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

From:Alexander Savenkov <savenkov@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 10, 2004, 23:57
Hello people,

Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> writes:

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> James Worlton <JWorlton@...> writes:
>> (1) It took ten-minutes for the damn things to die >> and I’m like, “Can I put on the lid?” >> And she’s like, “No, it ruins it.” >> and I was like, “This is horrifying.”
> WAAAH! I hate this! :-)
> In Germany, the same habit exists for young people and it drives me > crazy that they cannot talk normally. In German it goes:
> und ich so: ,...' > dann sie so: ,...' > ich so: ,...' > ...
Believe it or not, this crap is international! Russian forms: i ya takoy: „...“ i on, tipa: „...“ i ona takay govorit: „...“ etc. Perhaps, we need to create a society that will eliminate the "like" word in the languages worldwide. Alexander -- Alexander Savenkov http://www.xmlhack.ru/ savenkov@xmlhack.ru http://www.xmlhack.ru/authors/croll/