And then like....

[SarahFair]

and then like and like and like and like and like
MAKE IT STOP!

I have gotten into such a bad habbit of saying like. I cant break it!
When I tell a story I say it atleast 10x
I dont know what to put there instead. It just pops out!
UGHHHHHH

 

[TennesseeTruly]

LOL my stepdad says:

...and everything like that...

It used to drive us nuts as kids.

"I was walking down the street, and everything like that, and a man came up to me, and everything like that, he asked me if I had a cigarette, and everything like that, and I told him no, and everything like that, and he got mad, and everything like that."

See??? ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

That's literally how he speaks and has since I was 12, I'm going to be 47!! LOL

Laurie

 

[SarahFair]

haha..
Its soo hard to break!

Ill start thinking to myself in the middle of a story 'man, youve got to stop saying like' then ill start trying to concentrate on stopping, it distracts me of my story.

 

[ksacres]

It's just a fill word, like um, or well. Gives your brain time to communicate with your mouth to make the correct words come out.

TenneTru- Sounds like your dad just needs more filler time than most.

 

[fowltemptress]

Do not, I repeat, do NOT rent or buy "My So Called Life." It's one of my favorite shows, but every time I watch it it takes about ten weeks for me to quit saying "like." Arrgh!

I prefer it to um, uh, or y'know, though.

 

[SarahFair]

I use um alot too..

Hey um, Kyle, could you um, you know like uhh... Get that thing over there for me?

AHH its soo bad!

 

[Ec_Prokta]

Guilty as charged. I always say like every now and then... Um is also good.

 

[thebritt]

When my daughter says that, I ask if she means that whatever it is is "similar to" or is it really that way? eg., "I was like so mad" - were you really mad, or feeling an emotion similar to being so mad? She would always play along and say which was true.

 

[wombat]

Say "eh?" instead, pretend to be Canadian.