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ukalumni00

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Sounds like my wife and her friends who are all in their 40’s. Drives me insane
 

wildcatdon

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William I converse with a bunch every day because they work at my company. It is really sad listening to it.
 

812scottj

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And the overuse of “sort of” and the vocal fry thing...pseudo intellectual bull crap
 
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JamesIII

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What else do you enjoy talking about bigbluedon if you don't "like" their conversations?
 

ukalumni00

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I do a good bit of public speaking and I literally video tape myself practicing just to make sure I do not say "um" and "like". Huge pet peeve of mine and its beyond crazy how many older well accomplished professionals say it all the time.
 

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I do a good bit of public speaking and I literally video tape myself practicing just to make sure I do not say "um" and "like". Huge pet peeve of mine and its beyond crazy how many older well accomplished professionals say it all the time.

Same. Big focus of Toastmasters.
 

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Parents next door neighbor talked nonstop & ended every sentence with "ya know".
 

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812scottj

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“Vocal Fry” is referenced on Howard Stern all time...hard to describe in writing...you have to hear it to understand
 
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My daughter had a friend who visited the house frequently who, honest to god, used to say 'like' 3x in every sentence. I'd get a twitch in my eye listening to her. My daughter started picking up the habit until I began interrupting her with the work 'like' every time she said it. She'd say, 'That's so annoying that you interrupt me by saying 'like'". I'd say, I know. She quit saying it, though. Now, her BF, who is an attorney, says it a bunch, too, and she's back into the old habit. Guess I'll have to start being annoying again. It's a burden.
 

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My daughter had a friend who visited the house frequently who, honest to god, used to say 'like' 3x in every sentence. I'd get a twitch in my eye listening to her. My daughter started picking up the habit until I began interrupting her with the work 'like' every time she said it. She'd say, 'That's so annoying that you interrupt me by saying 'like'". I'd say, I know. She quit saying it, though. Now, her BF, who is an attorney, says it a bunch, too, and she's back into the old habit. Guess I'll have to start being annoying again. It's a burden.

So, basically, they both, like, say the word "like", basically every two or three phrases? Like, that would basically drive me up the wall in no time flat.
 

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I knew a fellow once that ended most of his sentences in: "....and everything".

I.E. Paw went to town for twine, and everything. Ernest T threw rocks, and everything.

Like, what is the deal with that?
Was this, by chance, in Paducah? If so, I worked with him. Otherwise - there was another.
 

LadyCaytIL

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I've seen many generations say the word like and ummm and uhh several times ........ there are words your brain falls back on while its trying to think of what to say..... like a buffer word. Its not a single generational thing, its a human brain thing.