The "Like" epidemic - Page 2

08-21-06, 05:14 PM

I saw a commercial for something (who remembers what?) several years ago, and featured a very bored brunette trying to distract herself while her blonde friend related the following conversation:

"He was all like 'No Way', and I was like 'Way'; so he was like 'NO WAY!', and I was like 'WAAAY!', so he was like 'NO WAY!', and I was like..."

My personal peeve: 'Impact' is not a verb. The plane did not 'impact' the ground. Global warming does not 'impact' life on Earth. It may have an impact, but it 'affects' life on Earth.

Herman · 08-21-06, 05:42 PM

Yeah, I am annoyed how some words are 'verbified' [made into a verb] while others are 'nounified' simply because the idiot speaker of them cannot tell the difference!

Talk about "dumbing down" to the lowest denominator....

Herman · 08-21-06, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

My personal peeve: 'Impact' is not a verb. The plane did not 'impact' the ground. Global warming does not 'impact' life on Earth. It may have an impact, but it 'affects' life on Earth.

You can try to "out-dumb" the dummies by really overdoing it.

When he abuses the language like that, but repeat it back to him even more grossly absurd than the way he used it.

If he says, "The plane did not 'impact' the ground."

You can ask, "So, you say that the plane did not 'impactualize' the ground?"

Of course, he'll correct you and say it isn't a word. Whereby, you can tell him the same with his use of 'impact'.

CB.. · 08-21-06, 07:28 PM

even the venerable old BBC news is starting to let the side down....
it's scaring the p*ss out of me..not that i'm any bodys version of shakespear but, i do not like to hear the word like used out of context...sports commentators who say "yeh..?" at the end of very sentence are rapidly becoming a pet hate allso...are they asking me if i agree with them...? are they trying to start an argument..? for whom is the implied question meant..? his fellow commentator..? a passing rabbit..?
a rabbit passing..?

or is he just attempting to rea-sure the viewer that he (the commentator) has an infallible font of knowledge and experience in the field..yet is so insecure about it that he has to ask for comfirmation of this at the end of his every statement..makes no sense to me...lol...:rotfl:
if we carry on like this ..we will be back making grunting noises and swinging from trees fighting each other for bannanas eventually

STEED · 08-22-06, 07:30 AM

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It's just a fad that the young go through...

Sorry, but this is untrue. You can see it in every day examples.

Well then, I say lock them up until they learn to speak the Queens English.

StdDev · 08-22-06, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by STEED

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Originally Posted by Herman

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Originally Posted by STEED

It's just a fad that the young go through...

Sorry, but this is untrue. You can see it in every day examples.

Well then, I say lock them up until they learn to speak the Queens English.

Like.. thats how they talk in west hollywood!

08-22-06, 11:11 AM

I just remembered a good one: back in 1992 there was a major earthquake in San Francisco, which levelled several neighborhoods and a freeway overpass. The female reporter was a perfect example of what Rush Limbaugh likes to call "infobabes". When she was reporting on the status of rescue operations she let slip this glorious flub: "We are efforting to make contact with the rescue station..."

STEED · 08-22-06, 11:18 AM

I don't know but it's funny when a reporter slips up.

The Avon Lady · 08-22-06, 01:06 PM

SUBMAN1 · 08-22-06, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Has anyone noticed the whole English speaking world sounds like a *#*$@*&* valley girl? Most conversations are punctuated with the word "like" , averaging one "like" for every 12 words. It's really prevalent among kids and teen-agers, but many, many adults do this, too. It's the verbal equivalent of chewing with one's mouth open.

Like, whats the problem? :p

08-22-06, 05:12 PM

Avon, that's like so kewl! Like, totally awesome.

Thanks for sharing that, fer sure.

Wim Libaers · 08-22-06, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

My personal peeve: 'Impact' is not a verb. The plane did not 'impact' the ground. Global warming does not 'impact' life on Earth. It may have an impact, but it 'affects' life on Earth.

Well, it has been used as a verb for a pretty long time, but many people do not like it.
http://www.bartleby.com/64/C003/0165.html
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/impact.html
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node...not%20a%20verb!

08-22-06, 05:27 PM

Interesting, especially the Bartleby reference that 'contact' is now readily accepted as a verb. I understand that language changes constantly, and my generation's misuse will be the next generation's accepted usage. It just drives the anal-retentive among us crazy.

Wim Libaers · 08-22-06, 05:51 PM

I sometimes have the same feeling when I see people of my own generation (I'm 24 years old) who make serious grammatical errors.

Yahoshua · 08-22-06, 06:44 PM

du u men lke spellng?

fonix lerned me gud.

08-21-06, 05:42 PM	#17
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08-21-06, 07:28 PM	#19
CB.. Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: UK Posts: 1,278 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	even the venerable old BBC news is starting to let the side down.... it's scaring the pss out of me..not that i'm any bodys version of shakespear but, i do not like to hear the word like used out of context...sports commentators who say "yeh..?" at the end of very sentence are rapidly becoming a pet hate allso...are they asking me if i agree with them...? are they trying to start an argument..? for whom is the implied question meant..? his fellow commentator..? a passing rabbit..? a rabbit passing..? or is he just attempting to rea-sure the viewer that he (the commentator) has an infallible font of knowledge and experience in the field..yet is so insecure about it that he has to ask for comfirmation of this at the end of his every statement..makes no sense to me...lol...:rotfl: if we carry on like this ..we will be back making grunting noises and swinging from trees fighting each other for bannanas eventually __________________ the world's tinyiest sh3 supermod- and other SH3/SH2 stuff http://www.ebort2.co.uk/ The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. W.B.Yeats Last edited by CB..; 08-21-06 at 07:30 PM.*

08-22-06, 11:18 AM	#23
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08-22-06, 01:06 PM	#24
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08-22-06, 06:44 PM	#30
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08-21-06, 05:14 PM	#16
Sailor Steve Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I saw a commercial for something (who remembers what?) several years ago, and featured a very bored brunette trying to distract herself while her blonde friend related the following conversation: "He was all like 'No Way', and I was like 'Way'; so he was like 'NO WAY!', and I was like 'WAAAY!', so he was like 'NO WAY!', and I was like..." My personal peeve: 'Impact' is not a verb. The plane did not 'impact' the ground. Global warming does not 'impact' life on Earth. It may have an impact, but it 'affects' life on Earth.

08-22-06, 11:11 AM	#22
Sailor Steve Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I just remembered a good one: back in 1992 there was a major earthquake in San Francisco, which levelled several neighborhoods and a freeway overpass. The female reporter was a perfect example of what Rush Limbaugh likes to call "infobabes". When she was reporting on the status of rescue operations she let slip this glorious flub: "We are efforting to make contact with the rescue station..."

08-22-06, 05:12 PM	#26
Sailor Steve Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Avon, that's like so kewl! Like, totally awesome. Thanks for sharing that, fer sure.

08-22-06, 05:27 PM	#28
Sailor Steve Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Interesting, especially the Bartleby reference that 'contact' is now readily accepted as a verb. I understand that language changes constantly, and my generation's misuse will be the next generation's accepted usage. It just drives the anal-retentive among us crazy.

08-22-06, 05:51 PM	#29
Wim Libaers Samurai Navy Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Flanders Posts: 569 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I sometimes have the same feeling when I see people of my own generation (I'm 24 years old) who make serious grammatical errors.