I've noticed an annoying trend with the kiddos. That is, the abundant interjection of the word, "like" in all of their conversations. I probably wouldn't have picked up on it, but Isaac in particular is a big "like" user.
When excitedly explaining something, he might include 4 or 5 "likes" right in a row, in machine-gun-like staccato.
Then, around 3am the other morning Ethan started talking in his sleep. All he said was "like" about ten times. (I was listening eagerly for him to come to a point, but he never did.)
It makes me wonder where they could have possibly picked up this little habit. It must be TV, because there is like no way it was from me.
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That's like the cutest story, like I've ever heard. How are these kids like talking like this, it's like really annoying and like driving me insane as well... like geez...
"Like" is all over BYU. Maybe in the 90's all TV characters started using it and that's where we picked it up. Sometimes Baxter and I catch each other using "like" too much. Now a lot of conversations in class start with, "Like, you know the constitution is so, like..."
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