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The Fiona or perhaps La Fiona
Professor of Thread Killing, Fiork University
The Right Reverend Fiona, PhD, Bishop of the Fora
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bcohlan1
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« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2012, 05:35:39 AM » |
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I like. I feel like, like, "like" is more of, like, a social affectation than like, anything else. Students just like, need to learn to break the habit, and holding up a sign would like, help with that and stuff. So yeah.
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Basically the moral of the story is that bcohlan1 is talking out of his ass again.
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reener06
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« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2012, 07:34:54 AM » |
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I found the piece mostly true and amusing (I like the reference to the oracle at Delphi); on the other hand, this would not work in my intro course currently (a night course) because almost no one speaks. I, like the professor cited in the example, am almost thrilled to hear them utter something, anything.
More seriously, I find, anecdotally of course, that people grow out of this stage. It happens in high school and college in part because they are surrounded by others using the words. I used them at the same age, as did most of my peers; most if not all of my peers do not use them today.
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gennimom
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« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2012, 10:33:55 AM » |
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I find "like" hard to use in that respect. If you see it in one of my posts that way, I put it there on purpose to be sarcastic. I remember the Valley Girl days and tried to emulate that way of speaking. I couldn't carry it off! I would never have survived in California in those days...
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« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2012, 12:33:31 PM » |
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I love like. Not like like? As if!
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Clowns, I tell you. Clowns.
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« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2012, 02:41:02 PM » |
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llanfair
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« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2012, 05:36:57 PM » |
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I had a student actually type the word "like" into an email, which read as tho' she was speaking her words aloud. I couldn't believe my eyes. Not just a verbal tic, apparently.
What really scares me is when I catch myself saying it. Oog.
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« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2012, 07:10:30 PM » |
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My 10th grade English teacher fined us 25 cents per "like." It broke my habit. Somehow, I don't think this method would fly any more, as much as I would love to do something to curb the word. We did get a pizza party at the end of the year with the money, so he wasn't using it for his own nefarious purposes.
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« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2012, 07:17:18 PM » |
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I was in a cafe near a university campus the other day and this guy kept using "like" every 3rd word! I started muttering under my breath the word every time he said. I sure am glad he is not in my classes.
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