So like, the favorite like word on my like creative class is like like..

[WCGreen]

In discussion, the young people can not seem to say a sentance without at least one like added...

It's like you, like getting on my like nerves....

[izzybeans]

1. like for sure.

[ForrestGump]

2. And I suppose you are all,

like, "okay, like can you all, like, stop saying 'like,' okay?" and then they were all, like, whateverrrr, and it was all, like, grody to the max.

[WCGreen]

7. I fell as if I should point this out....

And say the creative spoken word is perhaps even more powerful than the writen word...

[NewWaveChick1981]

3. OMG....that irks me as much as "nucular"...

:grr: I don't know how you like stand it, WC... :yoiks:

[WCGreen]

6. for instance, someone will write a delicate and wonderfull

little poem and then explain their reasons for writing said poem by over relying on like...

[NewWaveChick1981]

15. I just don't know how you're able to stand it...

...:yoiks:

[Broken_Hero]

42. when doing public speaking

everyone, usually has a word, or phrase they say/repeat when they are nervous...thats why "like" is used so much, almost everyone has a little word/phrase they repeat...for me its "and all that stuff"...thats my main catch phrase...when I first started public speaking, it was "and all that shit" but I got in trouble with that, and used Stuff instead, but it still sounded ridiculous....

[peekaloo]

4. Dude, that is like, totally awesome.

totally.

[matcom]

5. Gag me with a spoon

:eyes:

[Hugin]

8. Bummer, man...

A real downer.

[WCGreen]

9. For sure....

I wrote a poem alluding to Penelope, Demeter and Aries and they didn't know who they were...

Sigh, teaching to the test is taking a toll on our youth...

[Hugin]

10. Wasn't Demeter in an Eddie Murphy movie once?

He ran like a Dress Shoppe or something.

[WCGreen]

11. Na, he was a rapper...

In charge of Da Meter....

[Hugin]

13. Got ya...

:thumbsup:

Here's a site you might enjoy...

http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm

[Dora]

12. Look at it this way...

They're like so smitten with the like power of metaphor that they have to like turn every sentence, into, something like an analogy.

[Orrex]

14. Which bothers you more?

The overuse of "like" as you've described it, or the overuse of "y'know," which peppers the speech of several adults of my acquaintance. I've counted seven "y'knows" in a single sentence.

Broadly speaking, I'm aware that "like" and "y'know" are surrogates for "uh" or "um," but they still annoy the hell out of me.

[WCGreen]

19. Either or....

It just makes me think the person speaking and using those substitutes does not really listen to what they are saying and therefor does not deserve my attention....

[KurtNYC]

16. They are afraid to sound like brainy, you know like egg-headed

so inserting "like" every 3 words shows their peers that they value their acceptance by the group more highly than academic excellence.

The evil twin partner of "like" is the phrase "you know" which serves the same purpose.

[otherlander]

35. Eh. It keeps people from staring at us.

[Kajsa]

17. WC, it drives me nuts!

As pointed out here, 'like' and 'ya know' are inserted into every damn
sentence, ad nauseam.

Just for the heck of it, the teacher should do a class exercise where those
three words are not allowed. Period.

Heck, I once had an assignment for an English class where we had to
write an essay without using the 'be' verbs. I almost made it, however
I did insert 'is' towards the end. Bam! You're out!!

I remember the instructor had a cold that day, and it sounded like
he was assigning an essay with no 'beavers'! Yeah, I know where this
is going-- For TWO DAMN minutes I kept hearing 'no beavers' thinking
OK, this weird guy is really close to retirement, but WTH?

He finally wrote 'BE' on the board.

:hi:

[WCGreen]

20. I can not seem t write a thread without an allusion to....

Beavers...

[Kajsa]

43. LOL !

;-)

[Hugin]

28. That's an interesting apporach...

There's an exercise I've tried where one goes as long as possible without
saying 'I' or referring to themselves in any way.

Very strange... Especially, after awhile.

[RedCappedBandit]

18. Like, in all of my classes..

there seem to be, like, people who are like, always wrong, and they like always blab out like "answers" anyway, even though they apparently don't even know what subject they're in.... and like I can't figure it out.



...sigh, i need to work on being less anti social.

[WCGreen]

22. There is always that one person in every class....

And I am afraid I use to be that guy in several classes in my younger days...

Now, I sit back for a while before I make comments...

[RedCappedBandit]

29. You should've been in my journalism class..

I don't mind if somebody offers their insight and might be off, but I can't stand it when somebody insists they are right when they obviously don't know what they're talking about.
Argh!! I need to transfer.

[MissMillie]

21. Wow... I got lucky

as intimidated as I am by the syllabus of my class, none of the 15 students have that bad habit.

[WCGreen]

23. The thing that bothers me is it is a creative writing class...

[MissMillie]

25. Yeah,... I get your point

Is it a workshop? It'd be interesting to learn if those students write the same way they speak.

[WCGreen]

26. Yes it is a workshop and no they are, for the most part,

at least able to consturct a coherent poem...

Now they are a little light on the historical persepcetive equired to really enjoy all poems, but they seem to be able to write from the heart...

Perhaps I should take the say something in class...

Or maybe start talking as they do in my booming voice to show them how silly it sounds...

I have nothing to lose but their respect...

[MissMillie]

30. Well, you may lose more than that

I think in a workshop there has to be an atmosphere that you're all in it together. When you lose that atmosphere, I think the learning environment suffers.

[SteppingRazor]

24. It's just nerves....

people grow out of it after they get used to socializing.

I grew up in "The Valley." Everyone I knew threw in a "like" every other word. Nearly evryone grew out of it.

Though, admittedly, I still say "dude" often, and refer to both women and men as "man."

[WCGreen]

27. I use Dude as well...

However, I am conscious of my choice whereas the youngsters in my class seem to have incorporated "like" into their speaking vocabulary...

[SteppingRazor]

32. Like I said, from approximately the ages 12-16, I did the same...

but I don't anymore. Don't think that they're any less for it. It's just the way people talk at that age. :shrug:

[WCGreen]

37. These kids are 18-22.....

[SteppingRazor]

41. .

:scared:

[RedCappedBandit]

31. Heh, I refer to everyone as man..

and say dude alot too.

My girl friends all seem to get annoyed :D

I just don't know why.. :shrug:

[SteppingRazor]

34. Yeah, my fiancee occasionally rolls her eyes when I call her "man"...

I'm at a loss to explain why. :shrug:

[WCGreen]

39. Try calling a woman Dudette....

[Writer]

33. "Like" has replaced "uh"...

send them all to Toastmasters!

[WCGreen]

40. They need to sound how silly they come off when speaking...

I am surprised the instructor hasn't said anything as of yet...

[Shine]

36. LOL!! Does it make you feel OLD, or just LITERATE?

and don't you dare say, "literally old"! :rofl:

:hi:

[WCGreen]

38. Literate......