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Like what do you, like, think about people who are like, "like" every second or third word when they speak?

Posted - November 13, 2021
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  • 44619
    They (blonde CA girls) like lots of, like, things.
      November 13, 2021 7:32 PM MST
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  • 13277
    I heard it today out on the street here in Brooklyn, which is what prompted the question.
      November 13, 2021 10:04 PM MST
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  • 13395
    Maybe a speech therapist would be helpful.

    Korean people never use the letter L in their speech and they cannot even pronounce it. Some years ago I met a lady visiting here to learn the English language. She told me that whenever she walked into a room where people are conversing it seemed to her that all she could hear was the letter 'L'  loudly and clearly.

    L...L...L...L...L...
      November 13, 2021 8:12 PM MST
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  • 13277
    Or as the Chinese say, "Rots of ruck!"
      November 13, 2021 10:26 PM MST
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  • 16782
    That's razy lacism.
      November 13, 2021 11:15 PM MST
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  • 13277
    ROR!
      November 14, 2021 3:29 AM MST
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  • 11112
    Awile back you were going on and on about how using the word Benjamin to describe money is rasist but yet you  often use racist stereo type things like rots of ruck.
      November 14, 2021 7:44 AM MST
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  • 13277
    So sue me.
      November 14, 2021 9:11 AM MST
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  • 11112
    Na suing is not my style but maybe karma or Ku - jstor will play it's hand.
      November 15, 2021 8:26 AM MST
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  • 19937
    Makes me nuts when someone speaks that way.  
      November 13, 2021 9:27 PM MST
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  • 13277
    And I was like, "Like I know, right?"
      November 13, 2021 10:03 PM MST
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  • 19937
    There are times when I think that if they took the word "like" out of use, some folks wouldn't be able to speak at all.
      November 14, 2021 6:48 AM MST
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  • 13277
    Indeed. But who are "they?"
      November 14, 2021 9:10 AM MST
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  • 19937
    Those who overuse the word "like" when speaking.
      November 14, 2021 3:04 PM MST
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  • 53509

     

      It’s even worse when the person is A) supposedly well educated and B) speaking in a professional capacity. Grrrrrrr. 

    ~

      November 13, 2021 10:22 PM MST
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  • 19937
    Agreed.  The person could be the smartest one in the room, but when they speak that way, they sound more like the dumbest.
      November 14, 2021 6:43 AM MST
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  • 10641
    OMG!  Like, you think that way too?  That is like, sooo weird that we, like, think the same way.   Like, just the other day I was like talking to my  BBF and she like, kept saying "like", like a gazillion times.  It was like so frustrating.  
      November 13, 2021 11:01 PM MST
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  • 16782
    Especially when they, like, chew gum and like, twist their hair. ValleyGirlSpeak, because of where it comes from - the land of long-necked cabbages.

    This post was edited by Slartibartfast at November 14, 2021 1:39 PM MST
      November 13, 2021 11:25 PM MST
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  • 53509

     

      I love outtakes. 

    ~

      November 14, 2021 1:40 PM MST
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  • 17596
    I know they hail from west of where I do.
      November 14, 2021 9:37 AM MST
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  • 34283
    I do not believe I have ever heard anyone IRL speak that way.
      November 14, 2021 1:47 PM MST
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  • 2128
    My self-proclsumed 173 UQ friend said even the doctors are using it. I give up though on questioning it Its a great connector.
      November 16, 2021 1:20 PM MST
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