At 37:34 Ilan slips in 'It's like nobody knows.' I'd love to know if he was conscious of doing that. I have thought about 'like' a lot. I was saying it the way Ilan said it a looooong time ago. It's a half-way version between 'conventional' usage ('it's similar to' or 'it's as though') and the current usage as a filler, a hesitancy aid, an alternative for 'um', an intensifier maybe. I haven't read Dr Whorter's book on this yet so I'll no doubt find out more about his analysis of its usage when I do. Such an interesting discussion. Thanks to both participants and the people who made it all happen.
My wife is Fillipino and she didn't come to the U.S. until she was in her 30's. She has pronoun trouble, particularly between he and she because in her native language, Illongo, and I think think the lingua franca of the Philippines, Tagalog (though I could be wrong about Tagalog), the pronouns are not gendered. But she is constantly saying he when referring to a woman or she when referring to a man because it doesn't come natural for her.
I am 40 and I use like. I probably don't use it as much as a 20 year old, but I used it in my youth and I have continued to use it. I don't think 20 years ago when I was forty we used the word as much, the word was on the rise, and I used it more than my parents, but maybe less than today. I have continued to use it.
My best friend of 30 years is Filipino and also does the same thing. Less of it in the past 2-3 years, but up until then he'd always say "he" for "she" and vice versa.
What is the British equivalent of African-American when referring to dark-skinned residents? I have asked whether “African-British” exists, and the answer is no, but an acceptable term seemingly does not exist.
Black British but that issen't a indication of what family background you have. African British or Caribbean British is something most would identify as
At 37:34 Ilan slips in 'It's like nobody knows.' I'd love to know if he was conscious of doing that. I have thought about 'like' a lot. I was saying it the way Ilan said it a looooong time ago. It's a half-way version between 'conventional' usage ('it's similar to' or 'it's as though') and the current usage as a filler, a hesitancy aid, an alternative for 'um', an intensifier maybe. I haven't read Dr Whorter's book on this yet so I'll no doubt find out more about his analysis of its usage when I do.
Such an interesting discussion. Thanks to both participants and the people who made it all happen.
I like really liked this!
Could a college really not get the audio right? Too low and only comes out of one side
fire the audio engineer. but mcwhorter is so good i put up with it.
Perhaps the Like gag me with a spoon from the 80s had something to do with it?
I've always wondered where the porta potties would go on judgment day
My wife is Fillipino and she didn't come to the U.S. until she was in her 30's. She has pronoun trouble, particularly between he and she because in her native language, Illongo, and I think think the lingua franca of the Philippines, Tagalog (though I could be wrong about Tagalog), the pronouns are not gendered. But she is constantly saying he when referring to a woman or she when referring to a man because it doesn't come natural for her.
I am 40 and I use like. I probably don't use it as much as a 20 year old, but I used it in my youth and I have continued to use it. I don't think 20 years ago when I was forty we used the word as much, the word was on the rise, and I used it more than my parents, but maybe less than today. I have continued to use it.
My best friend of 30 years is Filipino and also does the same thing. Less of it in the past 2-3 years, but up until then he'd always say "he" for "she" and vice versa.
Are you coming to Jumu’ah today?
In Spanish isn’t eeeeeee a sort of like?
audio is extremely low
What is the British equivalent of African-American when referring to dark-skinned residents? I have asked whether “African-British” exists, and the answer is no, but an acceptable term seemingly does not exist.
Black British but that issen't a indication of what family background you have. African British or Caribbean British is something most would identify as
British.