deutschDo you realize what comes out of your mouth?
A friend told me that I use one certain word (let’s call it xyz) very often. This would generate a certain kind of feeling for him. Since the communication is not face to face, I had no chance to see his mimic in these situations. Of course people perceive things different and pay attention to different things, which are important (only) for them. So, I am wondering, is he right with the frequency or does he perceive it different ?
I decided to start an experiment: I want to see, which words I use more frequently. And which words cause which reactions in the people. With this I learn something about me and also about others.
But since it is not easy to observe yourself objectively, I will use for this experiment as much help as I can get:
ask my friends and tell them to observe such behaviour more;
I will use tools (e.g. if you have text in written form you can use the freeware program AntConc)
I am curious about, what the experiment will show. Perhaps that I am using in different situations different type of words? Do I use the word xyz while speaking more? (I just analyzed only our chats and I used the word xyz only 34 times over a long period.) Do I use it much more with a certain person ? I can tell you certainly more about that in the future.
So, if you observe that I am repeating something too often, please tell me. Make me happy ! I also will try to make you happy with diversifying my usage of words and telling you what I observe from you.
Erkan YILMAZ