If you think about the way that people speak, the word "that" is slowly disappearing, amirite?

What is that shit? Pick that up. Pass me that bro. You gotta hit that man.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

But then there's the difference between, "I thought you were cool," and, "I thought that you were cool," isn't there?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

There is no difference, unless you're speaking of a specific situation. You're right, but my friends and I still say it. That, is mostly a filler word. Theres a bunch of filler words: that, really, much. You, "really, really, liked it?". I understand you like it. You wasted my time with the really really.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I just mean that the "that" in the sentence makes it sound considerably more proper. ;P

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Fair enough. We'll just agree to disagree. *looks around and fumbles through papers* now where are my agree to disagree forms...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Are you? Goes there? Did it? I'd say who is pretty necessary

by Anonymous 12 years ago

<coolstory> Haha, I was going to say that you most definitely used it in your post but after reading the comments I get what you're saying. </coolstory>

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I always go back to the things that I say and add "that" where it needs to be. It's a pet peeve.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's a pet peeve for me when people do use it all the time. I was always taught to exclude "that" whenever possible and to use it as little as possible. For example- Unedited: "I knew that the answer was six." Edited: "I knew the answer was six." Cleans up the fluff and excludes the unnecessary wording. But of course, i would still use it if I was saying, "That sucks!" or "I want that one."

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You can still technically say, "Sucks... man?" But, "I want one" ... (after an awkward silence) *Point* And people will be looking at you like, "

"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Actually, I try to minimize my use of "that." It's just a unnecessary filler word, in my opinion.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(J.): There are many uses for "that". It helps you indicate objects(i.e. "give me not this rock but that one"). "That" also can denote a paraphrase if you don't quote. For example, the sentence "He says you should leave" implies that he used the wording "you should leave". If you say "He said that you should leave", then you are just telling what he meant.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

While "that" does have many practical uses, it can be use as a filler word, and often is. While using "that" can make a sentence sound more proper, you can communicate perfectly well without using it all of the time.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's so true!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I can't see that happening.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The more you see/say 'that', the less it looks/sounds like a real word. that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that..

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Bowl. bowl. bowl. booooowl. bowl. bowl

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's the same with basically every word.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Shit I can't get it to sound normal again. THAT IS SO WEIRD.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

See what I did there?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's a phenomenon called jamais vu. When you repeat a word, it seems to lose its meaning.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Fer reals? That's cool I didn't know it had a name!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, it's a part of the "deja vu" and "presque vu" family.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What does presque vu mean?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

In French it means "almost seen," and it's the sensation of a word being on the tip of your tongue but you not being able to remember it. You're so close to remembering it, but all that comes up is other related words or the letter it starts with. Then when you stop trying to remember it, the word suddenly comes to you.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

_Jojo_: DTF?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

_Jojo_: I never knew there was a French term for it. I just learned it in AP Psych as the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. "Presque vu" sounds a lot cooler. smile

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Why, I'm honored, Favvkes! :) A girl in my AP Bio class did her exit presentation on deja vu and talked about this. It really stuck with me. With presque vu, there is a hypothesis that your mind actually //blocks// the word you are looking for, and the more you rattle off synonyms, the less likely it is for you to remember. Jamais vu means "never seen," and it can also be like the opposite of deja vu. You know you've been somewhere or done something before yet it still feels unfamiliar. So interesting!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

@wreakhavoc: It kind of reminds me of Jenna Marbles when she says "fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Just in that context.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, I guess if you think about it way.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Even reading this I automatically thought "if you think about the way people speak".

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I try not to use that when I write papers for school, unless it has to be a certain number or words/length. Then my assignment becomes that central.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

//That// is something //that// //that// guy //that// I used to hang with always said. //That// is, we went to //that// school by the tattoo parlor together, not //that// we were everyday friends. Anyway, he insisted //that// //that// word ("that") was endangered, and all //that// stuff. //That's// a neat coincidence, right? //That// no longer looks like a real word to me, I've typed it so many times.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'd have to disagree with that. Even my cache phrase was "smell that".

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Fun fact: there are 90 "that"s on this page O.O

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That is just not true anymore.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Now it's 111.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

's ridiculous.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

http://amirite.net/581774 reminded me of this

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Even the comments hahaha

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well, I wouldn't say disappearing because that implies the number of 'that's spoken every day will tend toward 0. In reality, I think if it was once used x times per day, it would tend toward maybe a small decimal of x.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

http://www.myfacewhen.com/63/

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My English teacher (who nearly every student disliked because she was so difficult) always told us to take out "that" if we could along with phrases like "there are." Example: Instead of "She told us that we needed to go outside" - "She told us we needed to go outside" "There is an abundance of cats in the shelter" "An abundance of cats is in the shelter" She stressed about not using more words than we had to.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My English teacher did the exact same thing; she ALWAYS stressed using the fewest words possible to get the point across.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Are you talking about how people say "dat" instead of "that" now?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Dat aint right yo!

by Anonymous 12 years ago