Re:The Linguistic Evolution of ‘Like’
by chias on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @02:45AM
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> not only what was said, but what was felt and done and whatever else needs to be communicated
I think or is more appropriate here than and, which undermines its utility: "I was like, what are you doing here?" does not indicate whether the protagonist actually said this, or communicated it in some other way, or even just thought it and didn't communicate it at all.
"this bad looking dude came in and I was like, 'What the hell are you doing here?'"
I think or is more appropriate here than and, which undermines its utility: "I was like, what are you doing here?" does not indicate whether the protagonist actually said this, or communicated it in some other way, or even just thought it and didn't communicate it at all.
"this bad looking dude came in and I was like, 'What the hell are you doing here?'"
"whoa, you said that to his face?!"
"well... no... I more sort of thought it at him"