if i could influence these kids in any way, i'd have them pick a new word every week to use, like "hello", "please", "thanks", "excuse me", etc... get a shitload of typical conversational words banned!
wait!! i know the next word!!!
1) i'm very particular, 2) everyone i end up interested in is spoken for, 3) it's obviously my karma to be single.
not that hard to understand, really...