Friday Funnies: Quotative Like

Feb 21, 2015 09:36

XKCD shows us just how hard core linguists can be when it comes to the 'quotative like'.


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gossamera February 21 2015, 23:29:20 UTC
So, we're in favor of people acting and sounding stupider? I actually think this is a bigger argument for smarter people to raise kids! Very little is as grating as someone saying repetive jargon, such as "like" "fuck" "knowhati'msayin" "er.." "um.."

Or we're working under the principle that just because everyone does something makes it okay or a good idea, which is a slippery slop considering the amount of rape and child abuse in the world which has existed forever.

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