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Have you noticed how it's impossible not to talk like Mitch once you've listened to him for awhile? Really, it's challenging to revert to a normal tone of voice! Especially in the presence of those who know what you're talking about!

YES!!! It's the incredibly addictive MITCH speech pattern. My old roommate was stuck with it for a couple quarters. It made quality roommate time really interesting.

"On a traffic light green means go and yellow means yield, but on a banana it's just the opposite. Green means hold on, yellow means go ahead and red means where the fuck did you get that banana at..."

*sigh*

SikMonkey wrote:What you are hearing when you say "should of" is actually "should've" the contracted form of should have. "I should have gotten in bed at a decent hour but I was too busy fiddle f*ckin' around on my favorite climbing website."

Mj

Oh, hey, but don't forget the misuse of the word "got", meaning to receive, aquire or otherwise take possesion of, all past tense. "got" IS a verb, but does not imply the action of DOING something (i.e. "We've got to get out of here" is completely wrong, but very commonly spoken, there is no need for the word "got"...re-read "We have to get out of here"...same number of words, same message conveyed).

whose mitch

http://www.mitchhedberg.net/

He's a comedian

I won't correct your grammar even though it's a theme in this thread.

whoa, whats that supposed to mean?

Whoa! He looks just like Roger at Miguels.
The Bigfoot one was great! More

Artsay wrote:What about the made up word "nother"?
But that's a whole nother story....

Actually like this it's correct:

'nother

also t'other is a legit contraction

Rain Man wrote:

SikMonkey wrote:What you are hearing when you say "should of" is actually "should've" the contracted form of should have. "I should have gotten in bed at a decent hour but I was too busy fiddle f*ckin' around on my favorite climbing website."

Mj

Oh, hey, but don't forget the misuse of the word "got", meaning to receive, aquire or otherwise take possesion of, all past tense. "got" IS a verb, but does not imply the action of DOING something (i.e. "We've got to get out of here" is completely wrong, but very commonly spoken, there is no need for the word "got"...re-read "We have to get out of here"...same number of words, same message conveyed).

Sorry to quote the entire above post... oh, no I'm not. Why should I waste my time erasing crap to save SPACE for Christ's sake?

Anyway, it's a simple error and regional and may become standard usage after a while. They're using "have got" instead of "must." "Must" sounds... "uppity." "I must go!" sounds stuck up while "I've gotta go" sounds warm and human.

That's real nice......three people, one correcting the first and the other correcting the latter. LOL