Re: USAGE: 'like' as a referent to quoting

Stephen Mulraney wrote:

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> A similar strategy which is used in Ireland - The verb "go" :
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> So I went "can I put the lid on it?"
> And she went "no, it'll ruin it"
> And I went "that's crap"
>
> Can be used in any tense, as far I can tell. It seems so natural and
> obvious to me
> that I'm not sure if it *is* particular to Irish speech. Maybe all of
> youse say it too?
British, too - don't know about Merkin.