How often do you when LIKE talking to soneone use the word

zagor

LIKE?

I went to the coffee shop this morning to get my double shot. So I'm sitting there and flipping through the morning's newspaper, then it hit me that I can't focus on reading because my brain was subconsciously picking some noise, a repeating sound of something. Yup you've guessed it right. L I K E. Five teenage girls talking about their latest conquests. Great.
Mind you when you tuned into, it was quite funny to listen to. So I started counting how many times it came up in sentence. Between five of them, in those 6-7 minutes while waiting for coffee, they've used it no less than 35 times, lol. And then you thought that the word THE was the most boring and most repeated word in English, think again.

The funny thing was there were some Asian ladies there too talking to someone, though with limited English I could still understand them clearly and didn't notice a single LIKE in there.

Just wondering if English grammar is like screwed for like good with these new trends and what does that like mean for like future. Your thought would be like appreciated too. ;)

exwitless

Like, way more than I, like, mean to.

Seriously, I think I probably say it more than I realize. Recently, I've been interviewed a few times for local newspaper articles. The first thing I said to the reporters was "You won't actually quote me saying "like", will you? Can you edit that out if I say it?" I don't want to sound like a valley girl. I don't think I'm as bad as the girls you encountered though. (I hope not!)

juni

Like, Zagor. Don't you know those are like "word whiskers"?

Like when are you going to get w/the program??

LOL I know exactly what you mean. I find myself saying it sometimes also and I'm 58!! ugh!

Juni

Hortensia

I overheard a teenage conversation that was amazing. "and like he goes no way man and like I go for real man and like he goes no shit and I go like yeah man..."

purplesofa

i worked with a girl that said Awesome all the time.......it drove me nuts

now I work with a girl that says .....I got issues..........like all the time.

I say like this or that sometimes

any word or saying overused is irritating.

like wow man........totally awesome

purps

What-A-Coincidence

purplesofa

lol WAC

misanthropic

I hate that too. Teenagers these days - it's cool to be dumber than a rock. Go figure.
*eye rolling emoticon here*

Sparkplug

misanthropic! There you are

ok, Now on topic. I noticed lately the teen girls are saying "Oh snap!" Old phrase back about again. It is pretty funny to me. My 6 year old said it the other day and I was so glad she did not have to hear the lecture I did on how it was a drug term...blah blah...blah.... (still is overused)

Gregor

"Like" has become 'like' fingernails on a chalkboard. Especially when coming out of the mouth of teeny girls.

NOAM SAYIN'?

How often do you when LIKE talking to soneone use the word

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