some dude http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947042 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947042 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:03:44 -0800 Comment by Andrew I use "sport" and people stare at me. I think I should change my official expression to "daddio".

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947043 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947043 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:04:24 -0800 Comment by another dude I'm saying 'cheers' all the time now - WHY? peace out

]]> another dude http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947046 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947046 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:05:57 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Instead of "no worries," I prefer OHMYGODWEREALLGONNADIE!!!

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947048 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947048 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:06:58 -0800 Comment by J.R. Whatever.

]]> J.R. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947049 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947049 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:08:14 -0800 Comment by betty du bois I see deep American cultural bias at work here...you've got a problem with no worries but what about "all good"?!

]]> betty du bois http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947050 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947050 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:08:26 -0800 Comment by Heather Happy!? we can't have that. Next thing you know people will think they don't have to be ironic all the time. Or even worse it could lead to rock bands who actually smile sometimes.

]]> Heather http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947055 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947055 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:10:15 -0800 Comment by ouch "no problem" instead of "you're welcome"
is the one that bugs me.

hasn't no worries been around from last century.

]]> ouch http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947056 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947056 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:10:50 -0800 Comment by Jerod Whatever, same difference.

]]> Jerod http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947057 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947057 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:12:38 -0800 Comment by Julie I was just in Eugene and noticed that the "right on" thing still exists there. It can be a little off-putting when you're not used to it.

I sort of like "no worries", at least the "don't worry about it" usage.

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947059 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947059 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:13:43 -0800 Comment by Julie @13. Whoops. I say "no problem" alot... mostly in casual situations (I hold door open for someone with their hands full, they say thanks, I say no problem). Sometimes the formality of "you're welcome" just seems to make too big a deal out of some minor courtesy.

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947068 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947068 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:18:07 -0800 Comment by Hernandez I still say "right on" all the time...I guess probably because I grew up here.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947072 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947072 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:19:37 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways it either means you're getting older and worried about fitting in with the youth culture who uses popular slang OR you're getting older and finding yourself irritated by the youth culture who uses popular slang...

i think "right on" is a west coast hippie/slacker thing and not just limited to WA. I've heard it other places, too.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947078 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947078 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:27:42 -0800 Comment by SeMe josh being a dc or pg county boy, which you claim to be, u can go back to "word" when agreeing with others. it wont work for u on all cases, is not as versatile as right on.

no worries reminds me of drunk aussies with kangaroo pouch envy.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947084 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947084 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:30:04 -0800 Comment by steve I use both of those phrases constantly, often together, separated only with "dude" as @1. I have a mix of pride and shame when I think about my lame vocabulary.
Seriously, bro. For real.

]]> steve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947090 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947090 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:33:39 -0800 Comment by Rotten666 No worries was very common on the east coast in the late 90's. Its finally making its way over here.

]]> Rotten666 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947096 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947096 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:35:05 -0800 Comment by Jiberish just the last few months? haven't been hanging with the kids lately have you... 'no worries' has been around for a while.

]]> Jiberish http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947103 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947103 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:38:27 -0800 Comment by lostboy I use "no worries" the same way as me @4, to put people at ease over a trivial or non-existent faux pas or imposition.

Clearly, my choice of casual expression is the only legitimate path, and all of you who who use expressions learned from any other region or sub-culture are highly annoying to those of us who know better.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947104 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:39:51 -0800 Comment by pgreyy You're only NOW hearing people say "no worries"???

Geez...what a lamestain.

And, if y'all want me, I'll be hanging on the flippity flop.

]]> pgreyy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947106 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947106 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:40:11 -0800 Comment by Skank McSkaggerson FTN, I'm talking all 70s now: do fries come with that shake?, he's a stone-cold fox, she's a skag, later days, gotta book, ah-DAY.

]]> Skank McSkaggerson http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947109 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947109 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:42:38 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale "Proper" never really got enough traction IMO.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947115 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947115 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:44:54 -0800 Comment by tiptoe tommy No worries is from the same sad school as "my bad", which thankfully has faded. Both seem to devalue personal responsibility in favor of a don't worry be happy world view. Whatever.

]]> tiptoe tommy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947118 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947118 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:45:41 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Wake me when "Far Out!" returns...

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947123 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947123 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:47:51 -0800 Comment by Shaniqua Where does "It's all good" fit into all of this?

Y'all is crazy.

]]> Shaniqua http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947125 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947125 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:48:39 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Josh, you need to get stoned. Or laid. Or both.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947128 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947128 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:49:56 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle No worries, mate, we're all gonna die, and the US is a basket case ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947129 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947129 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:50:05 -0800 Comment by Peter F I've only been in the NW since 91, but I've never heard anyone say "right on", except maybe on 80s sitcom TV...?

]]> Peter F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947139 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947139 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:55:21 -0800 Comment by mintygreen Is it just my east-coast perception, or do both these phrases bring to mind seriously stoned out deadheads talking about "the man"?

In any case, I think over here we generally say "tru-oooh" more.

]]> mintygreen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947142 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947142 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:57:35 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 "No worries" is a polite way of saying "Go fuck yourself".

Ex. "I'm sorry for stepping on your foot." "No worries!"

Ex. "Table for two? That'll be a 45 minute wait." "No worries!"

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947151 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947151 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:01:38 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I always thought it was weird how "right on" was emphasized -- RIGHT on, instead of right ON, which is how groovies used to say it.

I started saying "no worries" after visiting Australia, and every time I say it I twinge with shame; it's as bad as saying "bloody", as far as cultural authenticity goes.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947152 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947152 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:01:51 -0800 Comment by No Problem Don't sweat it.

]]> No Problem http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947153 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947153 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:01:53 -0800 Comment by left coast @30 is probably right about getting laid. I've been here for two years and completely overusing 'no worries'. Other phrases of mine have not caught on however.

Everyone should be using "get 'er dun" ironically. I had no idea that was a phrase until watching hockey playoff games from Dallas where they had it on hats(?). Why "go fuck yourself" and "blow me" do not have traction here when they are mega-popular in NYC escapes me.

]]> left coast http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947154 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947154 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:02:23 -0800 Comment by Jeff Stevens I can't believe I'm the first to say this in this thread:

Oh well, whatever, never mind!

Ka-ching!

]]> Jeff Stevens http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947161 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947161 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:08:37 -0800 Comment by Spoogie This thread has been nothing if not bitchin'.

]]> Spoogie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947164 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947164 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:13:59 -0800 Comment by SeMe When I first moved here, people use to say “pop” for soda, I thought it was original, and girls sounded cute when they said it. Now everybody says soda. Back in da day in Philly “pop” was used instead of busting a cap. As in "that motherfu$%% got popped!"

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947179 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947179 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:27:44 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale @34,37 - If only Seattleites could hear "go fuck yourself" in its "no worries" iteration, that would be totally irie by me.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947187 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947187 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:34:28 -0800 Comment by bearseatbeats I use no worries, right on, dude, and word. I'm going to sound exponentially more retarded as I get older. It's going to be awesome.

Me playing competitive shuffleboard when I'm 80:

"Dude! What the shit? That was totally in!....Oh, word, right on. No worries man, no worries. Time for a diaper change, etc."

]]> bearseatbeats http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947190 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947190 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:38:19 -0800 Comment by SeMe IRIE!! Blood Claat LLoyd!

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947191 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947191 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:39:23 -0800 Comment by lostboy Fnarf @35:

I started saying "no worries" after visiting Australia, and every time I say it I twinge with shame; it's as bad as saying "bloody", as far as cultural authenticity goes.

Fnarf, what's inauthentic about picking up new expressions in your travels?  If cultural enrichment is a bad thing, why would you go to Australia at all?

Is it cultural appropriation if we make sushi or quesadillas at home instead of eating out at a restaurant with an authentically ethnic staff?

Seriously, it's high time we all get over ourselves and this cultural appropriation/authenticity paranoia.  If we insist on being ashamed everytime we say or do or enjoy anything that didn't originate with people the same color from the city, we make ourselves indistinguishable from the know-nothing redneck who doesn't want to experience any culture but his own.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947193 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947193 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:40:55 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 When we're senior citizens, "dude" will be this generation's "whippersnapper".

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947195 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947195 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:44:38 -0800 Comment by Callie @40 I grew up here in WA calling it "pop," but somewhere along the line I started getting made fun of - by out of towners I think - and changed to saying "soda." I also seem to recall having been misunderstood a lot in a short period of time while calling it "pop", which also contributed to my switching to "soda."

]]> Callie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947196 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947196 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:44:54 -0800 Comment by *gong* Wow. Showing signs of age, are we?

]]> *gong* http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947198 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947198 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:45:33 -0800 Comment by SeMe @ 46

you should ve popped them for dissing you.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947199 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947199 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:48:17 -0800 Comment by manic preacha Your post got that damn song stuck in my head: "It means no worries for the rest of your days! Acuna Mattatta! (sp?)". Damnit!

]]> manic preacha http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947202 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947202 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:50:49 -0800 Comment by josh jeff stevens, ftw.


it's all part of the down under takeover; like fnarf, I picked it up after working with a bunch of australians and can't seem to shake it from my vocabulary even if I try. Nevertheless, it's easily preferable to right on or no problem.

]]> josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947204 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947204 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:51:25 -0800 Comment by Josh Feit The expression we had in high school that served this purpose was: "My bad."

My bad.

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947207 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947207 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:54:15 -0800 Comment by fairy boy Cool man, cool

It is my bag

I still say canned pop, bottled soda

youbetcha

]]> fairy boy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947208 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947208 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:54:49 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Yeah, it's "pop" in Warshington for sure. A nice nod to the areas Scandinavian-by-way-of-northern-midwest roots. The grocery store isles still labeled it as such when I lived there (until 2001).

Too many non-natives there for it to last long though... I'm sure Michigan and South Dakota will keep "pop" alive AT LEAST until the last flat of Faygo rolls of the line.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947209 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947209 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:57:37 -0800 Comment by Mittens Schrodinger "I know, right?"

]]> Mittens Schrodinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947213 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947213 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:01:25 -0800 Comment by heather I find those two expressions lazy and overused. However, my hatred towards the phrase, "it's all good" is as strong as the white heat of a thousand suns.

No, it is not all good.

]]> heather http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947225 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947225 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:06:12 -0800 Comment by Julie @51 - I just heard a story about a friend's little brother (who is a newly minted lawyer) being chastised in a courtroom by a judge for using the phrase "my bad". As in "my bad, your honor."

That was some funny shit. Word.

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947236 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:15:27 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I was introduced to "My bad" in college in the seventies, by a Venezuelan cokehead who lived in our dorm. "Opes. My bad" he would say, after doing something ridiculous like setting fire to your bedclothes or pouring bongwater into the back of the TV. "Opes" was a mispronunciation of "oops". He lasted even less time in college than I did.

I've never heard an earlier usage.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947241 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947241 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:18:38 -0800 Comment by violet_dagrinder I have participated in the shift away from "right on", towards "no worries", as well as the transition from Northwest-native "pop" to "soda".

I don't know why.

I still say "dude" and "man", too.

I really do sound like a stoner. I don't care. I call it "speaking Seattle". It's like valley plus weed. "Dude, like, no worries, it's cool. Right on, man."

]]> violet_dagrinder http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947247 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947247 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:23:30 -0800 Comment by violet_dagrinder Oh, and "right?". I'm guilty of that one too.

Friend: "Duuuude, this February sun business is freaking me the fuck out!"

Me: "Right? Well, no worries, it'll be pissing rain again soon, man. Totally."

]]> violet_dagrinder http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947248 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947248 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:25:35 -0800 Comment by Julie In the Midwest, country-folk say pop and city-folk say soda. And any discussion of pop vs. soda also usually includes a comment about how in the South everything is called Coke. Those crazy southerners.

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947256 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947256 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:29:52 -0800 Comment by wbrproductions That's wicked rehtahded!

]]> wbrproductions http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947257 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947257 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:31:35 -0800 Comment by SeMe and bleach is called clorox.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947258 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947258 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:31:56 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV O, we got trouble! We got terrible, terrible trouble!

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947269 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947269 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:41:37 -0800 Comment by kueven Had a friend that used to say "no worries" and "it's all good!" alot. He ended up jumping off a parking a garage to his death.

]]> kueven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947273 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947273 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:44:09 -0800 Comment by less than awesome I can't seem to stop saying "Awesome" when I am trying to express enthusiasm in conversation. Not in a perky exclamation kind of way, but in a period at the end statement kind of way. Is that as annoying as I fear it is?

]]> less than awesome http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947297 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947297 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:01:06 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale SeMe - I'm totally psyched that someone Jamaican explained why blood claat! no esta irie before I ever tried to vogue with it with merely a slippery grip on its import. It is the flippity of no werries in many ways.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947308 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947308 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:06:19 -0800 Comment by left coast Can we all start calling each other Bruce if we're talking Australian?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqgnExSiS0s

@34 is right "no worries" does a lot of work in Seattle. Lots of passive see-u-next-tuesdays in Seattle.

]]> left coast http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947315 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947315 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:11:12 -0800 Comment by Eric in Boulder @61. Or is it wicked pissah? Now go get me a tonic.

]]> Eric in Boulder http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947345 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947345 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:29:08 -0800 Comment by Jeff Stevens Has anyone besides me ever heard "way" used as an adverb *and* an adjective? As in "Dude, I know where there's this way way party we can go to!" Actual quote! Or at least as close to verbatim as I can recall after 24 years. It was uttered in July 1984 here in Seattle by a Jeff-Spicoli-type left-coast stoner-punk dude in the parking lot outside the Mountaineers after that summer's totally awesome (sorry!) show by this way gnarly band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUJ8dcLxFVg

AWESOME!!!!!!

]]> Jeff Stevens http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947354 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947354 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:35:22 -0800 Comment by Dunder Next y'all be saying "No Wuckers", from "no wucking furries".

]]> Dunder http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947371 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947371 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:58:47 -0800 Comment by Fnarf You know how when you turn a Furby upside down and shake it, it says "Worrrrrrrried"? That's what your post title reminds me of.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947434 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947434 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:19:12 -0800 Comment by Mr Catnip All y'all crazed,
"Fresh" is the deffest omniphrase.

Which Belltown do you live in?
a. that's aight.
b. not today, man.
c. never.
d. sorry.
e. have a good day!

]]> Mr Catnip http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947451 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947451 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:04:07 -0800 Comment by lost in dc You think "No worries" is bad? My boyfriend grew up on the east coast and went to college in Virginia. He says "giddyup!" and I think he means it like "let's go!" or . . . .. "right on". I can't figure out if this is a normal Virginia thing or if he's just a freak (quite possible).

]]> lost in dc http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947463 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947463 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:24:03 -0800 Comment by Mrs. Jarvie Everyone in Perth and Mid West Australia says "No Worries" instead of thank you, your welcome, no problem, cool, ok, and if I must. I just started saying it this month, because over the past five months I did not really mean "no worries". As an American, I am surely not yet ready to use the similar North Western Australian phrase "No Dramas".

]]> Mrs. Jarvie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947487 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947487 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:13:21 -0800 Comment by Gomez 'No worries' to me is like a vapidity alarm. When I hear you say it, I immediately know not to bother with you any more than necessary.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947500 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947500 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:35:07 -0800 Comment by stone Seriously. Seriously? That's what you should be worried about. Come on, Josh, as attested above, anyone who has set foot out of the USA in the last umpteen years has heard "no worries" and its such not a big deal. And I'm sorry, as soon as the first stoner from Eugene uttered "right on", black people retired it. I actually had to explain to a friend, that no, my white friend was not making fun of him, that's just how people talk in these parts. Josh, please investigate the myriad uses of "seriously" as declaration, surprise, adverb adjective, just feel like slingin' 'cause i'm f'all out of metaphors or whatever (that's another one!) Question is asked what would you like to do? Answer: something vague, skidding slightly towards specific then veering away or whatever.
Then I do what I want and the other person is pissed. Never end sentence with "whatever". Geez, Josh, why'd you start this? Now I'm going to be dreaming about my coworker who says "somwheres" and "nowheres" Even applachian don't say that and they are country.

]]> stone http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947536 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947536 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:55:36 -0800 Comment by RainMan Right on has been around since the 60's as anyone who was alive then can tell you. As for the pop vs soda debate I was rather puzzled when I first moved to the Boston area and heard Coca-Cola, Pepsi etc referred to as tonic.

]]> RainMan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947555 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947555 Life Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:36:06 -0800 Comment by Natalie I'm sorry, but you're way behind. The new 'Right on' is not 'No worries', it's 'lol'.

]]> Natalie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947587 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947587 Life Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:12:18 -0800 Comment by wordnerd My middle age uncle got his first computer last Christmas. The other day whe he thought something was funny he said "I am LOLing out loud"

]]> wordnerd http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947601 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947601 Life Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:23:11 -0800 Comment by singingcynic "No worries" has just leaked down to the PNW from Canada, I guess. The only people on the East Coast who frequently use it are Canadian imports.

]]> singingcynic http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947609 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947609 Life Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:26:30 -0800 Comment by Will in 98103 As long as we're harping on overused phrases, when will The Stranger's writers stop using the godawful "not so much"? As in, "Annie Wagner loves Barack Obama. But Erica Barnett? Not so much."

I fucking HATE "not so much"!

]]> Will in 98103 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947705 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c947705 Life Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:30:16 -0800 Comment by Kristin I like the word: vajayjay (instead of vagina)...it is fun to say and NSFW-friendly haha

]]> Kristin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c948657 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/im_worried#c948657 Life Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:34:11 -0800