[003] How much we 'like' language

[tru_sojourner]

Who is it that fooled me into believing the word 'like' had only a few precise meanings?  Webster's Dictionary seems to do no justice to the English language.  Today, unfortunately, I came across a group of students who managed to use the word 'like' more times in a sentence than the word 'I

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[slave_to_fate]

I think it is more a new language, rather than a fad.

[tru_sojourner]

How unfortunate, languages have been reduced to this.

[slave_to_fate]

To be fair, this is not our language.

[tru_sojourner]

Thankfully, yes. But it is slowly and surely going to be one of the most popular.

[threetimesaday]

Totally been talking to too many teenagers.

[tru_sojourner]

I'm afraid I can't escape today's youth, even if I wanted to.

[threetimesaday]

Try being one of them.

[tru_sojourner]

I'm afraid I wouldn't succeed.

[pennywaits]

If it is a fad, it is a very lasting one.

[tru_sojourner]

I'm glad young Telemachus isn't here to experience this.

[tru_sojourner]

That's quite a few people, I'm afraid.

[tru_sojourner]

College students, my dear.

[highpurenote]

...And now I am glad that I don't have to work with young people.

[tru_sojourner]

It's not so much the people as it is the way they speak.

[highpurenote]

Are you sure it's not the people?

[tru_sojourner]

Never. People are part of nature, disfigurement of language is not.