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Please, ya know, like stop!
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in N. Ireland
Very annoying when, ya know, folk keep saying, like, ya know, unnecessary words like, it's especially annoying in a, ya know, tv or radio interview like.
Please stop!
Please stop!
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What about "so"? It seems to be the hip (and pointless) new way to start every sentence.“What means that trump?” Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare0
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Or the use of the word "cool" in generally any context.0
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It's a bit much.....so it is0
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And my favourite pet hate - ending a statement as if it was a question.0
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Grinds my gears too.
"LIKE".... an incredibly annoying Americanism that has infected the young un's now. Some of them cant string a sentence together without saying "like" several times.
"I was like, so mad at him, like, he just like, doesnt know when to like....."0 -
Your wee table's ready - here's your wee bill - what's your wee number - cracks me up.0
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On reflection, possibly worse than the 'like', 'ya know' and 'cool' is pluralising (how's that for a word) you into youse, that really grates on the senses. This topic is making me wonder what speech abonomitations I'm guilty of.........��0
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It's know as upspeak or high rising terminal. (HRT).
There was a great programme a few months ago or Radio 4 devoted to it.0 -
I came across a joke programming language definition once, for a "Californian" language.
Each statement was prefixed with the keyword "like" and terminated with the words "you know".
Like x = 10 you know0
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