Re: ...y'know dude!

On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Barry Garcia wrote:

> How about the use of "Dude". I must admit i do use that, but thats only in
> conversation with friends as slang. However, people from Southern
> California at my school use it FAR too often. They say things like:
>
> Dude! I met this fukkin awsome dude who like gave me the phone number to
> another dude, and dude get this, this dudes gonna give me a free
> surfboard. Damn dude, i bet u cant believe that dude, or me, dude!
>
> Well the above is over exaggeration but it could be possible here LOL.
Heh.  It sounds like you live in Elysium.  :)

All I get from my students is, "this is so gay!  It's so, like, gay."