Like You Know
Recent studies show that "like" is the most commonly used word in American English. Then there are some cuss words and the sixth most popular word is "huh." The sixth most popular word in England is "yob."
Lately I'm fascinated with Massachusetts colloqualisms. Today I "banged" my first "u-ie." Friday we had a "wicked pissah." I'll figure it out.
Ok let's do this thing. Team Force Alpha, it's time to move out.
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I remember the very moment as a young one, noticing other girls that said "like," too much. I wish I had never heard those girls say "like," at all.
Ohhh, like God. WMP is like so totally like turning like PREP or something like that.
I ain't banged a u-ie in years. Ah, the memories. BUT...you're not official Taxachusetts ilk until you've worked "balls" or "ballsy" into sentence as a positive adjective, e.g., "That hemi is wicked ballsy" or "That show last night was the balls".
Got Links to those studies? Is there one for Australian as well?
ha, that remind me when I was in the plane from London to Cali, I was sitting inbetween two cali birds, and they won't stop saying 'like' and 'totally' in every single bloody sentence, argh!
Aww, man. Ya know? It's like, um, dude. I mean, DUDE!
In Mexico is not that better at all. instead of "dude", most kids nowadays use "guey"(it's pronounced in a similar fashion to "way") or "equis"(which is an equivalent to "whatever"). Vocabulary is a sad thing on this inter-web days.
American English is, like, all about the similes.
What the crap is ding dang yob?
I wonder if Like is as common as "um" or "uh". It's often used the same way, as an interjection! Like, uh, Jeff Rowland is a cool, um, dude.
In Massachusetts, banging a u-ie is not only encouraged, it is pretty much required in some places if you want to get where you are going.
In Rhode Island we used to "hook" a u-ie. I swear it's like a different planet up there in Mass.
Valley Girl speak is one of the best reasons to abandon the Yucca Mountain project and send all of our nuclear waste to San Fernando.
down in CT it's refered to as bang a u-ie as well.
Dammit Rhode Island, you gotta screw EVERYTHING up. It's high time we invade and make it into East Connecticut...
The curious thing is, like seems to be used where I would of taken a breath.
Do todays kids have a larger lung capacity than those of my day?
(Also, tabloid newspapers are responsible for most of the uses of “Yob” in UK English.)
way to phone it in
Damn those tabloids. I was wondering why yob was so high on Jeffery's study, I havn't heard it in ages.
You forgot to end your sentences with "hey". as in, "Pass me a Sammy, hey."
It's okay. You'll get it soon.
Re: U-turns: anyone else call them "flipping a bitch"?
And damn, now I really wish It's Like, You Know would come out on DVD. Funny show.
that reminds me Jeff....you going to be at Connecticon this year?
Am I too late to comment on Massachusettsian lingo? No?
Sweet.
:C
I've got a friend from Mass who has always said "flip a u-ie." It's become a common phrase within my group of friends here in Florida. And it's true, he does take more u-turns than anyone I've ever seen. What's wrong with your roads up there?
We call it flipping a bitch here in New Mexico.
up here in canada, we commonly "bust" and "pull" u-ies, and it is often also reffered to as "bust a nut", often leading to misunderstandings and gasps, as you can imagine.
in related news, i'm much happier hearing "eh" constantly, as opposed to "huh". the "huh" bothers me considerably more than the "like".
massachusetts is the biggity bomb.
i've banged all kinds of u-ies. they never call back. they also don't tell you when your license is suspended over here. gotta do a dag nab freedom of information act to get the info.
dude i had no idea this was a blog. officially.
In San Francisco, It's cop a u-ie. or you know, make a u-turn. either or. haha
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