The hill I will die on: I really don’t like ‘like’ – or other imprecise and redundant speech

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• Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You know what I’m sayin’?

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    • Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh to be fair “y’know” does grate me, y’know?

      Along with every instructional YouTube video having multiple “go ahead and”.

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• Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Like is often just replacing um or other hesitations.

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• kibiz0r@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Plot twist:

  So-called “filler” is precise and meaningful.

  It conveys an extra layer of messaging, describing attributes of the speaker and how they feel about the literal message they’re communicating — including their relationship to the listener.

  It’s not my fault you’re, like, too simple-minded to get it, dude.

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• Triumph@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If filler words didn't serve a linguistic purpose, they wouldn't exist.

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• luciole@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As a francophone I must cope with a diaspora of language snobs. Their ilk systematically go die on the same hill: hubris (it’s a Greek word look I’m of the privileged class fuck off shit eating peasants). Redundancy is a fundamental and necessary quality of the human language. It’s how we set the table for communication and restore its message despite imperfect transmission contexts. Imprecision is a fundamental and necessary quality of the human language. It’s how we approach and explore complex subject matters in real time we don’t fully grasp yet. It can be how we leave some information out for various reasons as well. So je vous emmerde monsieur de Bernières. The language will thrive and morph despite your protestations. The thesaurus and the dictionary will reflect these changes, not the other way around.

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  • Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But don’t you think it’s significantly more common now than twenty or thirty years ago, or have I just reached the age where it feel as if everyone is using ‘like’ every other word?

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    • luciole@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Of course it’s different then twenty or thirty years ago, always is always will be.

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• RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s tantamount to a hot take.

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• phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Junk speak, like junk food, encourages verbal littering. It has to be one of the worst things about life in Britain

  How do you know someone is completely Nout of touch with reality?

  You know when they say that the word “like” is one of the worst things about life in Britain…

  Really? Is it though? Whenever onder news from Britain, its usually of the “we love fascism!” type abd you are bitching about “like”?

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• apotheotic@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Old man shouting at clouds type shit

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• HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I know. Right! Don’t get me started.

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• Toneswirly@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I find it grating when people say like in every sentence. Especially podcasters, who are paid professionals and I expect them to speak with a little more purpose than the average person. And yet…

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• kbal@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Peak Grauniad

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• StillAlive@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCHLho2UYDI

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