"Or something"

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Of late I've noticed that when I state something that I'm reasonably sure is fact(99.9% sure) I also add "Or something," in an attempt to give myself leeway incase I'm wrong, or something. I never really thought it was strange, but now I kind of hate that I do that because then I think my response sounds more wishywashy then I intended, or something like that. <--Example

Anyone else do this? Or have any other sort of disclaimer that they add to their sentences to give them plausibility/whatever?

Also, 100 posts. >.>

All of the time. Maybe's, or something's, possibly's, probably's, kinda's... if it adds doubt, I won't get blamed for it being wrong as harshly. Probably

I do that so I don't sound so much like a 'know-it-all'. I am in fact a regular 'know-it-all', and I used to give explanations for how I knew X, (which resulted in a longer speech than necessary and never went down well). I no longer do this and just fake being less sure of my knowledge, as others prefer that.

Er... double post. Oops. How do I delete a comment? 6_6

I say that all the time. I also use "I think" and "for some reason".

I use many kinds of qualifiers to avoid making absolute statements or leave room for being mistaken.

Mummy: This is probably the closest explanation I have for my own qualifier usage. Lol.

Cola: Probably won't.... Probably..... Lol.

Heh. I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this, probably. >.> Probably..........

I want to be accurate and there is a small chance I could be wrong so I tell people that. I don't then sound confident. I sometimes don't even say things to avoid being wrong, or whisper to my husband and he then says them and the thing is usually right.

I'm quite bad with "either, or" questions too. I usually say it is a bit of both and struggle to say it is one option completely.

I say: I think, a lot before making statements, or: I read somewhere. Then I often tell people that they are free to disagree with me. My husband finds that kind of thing tedious to do even though not doing it makes him sound like a blowhard sometimes. He seems to think that everybody Knows that they have the right to disagree or correct him. I do wish he would qualify his statements more often, especially when he is pontificating with someone who knows more about the subject. I think he tends to shut out other people's conversation, and that without meaning to.

I tend to use "sometimes I feel like ..." as a precursor, rather than an "or something" dangling modifier.

Such as: "Sometimes I feel like if you're one in a million, that means there's 6775 people exactly the same as you."

Instead of: "If you're one in a million, there's 6775 people exactly like you, or something."

I also use phrases like "I think" or "or something" when I am uncertain of something because I want to make sure people know I am not sure of that fact in case I am wrong.

Don't say it's an Aspie thing - I hear people add these extra words in all the time. I used to record people's conversations, and if I was to write down every exact word what they were saying, it would take forever.

NTs don't give monologues what sound as though they're reading from a book. They throw in extra words all the time (so do we). I used to know a girl who always said, ''or something'' every time she spoke about something.

When I was asking a train-driver about the new train times, he gave me the information, and I noticed that he threw in the word ''actually'' a lot when he was talking.

When I talk, I use the word ''sort of'' a lot. I notice teenage girls always say ''like'' after every other word. That drives me mad!! !

Not everything that gets posted in this section means they are thinking it's an aspie thing. I think it means they want to know if others on the spectrum do it too.

I also say "Or something" or "I think" because I don't like to be wrong and my memory isn't perfect. I also don't want people to think I am actually right when I am not sure.