[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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[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.

[threetimesaday]

Ignoring the fact you're, like, 50 or something.

[tru_sojourner]

Do I look that old, dear?

[threetimesaday]

Don't know. Hence the "or something".

[tru_sojourner]

You ought to be more firm in your answers.

[threetimesaday]

Never been the kind of person to follow the ought-to-bes of society.

Who're you again?

[tru_sojourner]

Odysseus is what everyone calls me.

I think dear Scylla quite fancies you.

Idk why she's telling him this.

[threetimesaday]

OMG. Scylla totally ate a bunch of your guys ♥

Yeah, she already told me. Why'd she think Charybdis would think it was weird? Already told her it wasn't.

[tru_sojourner]

I hardly know myself.

[threetimesaday]

Thought you were supposed to be seriously clever.

[tru_sojourner]

Ah, you have me there. I'm afraid no clever puns can explain Scylla's affinity for you though.

[threetimesaday]

Puns aren't necessarily clever and we staying friends, so... whatever?

[tru_sojourner]

Oh, but my puns are. But if you are happy, then 'whatever' is a perfectly good reason.