Do we, like, overuse like?
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- Like like-minded linguists have said, the word "like" is, like, among the most versatile of words - like the Swiss Army Knife of modern American linguistics. I think we like it?
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Like yes but like it isn’t like i don’t like it or anything like that
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Like, like like-like like like like
likewise
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I like Dr. Erica the most
Not just like, but like like her.
And Dr Emily zarkoff. @@0xsunil
I wish I liked and subscribed to my grammar class so I could use more than 3 out of the 10 usages of like on command.
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An attention focuser! I knew there just had to be a word for something like that.
If adding like to make like-like changes the verb, could like also be considered an adverb?
Obligatory hooty pfp response of like, I really like that bird-like worm
this is known as contrastive focus reduplication. The repetition (hence "reduplication") makes us focus on the more stereotypical qualities of a word, like a "book-book" instead of an "e-book" I first learned about this in the Vsauce video "Is cereal soup"
You're my favorite linguistics series online, Dr. Erica! Keep being you!
Her name is Connie, actually
@@NJ-wb1cz Since when?
@@thatrandomguyig5367 since forever
@@thatrandomguyig5367 since she became a linguist
And if you're a Zelda fan, don't forget about Like-Likes!
You twit. Take my like and leave.
I know it’s just a video list, but my heart still fluttered a little when I heard that Dr B “Like like-likes” me
I liked this video. 👍
Like I don't understand? Likely. Like you can see, English isn't my native language, like for most people in the world. Like 👍
Joke is, like, on you. I already liked the video before watching it!
...AS IF!
Ok, Dr. Erica, I may "like" like you as well 😊
This would be maddening for an ESL student😅
It is almost as bad as that buffalo buffalo...buffalo sentence.
Like, zoinks!
Don't make my mistake...
In Malay, the there's the word "pun"(pronounced "pown"), and it's a conjunction that has the same meaning of the word "like".
Me, being a naive 10 year old at that time, wrote a composition without using that single conjunction, and was reprimanded by the teacher.
"I thought"pun" was loaned from a foreign language, so I didn't use it", and my teacher replied: "It's a conjunction, you can use it how much you like, as long as it fits the grammar".
So, don't, make my mistake, use how many likes, whatever you want as long as it fits.
A word that is more versatile then the Fbomb
It's a likeable word
Great short!
I *like* how in the verb example there is actually two different versions of the word there already.
That was NOT a Northern English accent, that was very Southern
She's like doing her best, chill
It was LIKE one
@@stellangios when that's the only criticism for a video, it's a pretty good one in my opinion. Still, as a Northener it is rather important
From the Moon family school of acting
@@the_almightyone As an American, 6 years ago, I'd have no idea what you are talking about. But living in Manchester now, I understand where you are coming from.
I think they can be broken down into two categories, like as in "similar to" for all of the comparison usages and connecting words and like as in "enjoyment of" for liking someone and video likes. Sure, there are lots of grammatical differences, but the base meaning doesn't change much. It's great because "similar to" leaves reasonable room for error, meaning you can say things after, or even before "like" that might not be 100% accurate
I really like this video so I gave it a like. Will you be like me? And like- like the video?
Remember... like is a four letter word. 😉
It like never crossed my mind.
Dear gods like YES!
A true Saturday night noughties McGuiness(ism) went something like, "No likey, no lighty." Now where do we get things like that from? Man-O Man of course.
I like it!
I like it
Number 9 was the Northern English sentence ender, but you went about as Southern English as you can get. 😂 It's interesting to see it acknowledged at all by a foreigner, though.
Like is also mean "say/said" :
He's like, "Nooooohhh!"😅😅
I could not form "like" as a child. So I had to learn all sorts of vocabulary 😅
Shaggy be like: Mannnn!! Like why are you saying like so many times in the same sentence
I like this women above all other Heavenly creatures
Dthang the NY rapper needs to watch this video.
Almost as versatile as the word f*ck!
I've completly removed the filler like, but I'm still guilty of #14 from time to time
I like to call that “Shaggy-speak.”
This is why I like your videos, and... like... why I left you a like.
Don’t forget a proper noun: 🎶 _The name of the place is, “I Like It Like That.”_
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say I’d call that northern English one an Irish like. Of course, as a southern English person I consider Ireland up north but that goes for Birmingham, Cornwall and Spain too
Having my teen years in the 90's I always thought 'like' was this flash in the pan overused word with our generation alone. I have even attempted and failed miserably to stop using it -- but it seems that it is actually a much bigger thing (and I don't have to worry about overusing it anymore).
I like this video so much I gave it a like
Suuuuperb!
Here’s a word that is used in many emotional situations, as a command, as a plea, but is very weak in every way it’s used. Do you have a better word to replace the word HEY!?
I kind of enjoy "like" and it's many uses.
What makes me clench my teeth, however, is "literally."
Though I'm probably fighting a losing battle on this one.
This is like how us Scots use a certain swear word.
And, like, how us Glaswegians use that other really bad swear word.
I like to use "like" like a conjunctive, like, "... like, ummm, you know..., so, like, I get time to like try to remember, like, what I was talking about, like, you know, like a "professor moment" or if I like what I'm saying about like. Yeah, like that.
Who art thou and why dost thou teach me of this tongue I never knew I needed?
From California. I say like so often. 😅 Like.... 🤣🤣🤣
"Like" in any use other than a verb was a very weird thing to learn in ESL.
How would Match say “Cheese is aged milk”?
She would say, “Cheese, like, is, like, aged, like, milk”
The use of "like" to mean "said", "thought", "replied", etc. is unacceptable and should be abolished.
I do think we Americans use it too much and especially as a filler word. I use to say like as a filler word a lot as a teen and 20 something by the late 20’s and 30’s, I mostly stopped using it as a filler.
My guess is that I use to speak faster and I used like a when my brain was still thinking of the rest of my thought. Today i speak slower and I just pause if I need to. Occasionally I use “umm” which as replaced lots of my like as a filler word
Liked 👍
I like like, like quite a bit.
I Like you too
I wish to be full of childlike wonder
This sounds too much like me
You can, like, always keep going when you, like, use the same exact example over and over.
Like, ya know 😊
I don't know what not horrible is so cold Northern English thing was. Whoever told you that needs to be like told how very wrong they are
I used to hate filler morphemes before getting into linguistics as a hobby then the more I knew about the structure behind them in different languages and dialects I liked them and now I hate it again not for using them but the correlation of saying them a lot with saying the most braindead stuff to come out of a human.
This is like BDG's video on Haha What, but actually from an educational standpoint
Haha! What?
I would say "look like" is a phrasal verb
Yep, like
You are like the cutest host ever
I caught that wink 😉 . Have a like (noun)!
Please explain as a linguist why the speed of speaking has accelerated so much in the past decade. People speak incredibly fast but without much sense…
I am not a native speaker. Quite often I hear native speakers say 'like' in every other sentence. It's like, he is like, she is like, and then I was like...... As a non native speaker I get very annoyed by this overusage of the word like. Am I the only one ? Do native speakers also get annoyed by this?
That was not a northern accent that was the most southern accent I've ever heard and I'm from the south
Giving AOC tease
Oh My God, I hate this word, and yeah we are overuse it.
I so guilty of this 😭 Like and really
Do I like this video? Or do I like like this video? I don’t know…I’m so embarrassed 😊. Why is everyone staring at me? 🤣
I kinda like the video
I like like. Like like is a word unlike any other- but not all 'like with like' is like- likeable. Although icecream and gelato are certainly 'like with like' and mostly likeable AND lickable 🍦🍨😋. If you like.
Like, TOTALLY NOT! It's, like, none of your beeswax how many times per minute others use the word "like". 🙄
Like like is too overused but like its like the top of the pyramid. Its like idk.
Do you like like? Or do you like like like?
😊😊
Like
Like, what's with that monster in the closet Scoob
Like, it was the 80s. Like, whatever.
Like, get over it.
😉
As a Pole I thought half of these were the same, just fillers when you don't want to say ummmm
liked
Like feels weird to read or hear now....😅
As a native Northern English speaker. Nope, you made that one up.
Or it's a post-millenial affectation, so hardly qualifies as native usage.
Really? Is it LIKE that?
What if 'like', like, were used in, like, its proper grammatical form and not, like, as a conversational pause, like every third, like word?
Valley girls be like
Perhaps we could use the word less?
By far my least favorite word
As if
Like that is for a future episode.
I hate it.
I now think this word should be banned from use in English.