Yeah, using it in speech is weird. B: 'Getting a drink, need anything?' A: 'Could you bring me a quarter-inch ratchet?' B: 'Sure, be right back.' B leaves t

Yeah, using it in speech is weird. B: 'Getting a drink, need anything?' A: 'Could you bring me a quarter-inch ratchet?' B: 'Sure, be right back.' B leaves the room, returns with a glass of water but no ratchet A: 'Um, where is it?' B: 'Huh?' A: 'The aforementioned tool?!' B: 'Oh, right, spaced it... wait, "aforementioned"?'