I’d never heard that either. It’s almost as bad as house plant owners who call themselves plant parents, give their plants names and refer to them as he or she😝
I’d never heard that either. It’s almost as bad as house plant owners who call themselves plant parents, give their plants names and refer to them as he or she😝
I just despair. What has happened to the people of this country?
I agree almost entirely about plants but Bob has lived with us for about 30 years. Have you watered Bob? is much easier than have you watered the nephrolepsis exultata?
There was an American language professor on Radio 4 yesterday talking about the use of 'like' and just saying that it was a change in how we use language - and that such changes happen all the time. She explained the various language constructs where 'like' had infiltrated - and I followed what she was saying, as she partly argued that the new 'like' constructs added to the language and replaced potentially more formal/staid use.
I think that's fine if you understand what like is being used to replace. IE the woman was a professor who understood language and that 'like' used in such a way replaces blah and in another replaces blah-blah. She knew exactly why she used like and what its effect was.
My problem with its use, is that I'm not convinced that the people using the 'new' like constructs know what they're replacing. It's just become laziness - and not a choice - a dumbing down in effect. Imitating a peer without understanding what or why.
That's odd, Steve, I only listen to radio 4,and I've turned off numerous times, when "like," is used in every sentence. Also drives me nuts when people start a conversation with "so".
I think it's a verbal tic similar to ( felt I had to avoid like🙄) 'you know' , 'innit' . It's used to encourage agreement or empathy "I was like gutted when I saw her snogging my bloke"
I wonder if there were any words I used as at youngster that would drive my parents to despair and whether they have now become accepted parlance or just been dropped with passing time.
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What has happened to the people of this country?
Have you watered Bob? is much easier than have you watered the nephrolepsis exultata?