Re: [Lingo] you have got to be kidding

["Birkir A. Barkarson" <birkirb@example.com>]

Josh Glover wrote:
> But 「マジで」 and its close cousin 「本当？」/「本当っすか？」 are 
> quite useful. Just
> don't overdo them, or you'll sound like a magical girl from anime (or
> a American male anime otaku, who seem to think anything a character in
> anime says is "normal" Japanese, even if the context was something
> ridiculous like a extra-dimensional tentacle beast... uh, nevermind).

Interestingly my gf objects to the use of マジで？ as being sooo 30 something.
I seem to hear it a lot though (ーー;)

BAB