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01-06-2009, 10:07 PM
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Oh, if it's gotten this bad just imagine in twenty years what the teenage speak will be!  |
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01-06-2009, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Chickrae
You know how kids and sometimes adults say "it's like...what happened is.. Using "like" in front of sentences or in middle of sentences where it doesn't sound right. I just wondered if that is a Utah thing because I say it and not sure where I learned it, unless all kids do that and I learned it from my kids.
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This is everywhere, and is nothing new, at least where I'm from... Using "like" that way has been around for years. |
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01-06-2009, 10:25 PM
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Gotta love Utah - good people, large families, strong work ethic. It's also one of the healthiest states in the nation.
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01-06-2009, 10:51 PM
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I do...I really do love Utah. It has its annoying quirks, just like anywhere, but I really do love living here!
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01-06-2009, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by cinnabon
This is everywhere, and is nothing new, at least where I'm from... Using "like" that way has been around for years.
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Yeah, but it never seemed to be used as MUCH as it is now. I remember the 80's. You know, "like gag me with a spoon." But now, it is more "so she was like....and I'm all like.....and then he's all like....." and on...and on...and on..... |
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01-06-2009, 10:54 PM
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Oh, if it's gotten this bad just imagine in twenty years what the teenage speak will be! |
*shudder* |
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01-06-2009, 11:27 PM
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Yeah, it's like their vocabularies are like... whatever...
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01-06-2009, 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by kaytidid
Yeah, but it never seemed to be used as MUCH as it is now. I remember the 80's. You know, "like gag me with a spoon." But now, it is more "so she was like....and I'm all like.....and then he's all like....." and on...and on...and on.....
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You said it exactly. I do not remember hearing that back in the day.......90's, 80's.......or even the 70's |
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01-07-2009, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by katzpur
yeah, it's like their vocabularies are like... Whatever...
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*Snicker*...
I finally had my daughter listen to two different people speaking. One using that like whatever...and the other speaking properly. I asked her which one sounds more intelligent? I told her that didn't mean that the one speaking improperly was less intelligent. However, should one go to a job interview with grammar like that...well, I made my point. |
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01-07-2009, 07:48 PM
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I asked my daughter one day when she was still in school, why is "like" in every sentence used and also used more than once sometimes? She said "mom, it's like when I explain something to you don't understand and it's like that's how kids talk nowdays". My response was "yeah, like whatever!"
As the other post said, I wonder what the kids will be saying in 20 years.
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