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[Grandpa]

As an empty-noise word, it makes me a little crazy, and some of my best young people in my family indulge in it, and the going-ballistic fuse behind my attentive facade is getting shorter.

We were watching some late-night thing, Jimmy Fallon, maybe, and Drew Barrymore was on. Every time she said "like," I started muttering "like" right behind her. We were going at the rate of about 10 every 15 seconds.

Grandma says, "That bothers you, huh?"

"Yeah."

I kept on doing it. After about another minute and 37 more "like," she (Grandma) said, "Okay, okay, you made your point."

I dutifully shut up. A minute later, Grandma's going, "Oh, now you've made me aware of it! Ohmigod! She's terrible about it!"

Terrible, maybe. But common, certainly.



Warning: If you "like" this posting, it will be oddly redundant.

 

[blunthead]

As an empty-noise word, it makes me a little crazy, and some of my best young people in my family indulge in it, and the going-ballistic fuse behind my attentive facade is getting shorter.

We were watching some late-night thing, Jimmy Fallon, maybe, and Drew Barrymore was on. Every time she said "like," I started muttering "like" right behind her. We were going at the rate of about 10 every 15 seconds.

Grandma says, "That bothers you, huh?"

"Yeah."

I kept on doing it. After about another minute and 37 more "like," she (Grandma) said, "Okay, okay, you made your point."

I dutifully shut up. A minute later, Grandma's going, "Oh, now you've made me aware of it! Ohmigod! She's terrible about it!"

Terrible, maybe. But common, certainly.



Warning: If you "like" this posting, it will be oddly redundant.

Tim Hudson, who happened to pitch for the Braves a few seasons and so I became aware of his bad speaking habit, once used the phrase "you know" 16 times in one minute.

 

[Grandpa]

Tim Hudson, who happened to pitch for the Braves a few seasons and so I became aware of his bad speaking habit, once used the phrase "you know" 16 times in one minute.

"You know" (or "y'know") was my Number One Peeve. "Like" has now taken that dubious honor. "Y'know" is merely Number Two.

 

[blunthead]

"You know" (or "y'know") was my Number One Peeve. "Like" has now taken that dubious honor. "Y'know" is merely Number Two.

I watched a Judge Judy-type show once and one of the people pleading his case said "you know what I'm sayin'" almost once per sentence.

 

[Out of Order]

What's not to like?

 

[Grandpa]

I watched a Judge Judy-type show once and one of the people pleading his case said "you know what I'm sayin'" almost once per sentence.

And then there was the guy I listened to for a couple miserable hours once who finished about every sentence with 'n' stuff. It became really confusing when he was talking about some assets.

"I sold the tractor 'n' stuff."
"What other stuff did you sell?"
"No other stuff. Just the tractor 'n' stuff."

Yeesh.

 

[arista]

Walking dead Rick was growing things and stuff.

 

[Spideyman]

Grandpa - reminds me of Valley Girl speak: "Are you like, serious? How like, could you like, say that about the Tv show. I like, seriously, don't believe you could say something like that. Like, really!" Ok , it's the equivalent of finger nails on chalkboard.

 

[Out of Order]

Like whatever, dude.

 

[pegasus216]

The kardashians say that a lot too. Karen will have them on sometimes, and my computer is right next to the tv, so I hear the crap.
My son-in-law drives me nuts with the phrase, 'pretty much'. I told him it was going to be put on his headstone.

 

[AnnaMarie]

Grandpa - reminds me of Valley Girl speak: "Are you like, serious? How like, could you like, say that about the Tv show. I like, seriously, don't believe you could say something like that. Like, really!" Ok , it's the equivalent of finger nails on chalkboard.

Fer sher.

 

[Neesy]

Take the first word "If" away and you get what I hear people say on some of the Brit shows like Coronation Street. I don't recall people actually saying that much over in Scotland - maybe it's just a certain area of London?
(ya know what I mean?)

 

[danie]

My college roommate said, "Like I said..." before almost all her sentences. Like she was telling me she had said it before she even said it.

 

[kingzeppelin]

Take the first word "If" away and you get what I hear people say on some of the Brit shows like Coronation Street. I don't recall people actually saying that much over in Scotland - maybe it's just a certain area of London?
(ya know what I mean?)

It is the South of England mostly if ya know what I mean, and the TV Soap you will hear it most on is East Enders, like!
If ya know what I mean!

 

[Neesy]

It is the South of England mostly if ya know what I mean, and the TV Soap you will hear it most on is East Enders, like!
If ya know what I mean!

Andy calls Coronation Street 'Constipation Street' and East Enders 'Easty Benders'

Over here I have heard people say "I was gonna say..." and then proceed to say whatever it is they have on their mind.

 

[Grandpa]

Also, "of course" in unnecessary contexts. Often whittled down to "course."

"So, 'course, it was, like, you know, that, ifyaknowutImean."

The linguistic tic I've heard quite often in the last 10 years or so is when two people start talking at the same time, and once the floor is conceded, the other speaker will almost invariably continue with, "I was just gonna say..."

 

[mjs9153]

"Seriously?!?!" Used to express annoyance, anger..people do that all the time now and it sounds so goofy..

 

[doowopgirl]

Take the first word "If" away and you get what I hear people say on some of the Brit shows like Coronation Street. I don't recall people actually saying that much over in Scotland - maybe it's just a certain area of London?
(ya know what I mean?)

If you watch Eastenders they say know what I mean? A lot.

 

[doowopgirl]

It is the South of England mostly if ya know what I mean, and the TV Soap you will hear it most on is East Enders, like!
If ya know what I mean!

Sorted!

 

[blunthead]

There's an AT&T commercial now wherein the cute little hyper-knowledgeable salesgirl greets a couple who're carrying a sleeping newborn, and they're insisting on everybody whispering. So, the cute little salesgirl whispers the unbelievably affordable AT&T plan and the fathers says out loud, "No way, get outta here!", to which the salesgirl whispers, "Are we still doing the whispering thing er...", and the rest of her thought, after what should be or, we're all required to like totally understand. I tire of catch phrases and popular slang very quickly.