It's, like, so amazing......

[irodger]

I'm sure the PH Language and Grammar Police will have something to say on this......

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11426737

[mattviatura]

The word 'like', or more accurately "laahk" bothers me immensely.

[anonymous-user]

i like, so fancy emma thompson like well much....

[motco]

The BBC2 'Classroom Experiment' programme on Monday and Tuesday, if you saw it, will have shown where the sloppy speech comes from: the teachers!

[Frankeh]

While not actually being cleverer (bleh) than my peers I've been told I come off that way.
I'm pretty certain it's because I don't use 'like' as a adverb.

[colonel c]

The important point is the ability to speak properly outside of the group of friends. This is where the media aimed at young pople can let them down. It's no surprise that some young pople feel alienated from the wider society if they can not communicate properly.

However I don't think this is a big problem, once exposure to the working environment takes hold. In fact I find it interesting listening to some of the younger people I work with switching between speaking relatively 'normally' with older people and instantly using modern slang when taking a call from a mate.

[Pothole]

funny how neither of the academics say anything about this use:

"Many of these uses of 'like' originate in America," says Dr Groves. "They were probably introduced into British English through the media, like films and television."

[V8mate]

pablo said:

i like, so fancy emma thompson like well much....

She is so dirty. Nothing is off-limits with her.

[maxrider]

Listen to Scott Mills (if you can bear to) and his sidekick Becky, I entertain myself by counting how many times they say 'like' in each link.

Ditto fatso Moyles.

[mattviatura]

maxrider said:

Listen to Scott Mills (if you can bear to) and his sidekick Becky, I entertain myself by counting how many times they say 'like' in each link.

Ditto fatso Moyles.

Scott Mills off of Radio One? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[ewenm]

maxrider said:

Listen to Scott Mills (if you can bear to) and his sidekick Becky, I entertain myself by counting how many times they say 'like' in each link.

Ditto fatso Moyles.

And "off of"...

[Frankeh]

Nothing wrong with "Off of" in my opinion.

[Pothole]

The use of off of as a preposition is considered incorrect by most authorities and is not suitable for formal or business use. Off of can be replaced with on or off: "Scott Mills on (off of) Radio 1""; "He took a paper off (off of) his desk".

[Frankeh]

Pothole said:

The use of off of as a preposition is considered incorrect by most authorities and is not suitable for formal or business use. Off of can be replaced with on or off: "Scott Mills on (off of) Radio 1""; "He took a paper off (off of) his desk".

Language evolves, though.
I wonder if there were people listening to Shakespeares' plays and shouting out "You fool! Bubble is not a word!"

[ewenm]

Frankeh said:

Pothole said:

The use of off of as a preposition is considered incorrect by most authorities and is not suitable for formal or business use. Off of can be replaced with on or off: "Scott Mills on (off of) Radio 1""; "He took a paper off (off of) his desk".

Language evolves, though.
I wonder if there were people listening to Shakespeares' plays and shouting out "You fool! Bubble is not a word!"

"Off of" isn't a new word, it's existing words used incorrectly. Like putting an apostrophe in the wrong place, for example.

[motco]

A chap of my acquaintance who hails from Brum never says 'off of' but daan saaf here it's normal.

[Pothole]

ewenm said:

Frankeh said:

Pothole said:

The use of off of as a preposition is considered incorrect by most authorities and is not suitable for formal or business use. Off of can be replaced with on or off: "Scott Mills on (off of) Radio 1""; "He took a paper off (off of) his desk".

Language evolves, though.
I wonder if there were people listening to Shakespeares' plays and shouting out "You fool! Bubble is not a word!"

"Off of" isn't a new word, it's existing words used incorrectly. Like putting an apostrophe in the wrong place, for example.

Indeed. I had hoped that my post explained that. After all, language is about communicating isn't it?

[Frankeh]

Pothole said:

ewenm said:

Frankeh said:

Pothole said:

The use of off of as a preposition is considered incorrect by most authorities and is not suitable for formal or business use. Off of can be replaced with on or off: "Scott Mills on (off of) Radio 1""; "He took a paper off (off of) his desk".

Language evolves, though.
I wonder if there were people listening to Shakespeares' plays and shouting out "You fool! Bubble is not a word!"

"Off of" isn't a new word, it's existing words used incorrectly. Like putting an apostrophe in the wrong place, for example.

Indeed. I had hoped that my post explained that. After all, language is about communicating isn't it?

Do you look puzzled when' someone says "Off of" in conversation. Do you sit there and ponder for hours what on earth the person meant?

If not then communication hasn't been inhibited and you're just being pedantic.

'Like' however can make communication a chore as it takes much longer for someone to say something. It's used like the noise "errrm".

[Sticks.]

Reminded me of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTmuteEFQjs&fea...

[Jimbeaux]

Pothole said:

funny how neither of the academics say anything about this use:

"Many of these uses of 'like' originate in America," says Dr Groves. "They were probably introduced into British English through the media, like films and television."

That very aggrevating term was st forth, more specifically, from California "Valley girls" and found its way into the mainstream through movies meant to be comedy. Sadly, it was taken seriously by the youth.