“Oh my god…I was like…then she was like…then I was like….”
“Then she goes…and I go…then she goes, but then he goes…..”
“Oh…my…goddddddd! I’m like…and she’s like….”
“Then he goes, like….., and then I go…”
“Can you BE LEAVE this????!!!!!”
“Like…then she goes…and I’m like….”
Hahahahaha
Let me guess, you got most of those simply by opening your ears around campus, right?
Oh and to make it really TRUE to form, uncapitalize all the “I”s, shorten “Oh my god” to OMG, add a w/e and a nv, then throw a few more “likes” in for good measure.
Thanks for the laugh!
Hi Unc,
Don’t forget totally and awesome Dude!
Les – there’s a great song by a band called The Mr. T Experience that parodies this exact kind of speech. It’s called “I’m like yeah, but she’s all no.” Some choice lyrics:
I’m like “yeah,” but she’s all “no,”
And I’m all “come on baby, let’s go,”
And she’s like, “I don’t think so,”
And I’m going…
I’m reminded of this song every time I hear people speaking this way.
Angela, you are correct about the written word. What we see today is like a new langauge (OMG! Did I just say, it’s like..?”).
Veronica, thanks for the song lyrics. The group and the song are both new to me.
It’s funny; when you see such conversation written as Angela says and your song lyrics illustrate, it is one thing. But when you hear it spoken, it takes on a whole new dimension. My post was trying to capture what I hear all too frequently.
Thanks for joining in my silliness in these dog days of summer. Fall semester begins September 2, so I’ll doubtless have much more to talk about then.
Les-
So, I was reading through all your blog posts and this one caught my eye… because I hear those types of sentences oh so frequently, and it drives me crazyyyyyy. In one of my classes there is a girl who is always a part of the class discussion, and every other word that comes out of her mouth is “like”. I feel as though her entire thought process gets lost because the word “like” is so distracting. I have started to tune her out or sometimes I sit there and count how many times “like” ends up in one sentence (one time I counted 17 “likes”).
Not to say that I am perfect speaker because I’m not. I hate public speaking and it hates me (ha). There are times when I’m speaking to the class and putting my thoughts together on the spot and I might throw in a “like” or an “um” but, I think sometimes people go overboard and don’t pay attention to what’s coming out of their mouth!
I also think that it’s very important to be able to convey your message and to speak clearly especially when you are a communication major. I think teachers in the Mass Comm. department should call these “like” offenders out. Personally I would prefer a teacher’s constructive criticism. If no one tells them now, it’s likely they won’t last long in this field.