Yet his time came, in the end, in the form of a little weazened man who spat broken English and many strange and uncouth exclamations which Buck could not understand.
More and more, adults are sprinkling their speech with the language of children. The adoption of some of these linguistic tics by adults has given rise to a register we might call kidspeak.
" You never know, " was Ron's constant refrain. " Upper Flagley is a Wizarding village, he might've wanted to live there. Let's go and have a poke around."
In the second season, " Happy Days" was up against Lear's African American family sitcom, " Good Times, " and Jimmie Walker's catchphrase " Dyn-o-mite" had caught fire.
With his dry delivery he created a catchphrase with a mere turn of inflection, based on banter he'd shared with childhood friends: Could he be any more Chandler?