What's Your Opinion of the Word "Like" That Has Been Dominating the English Language?

What's Your Opinion of the Word "Like" That Has Been Dominating the English Language?

  • It's a natural evolution of the language

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • It's a worrisome sign of illiteracy

    Votes: 1 10.0%

  • It's just a type of neutral trends that come and go

    Votes: 8 80.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 1 10.0%
  • Total voters
    10
vellavu

vellavu

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Fantastic --> like, wow!
Unbelievable --> like, really?
Confused --> like, what happened?
Disgusting --> like, ew!
Happy --> like, I'm happy.
Good --> like, it's good.
 
I'm not sure that I'd classify its use as natural so I won't go for natural evolution.
It is a sign of illiteracy but I wouldn't say it was worry some, it is just another word which is used incorrectly.
As is the word 'that'.
Where do we have to look to see the overuse of the word 'like'
 
No one I know talks like this, so it's hard for me to judge, but it's not something I'd worry too much about. The language changes all the time, that's why Chaucer and Shakespeare aren't winning Nobel Prizes for Literature
 
In Bob Dylan's defense, what's considered modern poetry is terrible. Plus the rise of modern music in the early 20th century pretty much was the death knell for real poetry. Plus Dylan's lyrics are a lot closer to old school poetry than most musicians, anyway.
 
Like, I totally think that like, it can be like, waaay annoying the way a lot of people use 'like' like a lot. But, like, I actually do it myself, like, way more than I would want to admit. Like I'll catch myself inserting "like" where, like, no like is needed.

I don't think it's a sign of illiteracy (obviously since I'm guilty of it 😛) and while it annoys me it doesn't concern me, if anything it's a sign of language trends and speech disfluency due to lazy sentence structuring (using filler words) which becomes a bad habit hard to shake, especially once it has become socially acceptable. I do think it's useful as a discourse marker and would personally find it hard to try to limit my use of "like", even if I can feel that I ought to.
 
Taake said:
I do think it's useful as a discourse marker and would personally find it hard to try to limit my use of "like", even if I can feel that I ought to.
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LOL Good one! Very clever.
 
I've listened to myself on the podcast, so, y'know, like, I talk like that a lot..... I wish I didn't, but like I don't know how to fix it.... y'know.... 😛
 
I don't think I use like in anything but it's proper context at all. The other "word" that people say with great frequency is 'um'
"I um, was planning on going to the store, you um, want anything?"
I do not like that either.
 
In defence of Priceless I'm sure Chaucer and Shakespeare are turning in their graves because of the obscure and inventive usages of the English language. Bob Dylan would think it wonderful that it is so inventive. Though if he did put the words as lyrics you wouldn't be able to understand what he is saying.
 
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