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Re: CHAT: ...y'know

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Monday, June 28, 1999, 20:34
On Sun, 27 Jun 1999 16:51:08 -0500 Patrick Dunn
<tb0pwd1@...> writes:
>I've also noticed a replacement of "said" with the forms "like" and >"is >all." For example:
>"So I'm all, Get over it, and she's like, yeah, right, so I'm all, >puhleaze, and she's all talk to the hand." > >--Patrick
I've always heard this as "*was* like", with "be" in past tense - i.e. "so she was like, 'hey, get away from me!' so i was like, 'what-ever'...". -Stephen (Steg) ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.