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

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 17:11:34 +0100, Carsten Becker
<naranoieati@...> wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 November 2004 20:00, Henrik Theiling wrote:
>
>  > In German it goes:
>  >
>  >     und ich so:  ,...'
>  >     dann sie so: ,...'
>  >     ich so: ,...'
>  >     ...
>
> Or instead of "so", you can also use "dann". I use this kind
> of quoting often as well I think.
*nods* I think I'd be more likely to use this -- "Und ich dann zu ihm,
'...', und er dann zu mir, '...'".

Also, in English, I've come across "be all" in a similar usage to "be
like": "And then she was all, 'that's, like, totally stupid', so I'm
all, 'yeah, like, totally'".

Cheers,
--
Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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