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It pains me when I attempt to watch and listen to resources such as the Day9 Daily and the SotG Podcasts, as I need to endure the “like” barrage to gain the succulent knowledge/insight into SC2 and its scene contained within. If I could ignore it I would, but the word is used every few seconds whenever I'm on ventrilo, watching a video, or listening to a podcast with gamers present.   | ||
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N3rV[Green]
United States1935 Posts
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leetchaos
United States395 Posts
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synapse
China13814 Posts
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MutaDoom
Canada1163 Posts
On October 14 2010 07:08 leetchaos wrote: It's a word of many uses... and mis-uses. Kind of like "Fuck" or "Number 2"? | ||
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RebirthOfLeGenD
USA5860 Posts
Its just a lot more thought/effort to put into something. But the redundancy drove me crazy so I don't do it anymore (I think?) | ||
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Angra
United States2652 Posts
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Rinrun
Canada3509 Posts
(Its a habit that I sometimes revert to... unfortunately) | ||
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seRapH
United States9777 Posts
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VonLego
United States519 Posts
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GreatFall
United States1061 Posts
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Kwidowmaker
Canada978 Posts
Also I don't know what's up with you but I don't mind like at all, it keeps the flow of speech much better than "uh" | ||
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IceCube
Croatia1403 Posts
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
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FrostShadow
United States335 Posts
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caldo149
United States469 Posts
Perhaps its prevalence is because it allows people to make true statements while being uncertain of the facts, e.g. "...and then she was like 'omg thanks for the help! I owe you one!'" People just say "like" because they don't remember exactly what someone might have said, and so to say, "...and then she said, 'omg thanks for the help! I owe you one!'" could be inaccurate because she could have used different words to express the same idea. The "like" phrase, however, doesn't allow for this kind of problem. Sure it could be replaced with "as if," "akin to," "similar to" or some other word/phrase but "like" is simple and versatile which is probably why it's used a lot. | ||
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Cofo
United States1388 Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedge_(linguistics) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simile | ||
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skindzer
Chile5114 Posts
On October 14 2010 07:02 N3rV[Green] wrote: It's not as bad as blonde girls from the cali valley. I know this from personal experience. Be glad we're not that bad. | ||
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SF-Fork
Russian Federation1401 Posts
Been wanting to say this for a long time, sorry to derail. | ||
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eLiE
Canada1039 Posts
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garbanzo
United States4046 Posts
Unless of course you were taught how to speak properly at some point in your life. It's a fun exercise though, if you're ever in a boring lecture, to count how many times the speaker uses a filler word. But be warned that you'll completely miss anything they're saying once you're aware of them. That "House" clip is hilarious. It's quite well-done. Never seen it before. Like I can totally see the two of them as like valley girls. Forgot to add that it's a pretty simple habit to fix if you're just more aware of what you're saying. | ||
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online_only
3 Posts
In Australia, many people say "ya know" in the place of "like", but sometimes both are said and all I hear is "like, ya know, like, ya know" | ||
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Linx_101
Canada166 Posts
On October 14 2010 08:10 online_only wrote: Oh, so it's a North American thing? In Australia, many people say "ya know" in the place of "like", but sometimes both are said and all I hear is "like, ya know, like, ya know" "ya know"...although excessive use of "like" is bad, when you hear excessive use of "ya know", I feel like punching the person in the face. | ||
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Kenpachi
United States9908 Posts
On October 14 2010 07:29 VonLego wrote: I also am plagued by this bad habit when articulating a story in a casual setting. me too  My 4th grade teacher lectured that saying Like too much was bad and he would notice if we said "uh" or "like" and would give a speech if he catches too much in 1 day. it slowly transitioned back into my vocab after a while | ||
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igotmyown
United States4291 Posts
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mOnion
United States5657 Posts
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Gummy
United States2180 Posts
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Gatsbi
United States1134 Posts
wow.. you made my night. that was INCREDIBLE | ||
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tube
United States1475 Posts
On October 13 2010 11:39 tube wrote: why are there so many of these dumb word blogs these days | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
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Divinek
Canada4045 Posts
and over use like anything in life is bad so yeah, great word | ||
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Erk
United States52 Posts
And I do think people use "like" too much. Maybe it's because peoples' vocabularies are as bad as like, whatever. | ||
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Ronald_McD
Canada807 Posts
It doesn't bother me unless it's excessive. I think it helps keep flow to conversation sometimes. | ||
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Licmyobelisk
Philippines3682 Posts
On October 14 2010 07:00 online_only wrote: Why do so many people use the word “like” excessively? It seems the majority of gamers I talk to can't form a simple sentence without using “like” in redundancy. It's as if Jeremy from Pure Pwnage is a legitimate example of how gamers actually speak. This is something I'd rather not listen to. "Like, ya know like, how like”. It pains me when I attempt to watch and listen to resources such as the Day9 Daily and the SotG Podcasts, as I need to endure the “like” barrage to gain the succulent knowledge/insight into SC2 and its scene contained within. If I could ignore it I would, but the word is used every few seconds whenever I'm on ventrilo, watching a video, or listening to a podcast with gamers present. You know what pains me.. when I see people use "pains" instead of hurts | ||
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29 fps
United States5725 Posts
i dont have a problem with it, except when one person uses it TOO much and it starts to stand out. then i cant hear anything else except for the "like" | ||
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kidcrash
United States623 Posts
I noticed that when I stopped myself from saying like all the time I had actually just replaced the word with other words such as actually, basically or honestly. | ||
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Bereft
United States1007 Posts
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minus_human
4784 Posts
loved this | ||
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Whole
United States6046 Posts
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rezoacken
Canada2719 Posts
I try not to say "genre" too often but when everybody does it it's kinda hard... it becomes just naturaly like cool new expressions and stuff. | ||
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nayumi
Australia6499 Posts
then this dude sitting next to me was like "lol like it matters mate ..." then im like "lol" | ||
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Ricjames
Czech Republic1047 Posts
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