Watching a famous footballer being interviewed on TV I could not believe the amount of times he said "You know" every time he opened his mouth. Are these people aware that they are saying you know all the time? I have tried to get an e mail address for this particular guy to tell him that I don't know and that is why I watched the program.

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Anonymous

by Anonymous on Feb 11, 2007 at 6:46 AM

well he is on national tv...stick a tv camera infront of you and see how well you do speaking and feild questions. Chances are that he was just nervous

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by Anonymous on Feb 12, 2007 at 1:28 AM

Thankyou for your response and you do indeed have a valid point however this is one of a breed that I have listened to both on and off TV & radio.

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Anonymous

by Anonymous on Feb 12, 2007 at 7:30 AM

Very few sports personalities actualy have an education.Thats why they take up sports.

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Anonymous

by Anonymous on Feb 13, 2007 at 6:11 PM

Athletes don't train in public speaking.

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by Anonymous on Feb 14, 2007 at 12:09 AM

Are you then suggesting that it is the norm to start every sentance with "YOU KNOW" if you are not trained in public speaking? I have never had any speech training and do not use this term often, so what is the excuse?

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Anonymous

by Anonymous on Feb 14, 2007 at 9:20 AM

Wouldn't it be better to have a player or two that can speak to the media without sounding like some uneducated moron? Between saying "You know...ahhh...it's like...ahhh" and some of them can't say the word "ask" they say axe -

So, you know...ahh... he axed me to...ahhh..tell yous that...ahhh..you know.." etc, etc... they make all that money and sound speak like they just jumped off the turnip truck!

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Anonymous

by Anonymous on Feb 14, 2007 at 8:51 PM

If the public stopped spending all the money to watch them play, they would soon not be getting the big bucks.

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Anonymous

by Anonymous on Feb 18, 2007 at 2:53 AM

What has their earnings got to do with the way that they speak? Have I missed something here?

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