Do we use the word 'like' too much?

supernova84

A lot of people nowadays are finding it difficult to have a conversation without the use/overuse of the word 'like' in a sentence when describing something. I feel its usage really took off when the US comedy Friends was introduced in the mid 90's.
Do you think you use 'like' too much and do the overusers get on your nerves?

Battered Mars Bar

No, I don't use it. There again I be somewhat intelligent I do. I wouldn't converse with people who speak that way like.

chin_grin

Like, yeah, you know? Like?

EdenHazard

Ya know what I mean, loike

shopaholic01

It's used to death in Kildare, with the does be's and the do be's, I done and I seen.

Yes, we're a sophisticated lot here like.

Jammy Donut

My friend over there likes you.... will ya shift her?


Jasus I'd need a forklift to shift her loike!





ETA: I blame Facefook

im invisible

Like, totally

eth0

ah ya know what i mean like ya know yerself like.

write a bit of code like for my project you know yourself. have a blank page here like fill it up with ould semicolons and brackets and a few words of code like you know what i mean so i can get my project to work like cause like i need to have it handed up last week like

eth0

im invisible wrote: »

Like, totally

Thats the american version of it. like, totally, omg like, a pineapple!

LH Pathe

But there's not that much I actually like, like..

so like, no

Eathrin

No I don't overuse it but I'll admit to having developed bad "eh" and "like" habits.
So I'm a hypocrite because I hate hearing it being thrown into every sentence 3 times.

im invisible

Public static void main like

floutingmaxims

I've started finding it increasingly difficult to leave it out of what I'm saying especially when telling a story. I think almost everybody has fallen victim to saying "i was like.. and then i was like". I've been practicing though, now i like to say "Says I" or "I says". Something more Irish about it :pac:

IM0

not enough like

Jammy Donut

eth0 wrote: »

im invisible wrote: »

Like, totally

Thats the american version of it. like, totally, omg like, a pineapple!

Like oh my gosh, your totally right lol.

admiralofthefleet

totally, like

theteal

im invisible wrote: »

Public static void main like

nightmares from my IT illiterate past :eek:

earpiece

Like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx-siLoRmgc

Chamone MF

Don't say their name.

Svetti Arss

I hate that ****en word like. Like you can't tell if a person was born and raised in Dublin or the USA from an accent anymore.

Svetti Arss

earpiece wrote: »

Like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx-siLoRmgc

Can't stand that clip. One of the most annoying voices in the country.

stimpson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgpFwzEwZa4

Canis Lupus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgpFwzEwZa4

Canis Lupus

Duuuuude that's like.... freaky timing.. ^^^^^^

stimpson

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Duuuuude that's like.... freaky timing.. ^^^^^^

Like totally!

ascanbe

A fine piece of writing that tackles this subject:

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/01/hitchens-like-201001

DB21

Like all bad things in life, it's Cork's fault.

pragmatic1

Very common word up in Donegal. Probably due to our proximity to the north as nordies use it all the time.

leggo

I blame Facebook. And also Cork.

tahina

"Oh my god like, like is used way too much like, do ya get me like? Ya know what im saying like?do ya get me drift like?"

Like is used sooo god damn much i cant even remeber what it means Anymore lolz

someuser905

it is overused by dickheads who cant control the words they say

some dickheads even tag it on to the end of sentences when posting - i always read those posts in annoying whingy cork accents