A few years ago, generally, would have been my number one choice, but I used the word so much that I started to annoy myself....same with actually. What made me notice this was when my son started speaking, he was being a little magpie...mimicking my speech patterns and choice of words.
Un huh. I knew someone who couldn't end a sentence without adding 'ya know what I mean?'. I finally had to ask him if there was some secret meaning in there. If you know what I mean.
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sozobe
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Tue 23 Mar, 2010 05:26 am
@2PacksAday,
Yes this happened to me too! I didn't know how much I used "actually" and "basically" until my daughter started doing it.
(Love the baby face line.)
I don't think I'd use "customary" in everyday speech, might use it in writing. It sounds a little high-falutin' to my midwestern self (though that doesn't seem to be the southern usage).
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OmSigDAVID
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Tue 23 Mar, 2010 05:33 am
@boomerang,
boomerang wrote:
Do you use the word "customary" for when your describing something that is a custom
or is this mostly a American South word?
I know it's a real word but I'm wondering about usage.
If you don't use "customary" what do you say? "As is the custom"? "Typical"?
Just curious!
As a New Yorker, that word is in my vocabulary for regular n unlimited use.
It is in nation-wide use.
David
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djjd62
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Tue 23 Mar, 2010 05:34 am
@boomerang,
i'll say, "look buster, that's how we do things 'round these parts"
in a historical context, well, i never speak of the past, tomorrow is another day, as i prefer to say
i'll say, "look buster, that's how we do things 'round these parts"
in a historical context, well, i never speak of the past, tomorrow is another day, as i prefer to say
U Canadians have been accused of being POLITE.
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Setanta
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Tue 23 Mar, 2010 05:45 am
@2PacksAday,
I noticed things like that years ago when i would be editing the writing of others, and occasionally my own writing. You tend to notice if you're overworking a word. I had forgotten about it for years, until i started posting online, when i again began to notice the tendency to repeat a word.
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McTag
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Tue 23 Mar, 2010 08:01 am
You could relate it to time, as
usually, normally: current and daily happening
customarily: less frequently, and stretching further back (decades, say)
traditionally: dating back maybe centuries.
historically: origin lost in the mists of time, and maybe is not happening now.
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boomerang
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Tue 23 Mar, 2010 12:12 pm
Hmmm.... interesting.
I guess I use it in a different sense - there is more of a politeness involved:
It's customary to shake hands when someone offers their hand to you.
Or, as the dictionary defines "custom" as "habitual practice":
