What is up with everyone saying "these days" when it comes to issues that have been around for quite some time now?
What exactly is the time frame for the phrase, "these days"?
Is it within the last year? 5? 10? 20?
Because I'm pretty sure school violence didn't start when the calenders hit double 00, or did global warming, teen pregnancy/sex, families falling apart, drowning debt, political bs, etc.
The only thing that is new to even have the words "these days" uttered is the technology of how we receive the information.
So what is the time frame for the words, "these days?"
2007-04-21 19:13:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
i'm not upset, i'm wondering . . .
2007-04-21 19:19:03 · update #1
people just say "these days" as if something is new and didn't exist 10 years ago. So I'm wondering why?
2007-04-21 19:21:20 · update #2
5 years.
2007-04-21 19:15:37 · answer #1 · answered by Iron Wolf 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
= present time, currently, within the last little while. The older the person that says that is, the longer the time frame. Recent research has clearly shown that the maximum amount of time for "these days" to be meaningful to any one of sound mind and body is 5 years, two months, and 12 days.
Now, when I was a boy....
2007-04-21 19:26:16 · answer #2 · answered by SafetyDancer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A vague term for a present frame of reference?
2007-04-21 19:16:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a universal saying. Much like saying, It's over YONDER.
2007-04-21 19:19:02 · answer #4 · answered by johN p. aka-Hey you. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a figure of speech. Lighten up.
2007-04-21 19:17:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
These days is the same as nowadays.
2007-04-21 19:16:16 · answer #6 · answered by Marenight 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've wondered that myself.
2007-04-21 19:15:29 · answer #7 · answered by Voodoid 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Didn't you know??? Where have you been all these days??
2007-04-21 19:15:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋