Comments on: “Like” in spoken English http://annehodgson.de/2009/08/26/like-in-spoken-english/ Learning English Online with Anne Hodgson Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anne http://annehodgson.de/2009/08/26/like-in-spoken-english/comment-page-1/#comment-2144 Anne Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:13:54 +0000 http://annehodgson.de/?p=8411#comment-2144 always a good question! poss. response: comme ci, comme ça funny thing, language always a good question!
poss. response:
comme ci, comme ça
funny thing, language

]]> By: chris http://annehodgson.de/2009/08/26/like-in-spoken-english/comment-page-1/#comment-2143 chris Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:12:24 +0000 http://annehodgson.de/?p=8411#comment-2143 Another thing with like, that gives the French learners a problem, having understood like = aimer, is "What's the weather like?" Another thing with like, that gives the French learners a problem, having understood like = aimer, is “What’s the weather like?”

]]> By: Anne http://annehodgson.de/2009/08/26/like-in-spoken-english/comment-page-1/#comment-2142 Anne Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:12:37 +0000 http://annehodgson.de/?p=8411#comment-2142 Me too, Joan, I sometimes want to shake those teen offenders... ;) On the other hand, I think we used to say "um" quite a lot when our teen brains shut down, as brains will. True, Lisa didn't use "like" at all. Interesting. And OMG, you're so right, she does look like she's Amish! I wish I could go to the Electric Picknic Festival coming up in early September and hear all those great musicians. Eamonn wrote it up here: http://www.spotlight-online.de/travel/ireland/dancing-the-summer-away-at-the-electric-picnic Take care! Anne Me too, Joan,

I sometimes want to shake those teen offenders… ;) On the other hand, I think we used to say “um” quite a lot when our teen brains shut down, as brains will.
True, Lisa didn’t use “like” at all. Interesting. And OMG, you’re so right, she does look like she’s Amish!
I wish I could go to the Electric Picknic Festival coming up in early September and hear all those great musicians. Eamonn wrote it up here: http://www.spotlight-online.de/travel/ireland/dancing-the-summer-away-at-the-electric-picnic

Take care! Anne

]]> By: joan http://annehodgson.de/2009/08/26/like-in-spoken-english/comment-page-1/#comment-2141 joan Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:27:22 +0000 http://annehodgson.de/?p=8411#comment-2141 Hi Anne, Good you came up with this. The worst 'offenders' of 'like' I find in California, well teenagers in particular, for me, it really grates on my ears. Then the next worst offenders i.m.h.o. (!) (worse than like?) are the non-US-ers. I can tolerate it from Americans, to a certain extent but for the mimickers, I have no tolerance, maybe I should work on tolerance!! As far as I could hear Lisa Hannigan didn't use it in that conversation. Speaking of, I saw her name on some posters when in Ireland. I asked around and found she was popular among the generation 20s early 30s. My nieces - couple of them - had been to her concerts and gave her great praise. They described her to the older generation as somebody who looks like one of the Amish people. Cheers, Joan Hi Anne,

Good you came up with this. The worst ‘offenders’ of ‘like’ I find in California, well teenagers in particular, for me, it really grates on my ears.
Then the next worst offenders i.m.h.o. (!) (worse than like?) are the non-US-ers. I can tolerate it from Americans, to a certain extent but for the mimickers, I have no tolerance, maybe I should work on tolerance!!
As far as I could hear Lisa Hannigan didn’t use it in that conversation.
Speaking of, I saw her name on some posters when in Ireland. I asked around and found she was popular among the generation 20s early 30s. My nieces – couple of them – had been to her concerts and gave her great praise. They described her to the older generation as somebody who looks like one of the Amish people.
Cheers, Joan

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