stux⚡️Maybe it's the Dutchie in me but I sooo cannot stand how it's normal in American TV shows that everyone says "like" in every freaking sentence 
Like dis, like that, like, like, like 
It sounds so uh.. dumb..
martin lentink 🇪🇺 🇺🇦📎@stux
like sooo dumb you know...
like sooo dumb you know...
dan0h@stux its entered UK youth culture quite extensively too, I can't stand it.
anubis2814@stux Generational teen speech, Think shaggy from Scooby doo. In mystery Inc Velma was trying to get Shaggy not to say it so much. As adults we still use it where it technically shouldn't be, but its now used more to as emphasis and have become a bit more sophisticate in its use. Its something the next generation hasn't picked up as much and I'm sure they will develop their own just as maddening verbal ticks to define their generation.
@anubis2814 Huh! I bet indeed 🤔
I just caught myself on how it annoys me so much
Ofc not all shows but indeed with teens in a 'reality' thing
@stux I think it works as a less annoying replacement to um. Gives the speaker more time to think.
Anibal Pacheco@stux I agree that it's a bit annoying, but it is one of many quirks of American English.
✡️ MG ✡️ #VoteBlue@anibalpacheco @stux relatively recent, though. All stemming from a 1983 film exaggerating the behavior of young women in SoCal known as Valley girls - white teen women from upper income families in the San Fernando Valley. It's almost 40 years ago, and still unfortunately relevant.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/is-valley-girl-speak--like--on-the-rise-
Mans R@stux At least they're not saying subscribe.
Attila Kinali
James Wells@stux
She's like "Like you have no idea" and I'm like "I know right?"
She's like "Like you have no idea" and I'm like "I know right?"
@stux
I am old enough to remember when 'like' started getting used like that... My parents hated listening to me when I would talk that way.
I am old enough to remember when 'like' started getting used like that... My parents hated listening to me when I would talk that way.
@nikatjef Sometimes is totally okay 
But some people use it in EVERY sentence at that point is useless
Matilda@nikatjef @stux Same. And yet now we can’t stop! It’s actually really interesting how it’s embedded in most levels of American English now. I suspect a lot of people don’t even realize they use it. Mostly I see that we use it for pause effect, so if I’m writing in a very casual conversational style I even include it in writing sometimes.
Jeff@stux That's just, like, how we talk!
CTrevethan🐡🥣@stux be grateful you don’t have to hear it in real life. It happens in Canada too. I was on the train and there was a group talking.. like, totally like, yeah, like you know 🙉 😂
Aaron Innes@stux blame California, they like started it.
Dusty 
@headclouded @stux you, like, should be.
@stux although it is better than uhm
papiris@stux
I agree, just the other day I had to fight my way through a podcast where "you know" was used in every other sentence.
I get it, I have trouble speaking succinctly on stage as well, lots of people do, but as a listener... it's, like, you know, annoying
I agree, just the other day I had to fight my way through a podcast where "you know" was used in every other sentence.
I get it, I have trouble speaking succinctly on stage as well, lots of people do, but as a listener... it's, like, you know, annoying
@papiris @stux Japan has their own version of "you know" that is very common, and makes the person appear less controversial and more agreeable. Of course when you say that, if the person thinks they need to sound engaged they have to continue commenting or asking questions that seem pointless from a western mindset to appear polite.
Kins@stux that it does! But unfortunately it’s the reality of American speech and it’s really quite disgusting.
Matt Wilcox@stux verbal ticks are, like, really bad when you notice them.
JohnVoltz@stux ok. Part of whats happening: they are using ‘like’ to fill space when they don’t know exactly what to say and partly to keep a rhythm to their speech.
Lots of language and cultures do this.
One helpful way to improve an accent, is to listen to the sound speakers make when pausing. Americans generally say ‘uh.’ French say ‘eh’ or like how ‘eu’ is pronounced. These sounds help show the posture of the mouth, tongue, throat, etc. of native speakers.
Cool huh?
@johnvoltz @stux Exactly!
Jette10@stux I remember as a teen in the 60’s we would say “cock” instead of cool or neat before awesome or amazing came around. My parents were horrified. But that’s just like what we did 😜
WJJH@stux Dutchie here, but I am not convinced Dutch TV is in any way or form superior to this.
john lehet@stux I'm American, and I've always hated it. I bugged my kids growing up so they wouldn't do it. They don't.
Jeff Lindborg
Douglas @revdjenk Jenkins@stux
Like, what's your problem?
hee hee
Caleb@stux I'm in England and people say it constantly here. It's pretty stupid.
Stoneface Vimes@stux I'm just English and I dislike it too. Really, like, dislike it.
John CarlsenLike oh ma god totally...
It's... like... so 1982, when Frank Zappa and his daughter Moon Unit Zappa made a little song about it.
Frank & Moon Zappa Valley Girl (Enhanced)
Ted Garrison@stux
As American, most of our modern tv shows are absolutely stupid. They are truly made to please the lowest intelligence.
Probably why we tend to watch a lot of Britbox stuff.
notchrist@Tedgarrison3 @stux yeah american shows are stupid and braindead at the same time
Jurjen1973@stux I like your post! 😄
Jay Wendt@stux Sounds "like" you are getting beatnik shows from 1960s as if whatever.
لا آلهة ، لا سادة@Jaygdwendt @stux yeah dog that's how we talk and just so you're aware y'all sound silly to us so we're square ^^
@xjix @stux Swear heard that exact line on early 60s Mannix show. I always liked Coaster's Charlie Brown. I do recall Joe Black (1950 rookie of year MLB Dodgers) out front of high school. Fight began, one had knife. Joe tucked the one under his arm & beautiful upper cut caught the knifer under chin he went up air landing on steps out cold. A lot said about teacher using violence, but Mr. Black was right. Too late for talk. He probably saved a life or least prevent severe injury.
Jay Thoden van Velzen ☁️🛡️
@stux is that so much better than an entire nation that speaks in half-phrases? 😅
Leuk geweest?
Ja lachen man
Was-eh hoe heet-ie d'r ook?
de hele boel, gezellig, toch
geinig
Richard Kleim@stux maybe better than grunting uh-huh every other word like you do!
gtrump@stux
That, like...needed saying.
That, like...needed saying.
Garibaldi’s Homeopathic Bike@stux I have become so irritated with the use of "you guys" in YouTube videos that I generally move on to something else upon hearing that phrase.
Even if the topic or theme of the video seemed interesting.
Even if the topic or theme of the video seemed interesting.
AnthrodivaLike the F word, it is versatile:
"over time, it's not developed one, but four more definitions, each serving an entirely different purpose... the quotative, used to quote our own or someone else's words....A filler mainly used for pause and flow...An adverb, also known as a hedge, that's used for approximation....And what's known as a discourse particle, to emphasize a point."
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-americans-say-like-so-much-2020-3
djscottanderson@stux agree… nobody bastardises English as badly as the US
Jamie Tee@stux I’m sure there’s some equivalent in your language. It’s partly a space holder to allow the speaker to think like uhm 🤷♀️ It’s pretty common in Canada as well as it’s had at least 30 years to infiltrate NA English. I dunno. I’m in my mid 40’s, used to it I suppose, and probably use it more than I would consciously recognise.
Zeeroh Bovine@stux If you want to hear where it got a toehold, check out Frank Zappa's "Valley Girl." His then-teenage daughter Moon Unit riffed the Southern California 80s teenspeak.
Like, gag me with a spoon ;-)