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grunger

11th December 2019, 15:18
orson

I don't like like either. Also don't like "I was like.............." used by youngsters and the like.

Even worse is "I was happy, like"

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grunger

11th December 2019, 15:33
jigjag

I heard the book review too. I have asked for it as a Christmas present.
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malone

11th December 2019, 15:39
Orson and Grunger

I too - like most right-thinking people - hate the use and spread of 'like'. I've just inadvertently clicked on the first page of this thread - and Rossim's post there referred to the same topic. That was on 30th January - almost a year later, we're still, like, finding ourselves irritated by uses like that.

Jigjag

Glad you're showing such a keen interest in my book. I'm sure you weren't too disappointed to miss out on sailing stuff - checking the apostrophes were all in the right places would have disrupted the rhythm of your reading. The 'correct' title seems a little … cumbersome, clunky, charmless...
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leapy

12th December 2019, 09:52
Has anyone noticed the growing use of SO. Asked a question, the trendy young things reply "So, I was like on the bus" etc. Celeb's are now joining the ranks, or maybe they started it.
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orson

12th December 2019, 10:51
One cannot but help notice it, Leapy. I often listen to You and Yours on Radio 4 in which various people are interviewed and they often begin each response with that word. And yet these people have been chosen to go on radio because they're good at speaking, I presume.
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tyke51

12th December 2019, 12:22
Leapy & Orson

I also listen to Radio 4 a lot - if the person being interviewed starts with a `So` I immediately expect them to spout a load of rubbish ... I`m rarely disappointed !
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grunger

12th December 2019, 14:50
My copy of the Times was not delivered today. Could anybody please e-mail the Crossword to me doris@downingst.co.uk

But please be quick - I am moving tomorrow.

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tyke51

12th December 2019, 15:07
Don`t forget to take the cat with you!
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malone

12th December 2019, 15:07
Grunger, there's confidence for you....
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jigjag

12th December 2019, 15:27
Grunger

If you are Doris/Boris, I am Mr Corbyn.

Best wishes

Jeremy Is Great Just Ask Grunger
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