Post ARlm3C9xJsWGaryVu4 by anibalpacheco@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #ARllhXtvnwJBeY9lbs by stux@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T13:55:14Z
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Maybe it's the Dutchie in me but I sooo cannot stand how it's normal in American TV shows that everyone says "like" in every freaking sentence :amaze: Like dis, like that, like, like, like :nkoFacepalm: It sounds so uh.. dumb..
(DIR) Post #ARllrcCcfO1ttDhVNQ by supernovae@universeodon.com
2023-01-18T13:57:05Z
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@stux i like, know what you mean
(DIR) Post #ARllvGhGZApKLhmAW8 by tomasveneny@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T13:57:17Z
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@stux it's like talking to kids... you know what I mean, right?
(DIR) Post #ARllx1NsTB5FR8Xivg by martinlentink@mastodon.social
2023-01-18T13:58:04Z
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@stux like sooo dumb you know...
(DIR) Post #ARllxafpGREkswD3GS by dan0h@mastodonapp.uk
2023-01-18T13:58:09Z
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@stux its entered UK youth culture quite extensively too, I can't stand it.
(DIR) Post #ARlm2Lx3QbImfnXTZg by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
2023-01-18T13:59:07Z
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@stux At least they're not saying subscribe.
(DIR) Post #ARlm3C9xJsWGaryVu4 by anibalpacheco@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T13:59:06Z
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@stux I agree that it's a bit annoying, but it is one of many quirks of American English.
(DIR) Post #ARlm3jgif5Kqa2Ye3M by EwanCroft@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T13:59:08Z
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@stux same goes for the to-patient medication adverts. What’s up with that?Here in the UK, we have nothing of the sort because of the NHS, but still!
(DIR) Post #ARlm528TYj4Y5I9wQK by nikatjef@masthead.social
2023-01-18T13:59:32Z
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@stux She's like "Like you have no idea" and I'm like "I know right?"
(DIR) Post #ARlm6C5S2vQzElIXho by blueberrywerewolf@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T13:59:44Z
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@stux That's just, like, how we talk!
(DIR) Post #ARlm7thLO18MmgpmqW by stux@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T13:59:58Z
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@anubis2814 Huh! I bet indeed 🤔 I just caught myself on how it annoys me so much :amaze: Ofc not all shows but indeed with teens in a 'reality' thing
(DIR) Post #ARlm9UFQyqdIQnXOaW by CTrevethan@mastodon.social
2023-01-18T14:00:16Z
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@stux be grateful you don’t have to hear it in real life. It happens in Canada too. I was on the train and there was a group talking.. like, totally like, yeah, like you know 🙉 😂
(DIR) Post #ARlm9hJ6QWI8vwM0bw by stux@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T14:00:19Z
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@blueberrywerewolf like uh, duhh, like on Facebook like? :blobcatgiggle: :lego_like:
(DIR) Post #ARlmBIsIEkGTjka0hs by stux@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T14:00:40Z
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@CTrevethan Oh i aaam! :blobpray: :blobcatgiggle:
(DIR) Post #ARlmDcEZEM3AMF6JmK by aaron@social.atomicedge.online
2023-01-18T14:01:06Z
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@stux blame California, they like started it.
(DIR) Post #ARlmF7ucw7x8tcUikS by blueberrywerewolf@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T14:01:26Z
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@stux I am getting flashbacks to conversations with my parents when I was a kid haha
(DIR) Post #ARlmFVmIClXwuimP5c by genXian@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T14:01:30Z
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@stux You're not alone!
(DIR) Post #ARlmK7E8uaAMDd0AZE by nikatjef@masthead.social
2023-01-18T14:00:46Z
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@stux I am old enough to remember when 'like' started getting used like that... My parents hated listening to me when I would talk that way.
(DIR) Post #ARlmKFMwdjxbTFBJOi by CTrevethan@mastodon.social
2023-01-18T14:02:05Z
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@stux although it is better than uhm
(DIR) Post #ARlmKH12W9cuZswqX2 by stux@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T14:01:37Z
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@nikatjef Sometimes is totally okay :blobcatgiggle: But some people use it in EVERY sentence :amaze: at that point is useless
(DIR) Post #ARlmRYSy2GwUj6U1B2 by papiris@fosstodon.org
2023-01-18T14:03:35Z
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@stuxI agree, just the other day I had to fight my way through a podcast where "you know" was used in every other sentence.I get it, I have trouble speaking succinctly on stage as well, lots of people do, but as a listener... it's, like, you know, annoying
(DIR) Post #ARlmZyRbKm0rc1rIWG by kinsey@ieji.de
2023-01-18T14:05:07Z
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@stux that it does! But unfortunately it’s the reality of American speech and it’s really quite disgusting.
(DIR) Post #ARlmiqvOf0eAti1rJw by RememberUsAlways@newsie.social
2023-01-18T14:06:45Z
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@stux I think this trend started in the 1990's in the US.I can't quite pinpoint when "like" became a conjunction.
(DIR) Post #ARlmsd2R92Lwj1z2Qa by mattwilcox@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T14:08:32Z
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@stux verbal ticks are, like, really bad when you notice them.
(DIR) Post #ARln105DLfxIVwH5JQ by johnvoltz@sfba.social
2023-01-18T14:10:02Z
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@stux ok. Part of whats happening: they are using ‘like’ to fill space when they don’t know exactly what to say and partly to keep a rhythm to their speech.Lots of language and cultures do this.One helpful way to improve an accent, is to listen to the sound speakers make when pausing. Americans generally say ‘uh.’ French say ‘eh’ or like how ‘eu’ is pronounced. These sounds help show the posture of the mouth, tongue, throat, etc. of native speakers. Cool huh?
(DIR) Post #ARln5jVwNYQgZg249I by jeanettepizzurro@mstdn.party
2023-01-18T14:10:50Z
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@stux I remember as a teen in the 60’s we would say “cock” instead of cool or neat before awesome or amazing came around. My parents were horrified. But that’s just like what we did 😜
(DIR) Post #ARln8NIpPvO2YV9uTo by WJJH@mastodon.online
2023-01-18T14:11:20Z
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@stux Dutchie here, but I am not convinced Dutch TV is in any way or form superior to this.
(DIR) Post #ARlnLHqqznwxPhENaC by johnlehet@mas.to
2023-01-18T14:13:41Z
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@stux I'm American, and I've always hated it. I bugged my kids growing up so they wouldn't do it. They don't.
(DIR) Post #ARlnv4GkyIZBiKPNtQ by oldpaul@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T14:20:10Z
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@stux Some people talk that way here in the UK too!
(DIR) Post #ARloDwPOQCfUpvRnn6 by revdjenk@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T14:23:35Z
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@stux Like, what's your problem?hee hee
(DIR) Post #ARloT1Tzq0uYuxnBHE by withaveeay@mastodon.scot
2023-01-18T14:26:18Z
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@stux I worked with someone who apparently didn't know the word "said". She'd say "And I was like 'Really?' and he was like 'Yeah,' so I was like 'That's not happening,' and he was like "'You think?'"Maybe it's a new word, meaning "similar to the co-inventor of the Apple." wozlike, and I misunderstood.
(DIR) Post #ARlogryTzD6dTyeduq by byteborg@chaos.social
2023-01-18T14:28:46Z
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@stuxIt would be quite a progress of Americans could actually like each other...
(DIR) Post #ARloud2uHsTzEiHijo by panamared27401@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T14:31:18Z
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@stux American here, and I agree. It's, like, really annoying.
(DIR) Post #ARlpCPzrXgQlygLMcy by Faithinbones@home.social
2023-01-18T14:34:31Z
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@stux most Americans find it annoying too
(DIR) Post #ARlpMqJ0a7aUT8Gm9o by MrMisfit@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T14:36:23Z
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@stux I'm in England and people say it constantly here. It's pretty stupid.
(DIR) Post #ARlpQo1725RQWrmxPs by capnthommo@c.im
2023-01-18T14:37:05Z
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@stux I'm just English and I dislike it too. Really, like, dislike it.
(DIR) Post #ARlqX7DceaoLm3DFNg by johnlogic@mastodon.social
2023-01-18T14:49:24Z
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@stux Like oh ma god totally...It's... like... so 1982, when Frank Zappa and his daughter Moon Unit Zappa made a little song about it.https://youtube.com/watch?v=X7MSGGZyxR4
(DIR) Post #ARlqwb5Qk74BeBX0yG by attilakinali@society.oftrolls.com
2023-01-18T14:54:08Z
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@mansr @stux Don't forget to ring the bell! 🔔
(DIR) Post #ARlrQvsM0vGQoKsdEm by Tedgarrison3@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T14:59:33Z
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@stuxAs American, most of our modern tv shows are absolutely stupid. They are truly made to please the lowest intelligence. Probably why we tend to watch a lot of Britbox stuff.
(DIR) Post #ARlrgen5IrNQSKugt6 by jurjen1973@mastodon.nl
2023-01-18T15:02:22Z
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@stux I like your post! 😄
(DIR) Post #ARlrt0Lwxcoco06pwO by Jaygdwendt@mastodon.social
2023-01-18T15:04:37Z
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@stux Sounds "like" you are getting beatnik shows from 1960s as if whatever.
(DIR) Post #ARlsMJb0UlUOss81Am by jaythvv@infosec.exchange
2023-01-18T15:09:53Z
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@stux is that so much better than an entire nation that speaks in half-phrases? 😅Leuk geweest?Ja lachen manWas-eh hoe heet-ie d'r ook?de hele boel, gezellig, tochgeinig
(DIR) Post #ARlswZlLrfUDRwG1Oi by rkleim@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T15:16:19Z
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@stux maybe better than grunting uh-huh every other word like you do!
(DIR) Post #ARluY7zFgNtqGMEGx6 by gachihomo@mastodon.lol
2023-01-18T15:34:24Z
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@stux it's just our version of a filler. It's kinda like "uhh" or "ummm".
(DIR) Post #ARm04A0CE0tBYBlSYS by rythur@mastodon.social
2023-01-18T16:36:12Z
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@stux It's the hum of information processing, which in this case means that it takes such folks a lot of processing to form sentences, think critically, and even more to listen. Communication in the US has changed. Narcissism is winning.
(DIR) Post #ARm07jQ30BskGMYj20 by writeblankspace@fosstodon.org
2023-01-18T16:36:53Z
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@stux Like, I know, right? They're so, like, weirdd!!!
(DIR) Post #ARm0rqrBgHMKeSFGlM by gtrump@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-01-18T16:45:14Z
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@stux That, like...needed saying.
(DIR) Post #ARm2B2N7C0Q1owtKme by zutalorz@haunted.computer
2023-01-18T16:59:53Z
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@stux personal preferences and joking aside, can someone please illuminate for me, how it is acceptable for a high profile admin, on a site that promotes inclusion, awareness and tolerance, to bash another countries culture.this makes me so incredibly sad.
(DIR) Post #ARm2ElEaqprHpPgI4W by peemee@theblower.au
2023-01-18T17:00:32Z
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@stux I have become so irritated with the use of "you guys" in YouTube videos that I generally move on to something else upon hearing that phrase.Even if the topic or theme of the video seemed interesting.
(DIR) Post #ARm7RkqE7hSy92IbOi by Anthrodiva@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-01-18T17:58:57Z
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@stux Like the F word, it is versatile:"over time, it's not developed one, but four more definitions, each serving an entirely different purpose... the quotative, used to quote our own or someone else's words....A filler mainly used for pause and flow...An adverb, also known as a hedge, that's used for approximation....And what's known as a discourse particle, to emphasize a point."https://www.businessinsider.com/why-americans-say-like-so-much-2020-3
(DIR) Post #ARm97yFokFwvrOxlnU by DarkWraithLord@mastodon.social
2023-01-18T18:17:45Z
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@stux It's been like this for decades, blame California 😂, like ya man.
(DIR) Post #ARm9wWDijYRLgS5LdY by alexpostfacto@tech.lgbt
2023-01-18T18:26:53Z
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@stux Like, totally. #IAgreeThough
(DIR) Post #ARm9xBO5fu63MUFhzc by bubi352@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T18:26:59Z
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@stux adding it to:- would of- have a askbut maybe it's also a sign we are getting too old to adapt :)
(DIR) Post #ARmBXFdvQlOOwGQCn2 by djscottanderson@ravenation.club
2023-01-18T18:44:44Z
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@stux agree… nobody bastardises English as badly as the US
(DIR) Post #ARmBhcmgFNSHbcSmCu by cevanne@mindly.social
2023-01-18T18:46:38Z
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@stux I’m sure there’s some equivalent in your language. It’s partly a space holder to allow the speaker to think like uhm 🤷♀️ It’s pretty common in Canada as well as it’s had at least 30 years to infiltrate NA English. I dunno. I’m in my mid 40’s, used to it I suppose, and probably use it more than I would consciously recognise.
(DIR) Post #ARmRvfwctMXojDpy1w by copperred@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-01-18T21:48:31Z
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@stux It exists in lots of other languages. Perhaps Dutch is the outlier.
(DIR) Post #ARmSyTvq6xLAIKN4ds by ZeerohBovine@mstdn.social
2023-01-18T22:00:08Z
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@stux If you want to hear where it got a toehold, check out Frank Zappa's "Valley Girl." His then-teenage daughter Moon Unit riffed the Southern California 80s teenspeak. Like, gag me with a spoon ;-)
(DIR) Post #ARmljzBfWLXs15ZnwO by zutalorz@haunted.computer
2023-01-19T01:30:31Z
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@stux https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/english-changing
(DIR) Post #ARp7UTcHCkhn46x4HA by BlindHedgehog@mastodon.coffee
2023-01-20T04:43:34Z
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@stuxUh duh?