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Deicide
Joined: 29 Jul 2006
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| canuck wrote: |
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| furiousmilksheikali wrote: |
I think what Deicide was saying is that the use of "like" is most prevelant in America and it is overuse of "like" which smacks of inarticulation, not necessarily that Amercian English speakers are more inarticulate.
While I agree that those who overuse "like" tend to do so because they are inarticulate I don't believe that it is only Americans that do this. The use has spread to almost every native English-speaking community and is used by inarticulate speakers of every nationality. Previously, inarticulate British English-speakers made use of "y'know" to parade their inarticularity (is that a word?).
Watch almost any interview with a footballer (soccer player for anyone who makes up two-thirds of the native-English speaking world).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olJgM4pnCNo |
Indeed I meant just that; Beckham's English is not very flattering...sigh...how much does he earn? Why does a footballer who sounds like a such git receive such a ridiculous salary?  |
Why? Because someone is willing to give them that salary.  |
You have three *beep* canuck? I have always dreamed of just such a woman... |
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Bayden
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Why does a footballer who sounds like a such git receive such a ridiculous salary? |
Because he's being paid for his football skills, not his speaking skills.
Please tell me that question was a joke.
Edit, add.
It's a bit like a Chinese teacher asking "why does a foreign teacher (with an M.A. in linguistics and another in education) who dresses like such a hobo receive such a ridiculous salary?"
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Deicide
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Why does a footballer who sounds like a such git receive such a ridiculous salary? |
Because he's being paid for his football skills, not his speaking skills.
Please tell me that question was a joke. |
Of course it was partly a joke but also an allusion to the fact that people who save other people's lives do not get a tenth of what a Beckam earns and something stinks there... |
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Bayden
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Deicide wrote: |
| Bayden wrote: |
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| Why does a footballer who sounds like a such git receive such a ridiculous salary? |
Because he's being paid for his football skills, not his speaking skills.
Please tell me that question was a joke. |
Of course it was partly a joke but also an allusion to the fact that people who save other people's lives do not get a tenth of what a Beckam earns and something stinks there... |
Bladdy hell, how did we get from, like, the plague of like, to, like, people who save other peoples lives not getting paid as much as Beckam? Who are these people who save other peoples lives by, like, teaching them English.
Did I, like, miss something dude? |
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Deicide
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Bayden wrote: |
| Deicide wrote: |
| Bayden wrote: |
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| Why does a footballer who sounds like a such git receive such a ridiculous salary? |
Because he's being paid for his football skills, not his speaking skills.
Please tell me that question was a joke. |
Of course it was partly a joke but also an allusion to the fact that people who save other people's lives do not get a tenth of what a Beckam earns and something stinks there... |
Bladdy hell, how did we get from, like, the plague of like, to, like, people who save other peoples lives not getting paid as much as Beckam? Who are these people who save other peoples lives by, like, teaching them English.
Did I, like, miss something dude? |
I was talking about ER surgeons, firefighters and the like...not like... |
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Bayden
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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| I was talking about ER surgeons, firefighters and the like...not like... |
Yes, but, like, why dude, we're talking about, like, like dude. |
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Deicide
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I was talking about ER surgeons, firefighters and the like...not like... |
Yes, but, like, why dude, we're talking about, like, like dude. |
Like...uhmm...you like make like a good point like....like totally... |
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White_Elephant
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I was talking about ER surgeons, firefighters and the like...not like... |
Yes, but, like, why dude, we're talking about, like, like dude. |
Like dudes, I thought we were talking about God and yada yada yada, eh? Ah, bloody hell! I need a drink! |
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Deicide
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Bayden wrote: |
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| I was talking about ER surgeons, firefighters and the like...not like... |
Yes, but, like, why dude, we're talking about, like, like dude. |
Like dudes, I thought we were talking about God and yada yada yada, eh? Ah, bloody hell! I need a drink! |
That too... |
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furiousmilksheikali
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Location: In a coffee shop, splitting a 30,000 yen tab with Sekiguchi.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Like, WTF??? |
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