"I was like"

[Mendoza]

Following on from "Can I get", My turn to rant about the English of young people, why has this stupid phrase started?

"I was like" at the beginning of every RUDDY sentence

I was like........... and the she was like.............. and then he was like..........


Having to get a bus to work full of school kids, literally EVERYONE was talking like that... Is it just school kids and chavs that talk like that?

 

[Old Greg]

no, no, just chavs, don't lump all of us into the same pot, please.

 

[Superphil]

It comes from american kids TV, and it isn't going to go away.

 

[Easy 10]

Careful.
You'll have the Expat Lingo Police on your case if you start saying this is an american thing.

 

[See-Goals]

Following on from "Can I get", My turn to rant about the English of young people, why has this stupid phrase started?

"I was like" at the beginning of every RUDDY sentence

I was like........... and the she was like.............. and then he was like..........


Having to get a bus to work full of school kids, literally EVERYONE was talking like that... Is it just school kids and chavs that talk like that?

How about "dyou know what I mean"? after every sentence?

That irritates the hell out of me.

 

[Perry Milkins]

and another one

"Turned around"

"He turned aoround and said"

"She turned around and said don't turn around and say that about me"

Would we not get right giddy with all this turning around whilst retorting?

 

[See-Goals]

'Was' instead of 'were' and 'them' instead of 'those' give instant results in sounding like a complete simpleton.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Worse one.....

after i've said something like, "ah i'm really tired today"

the phrase..... "is it??"

aaahrrgghhh!!

 

[Mendoza]

"I turned around and I was like, Im really tired today, d'you know what I mean"

 

[See-Goals]

Another one I hate, why do people drop the word 'to' when they say

"Give it me"

 

[Easy 10]

"will you write me ?"

Not now I won't, if you can't even be arsed to use the word 'TO', you cretin.

 

[Perry Milkins]

I have mentioned this before but the irritating habit of either questioning your own statement or the person you are talking to questioning a blindingly obvious statement.

EXAMPLE

"I went down the pub, didn't I?"
"Well did you or didn't you?"

or

"I went down the pub"
"Did you?"
" No I am lying to you as I did something much less conversational and interesting such as putting my hand down a toilet bowl"

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Is it groundhog day? I'm not posting on principal.

 

[See-Goals]

I have mentioned this before but the irritating habit of either questioning your own statement or the person you are talking to questioning a blindingly obvious statement.

EXAMPLE

"I went down the pub, didn't I?"
"Well did you or didn't you?"

or

"I went down the pub"
"Did you?"
" No I am lying to you as I did something much less conversational and interesting such as putting my hand down a toilet bowl"

That reminds me of when you are speaking to someone you know little about personally (eg. work colleague) but they talk to you as if you have their "This is your life" big red book in front of you and expect you to completly understand who all the people they name are and exactly how they fit in to their life and the boring story they are telling you about.

 

[The Spanish]

Is it groundhog day? I'm not posting on principal.

groundhog day! you are a cheeky one Mr Kraay.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

OOOH...don't get me started!

"Im going down the garage innit."

"She was all like crying and that"

BUT...The best of all is the pigshit thick Americanism "I feel Nauseous" if you are Nauseous you make other people feel sick you fucktards, now if you felt Nauseated...

 

[Peter Grummit]

The king of 'y' know'?

Mickey Adams. We should do a 'y'know' count for every MA interview. Or even a sweepstake.

I'm going for 24 after the 0-0 tomorrow.

PG

 

[Mendoza]

The king of 'y' know'?

Mickey Adams. We should do a 'y'know' count for every MA interview. Or even a sweepstake.

I'm going for 24 after the 0-0 tomorrow.

PG

there were at least 30 in the last interview, and he doubled it up with a constant swaying whilst being interviewed

 

[Perry Milkins]

there were at least 30 in the last interview, and he doubled it up with a constant swaying whilst being interviewed

What like Don Estelle in 'Whispering Grass'?

 

[getreal1]

Chav teens can have 5 minute chats without saying a thing ..."I was like 'oh my god' and then he was like 'yeah right' and he was really fit then Trish came on and my ex was on it 'oh my god', ' I dahn't fink so' "