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

From:Rene Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...>
Date:Saturday, November 13, 2004, 0:12
B. Garcia was like:
 > You'd be surprised how many adults will say "all like" "go" and
 > "be like" in informal discourse.

Yep. I use it too, sometimes. I'm 33.

And then Roger Mills was like:
> I wonder if there's a way to say "he's like..." in Esperanto yet?
Hmmm.. I think it would be cool: Mi kiel: "Kion vi faras?" Kaj li kiel: "Silentu!" ..but I don't think it will catch on :D René