Why do freshers always sound like complete nobs? Is one of the most common question I hear spouting from the mouths of most people within this university whom have been here for more than a couple of years. I am sat here at current listening to some obvious freshers chatting to one another and the below few snippets are from their conversation as an example of what they sound like:
“…must use like, one gig of ram like…”
“…incentive fing, like. if you sold like, this numba of books…”
“…because like, i have never used iTunes before…”
“… you wouldn’t, you, you know, would.. n’t, you would not, you know…”
“… can you like, have you got, like word on there?”
“… its woah good, like.”
To be honest this isn’t the worst example I have heard, there have been worst but the above snippet is a good enough example of “speaking like a nob”, the three of them are quite obviously new to all this and not your stereotypical academic, I can’t be so mean to say that they are the physical icon of the modern student; the beer guzzling, all night partying human being, just at uni for the social and expecting little more than a gentleman’s pass. With that said, it is more than a little annoying to have their noisy discussion imposed upon my quiet morning when I am trying to read papers related to my masters work in the quiet room! Nobs.
Edit: just in case you where wondering, it was three guys not a bunch of preppy American teenagers. Just to clarify.
