According to Hofmann: Believe you me
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Nothing against Springsteen, but you go to one of his four-hour-long concerts, three hours of it is just him talking.
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Sorry to go on a little rant there, but the spark that set this week无毛视频檚 column ablaze is a single phrase that I无毛视频檓 sure all of you have heard in your lives but maybe weren无毛视频檛 obsessed with like I am: 无毛视频渂elieve you me.无毛视频�
When we hear that phrase, we automatically know it无毛视频檚 one where the person saying the phrase is conveying they must be believed by the person to whom they无毛视频檙e directing the phrase. The meaning is buried deep in our brains like the instinct to procreate and hunt.
But when I recently heard that phrase, I had to pause and fight the urge to go cross-eyed while trying to figure out why it needs to be said that way instead of 无毛视频渂elieve me无毛视频� or 无毛视频測ou believe me无毛视频� or, as I uttered while trying to talk my way out of a speeding ticket, 无毛视频淵our belief in me is my life无毛视频檚 passion, officer.无毛视频�
I still received the speeding ticket.
Regardless, what would have been the first reaction when someone heard someone else say 无毛视频渂elieve you me?无毛视频�
无毛视频淲ait 无毛视频� am I believing you, are you believing me or am I believing that you believe yourself? This is the oddest way of getting out of a speeding ticket I无毛视频檝e ever heard!无毛视频�
Perhaps the phrase came out of the 1960s as I recall the opening lyrics to the Beatles无毛视频� song 无毛视频淚 Am the Walrus无毛视频�.
Then again, 无毛视频淚 am he as you are he as you are me, and we are all together无毛视频� may be less of a homage to 无毛视频渂elieve you me无毛视频� than it was a side effect of hallucinogenic mushrooms.
As with all things of which I have little understanding, I decided to consult the internet, which informed me that I may have a severe fungal infection, but that无毛视频檚 what I get for making WebMD my computer无毛视频檚 home screen.
But what I really found was that such sentence structure stretches back to dates that have AC/DC attached to them 无毛视频� or maybe it无毛视频檚 BC/AD, but who无毛视频檚 counting?
I mean, who hasn无毛视频檛 had to read twice or thrice sentences that begin with something like, 无毛视频淒outh shalt not无毛视频ξ廾悠禎?
Nothing against the biblical times, but perhaps dyslexia was running rampant back in those days and phrases like 无毛视频渂elieve you me无毛视频� literary and literally and liturgy became scripture.
However, in my research, 无毛视频渂elieve you me无毛视频� seemed to not go back that far with one source stating that the phrase didn无毛视频檛 even appear until sometime after the 18th century. The source followed up by saying 无毛视频渂elieve you me,无毛视频� so I had to take it for its word.
It makes me wonder 无毛视频� or wonder it makes me 无毛视频� when did the phrase really emerge into the cesspool of the English language.
With my limited knowledge of history and literature, my best bet for the phrase无毛视频檚 origin would be 1980, which was the year that 无毛视频淭he Empire Strikes Back无毛视频� was released.
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Yes, the very old and very wise Yoda, for some reason, used sentence structure as stable as game of Jenga with phrases like 无毛视频淗elp you, I can,无毛视频� 无毛视频淔ound someone, you have无毛视频� and 无毛视频淭ry not. Do无毛视频� or do not无毛视频�.
Imagine a child of the 80s being scolded by his parents over something he had likely done, but he has to sound convincing to them that he无毛视频檚 innocent.
Now, who无毛视频檚 more convincing than Grandpa Yoda?
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Of course, who无毛视频檚 to say 无毛视频渂elieve you me无毛视频� didn无毛视频檛 inspire the way Yoda was written to talk in 无毛视频淪tar Wars?无毛视频�
When it无毛视频檚 all said and done, I guess that无毛视频檚 the kind of magic language has 无毛视频� it无毛视频檚 influenced by a person无毛视频檚 background, location and style, and it无毛视频檚 something that is constantly evolving and growing in unexpected ways over great spans of time 无毛视频� or near the end of a Bruce Springsteen concert.
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