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re: Why do people use "right" at end of sentences?

Posted on 3/23/23 at 3:08 pm to
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
118819 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 3:08 pm to
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Why do people use "right" at end of sentences?



To change a statement into a question without starting over.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
118819 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 3:10 pm to
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Billy Napier does this all the time and it pisses me off. Makes whatever he is saying come out with a lot less confidence.




Brian Kelly uses it every once and awhile. It does not piss me off or get me aggravated.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
56302 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 3:53 pm to
quote:

We're not going to be open tomorrow right.



Well, without right at the end, it is a statement. That may be false.

If you say, "are we going to be open tomorrow?" it is a question but it relays a message that you are an indiot and should already know that answer.

If you say, 'We are not going to be open tomorrow...right?" It shows you kinda know what you are supposed to know, but want to make sure.
Posted by lake chuck fan
westlake
Member since Aug 2011
9175 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 3:58 pm to
Think some of you are overthinking this.... maybe it's become slang, people use it simply because others use it.
Not some deep seated need for affirmation. Right?
Posted by Bloodworth
North Ga
Member since Oct 2007
4000 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 3:58 pm to
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The example here is just a question


quote:

IE: We're not going to be open tomorrow right.


Better example:

Attention everyone; We will be closed tomorrow right.

The period should come after tomorrow and that be the end of it.

Its annoying as hell to me.
Posted by Yewkindewit
Near Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
20037 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 3:59 pm to
How about……”The thing of it is..right?”
Posted by Xignals
Pits of Hell
Member since Nov 2013
1312 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 4:43 pm to
Like the dude in Alien that started and ended his sentences with Right.
Posted by Chef Curry
Member since Mar 2019
2059 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 4:54 pm to
Used to have a manager that said this shite at the end of every sentence. It was a defense mechanism since he didn’t know his arse from a hole in the ground.
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
13895 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 4:58 pm to
Amirite??
Posted by Bryno1960
Off River Road
Member since Aug 2013
2503 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 5:05 pm to
I know, right?
Posted by LSUFreek
Greater New Orleans
Member since Jan 2007
14778 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 5:12 pm to
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Same ones who start the sentence with “So…”

I notice Joe Burrow does this a lot in interviews, particularly when a question inspires a behind-the-scenes story/anecdote. I look forward to it bc I know it will almost always be interesting/revealing: "Sooo, the first time I had crawfish..."

But I find it is most often used by his generation when I do hear it. And it's not just regional, like say, Valley Girl lingo, specific to northern Cali. It's a subtle generational phenomenon.
Posted by NOSTRODAMUS
Prairieville/Dutchtown
Member since Dec 2003
16209 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 6:29 pm to
quote:

Can we first get rid of literally and like over usage?


I came here to say this and let me add this to the end of your sentence:





Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
49311 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 6:36 pm to
In WI we often say "or no." at the end of sentences.


Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
12892 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 7:11 pm to
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Why do people use "right" at end of sentences? by Bloodworth

Same reason people use “I mean” to start a sentence. It’s useless and makes no sense, yet morons love drawing attention to their moronic nature.

They are the modern Valley Girls.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64017 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 7:18 pm to
I pre-empt this with a statement "At any point someone please jump in and correct me, but as I understand it.... blah blah blah" Then I don't have to ask "right?" at the end of each statement. I just go. And if I'm wrong about something, people are empowered to cut me off and correct me.

Executive skills pro-tip.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64017 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 7:20 pm to
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Same reason people use “I mean” to start a sentence. It’s useless and makes no sense, yet morons love drawing attention to their moronic nature.

They are the modern Valley Girls.


I mean, they even do it when typing. It's one thing for vocal disfluencies to come and go in spoken word, but taking the time to actually type out the disfluency makes it even more annoying.
Posted by Nephropidae
Brentwood
Member since Nov 2018
2386 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 7:22 pm to
Verdad?
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
30304 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 8:05 pm to
quote:

Can we first get rid of literally and like over usage?



Like, literally, right.
Posted by 21JumpStreet
Member since Jul 2012
14650 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 8:21 pm to
Or no?
Posted by rhar61
Member since Nov 2022
5109 posts
Posted on 3/23/23 at 8:22 pm to
I know right?

hat about

The first airplane heavier than air was flown by Orville Wright.
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