Community Chat

[KathyPet]

TOday I stopped to get some lunch prior to a hair appt.  Two young woman (late teens or early twenties) sat at the table next to me.  Of course I heard their conversation.  EVery 5 or 6 words they spoke was the work like as in "LIke I called Susan last week and like she said that like her father was really sick and like was in the hospital,for like a week."

BOth girls did this.  Do they realize they are doing it?  DO they realize how annoying it is?

[MoJoV]

This drives me nuts.  Not only all the unnecessary likes but the phrase "I feel like this is wrong"  for example. Drop the like,please. I feel like this and I feel like that ugh. "It's got" also bugs me.  And you hear it constantly.  But I guess if that's all I had to fret about life would be a breeze,eh?

[faeriemoon]

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@KathyPet wrote:

TOday I stopped to get some lunch prior to a hair appt.  Two young woman (late teens or early twenties) sat at the table next to me.  Of course I heard their conversation.  EVery 5 or 6 words they spoke was the work like as in "LIke I called Susan last week and like she said that like her father was really sick and like was in the hospital,for like a week."

BOth girls did this.  Do they realize they are doing it?  DO they realize how annoying it is?

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I think the "like phenomenon" among teenagers has been around a while.  I don't think they realize they are doing it, and I also think it's contagious, which is why so many seem to do it.

[Plaid Pants2]

Like that kind of talk has been around since like the '80's, and I feel like everything old, is like new again.

*lol*

[makena]

I have a new one to share.  This is a response to something I say ... "sure, sure."  Someone kept using it over and over during conversations throughout the day.  Then I've heard it used by customers on the phone and store associates.  So I think one person starts it and it spreads like wildfire.  Some of the phrases stick around a while and others fade. 

[Krimpette]

Along the same lines as the "um" habit with some of the hosts.

[SilleeMee]

It's 80's slang. Like totally beotching valley girl.

[handygal2]

What bothers me even more is when "like" is used instead of "said." For example, "l was like, hi," instead of "l said, hi."  

[Lucky Charm]

Guilty!

Ex.:  I'll say 'I was like what?' 

But only in private casual conversation with those close to me. 

I know how to speak correctly in formal situations.  Lol.

It's kind of like cussing.  Oops, did I misuse 'like' a-gain?

I feel like the newest misused word is starting a sentence off with 'So...'.

When Alex questions Jeopardy contestants about their personal *story*, 9 times out of 10 they'll answer starting off with 'So....'.

But hey, they're on Jeopardy.