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1 hour ago, Silver Raven said:

17-year-old who completely was unable to speak when JJ told him to stop using the word "like", did manage to get out, "She awared me."

Poor little twerp. He truly could not form a whole sentence without "like." That reminded me of the book and movie, "Magic." Corky was utterly incapable of making his dummy shut up for five whole minutes.

But it doesn't matter, since it was eventually revealed that Alan felt "responsibility" means speaking up for... something or other.

Should we really be horrified at the terrible grammar of litigants when a so-called reporter (yeah, I know that Yahoo reporters aren't real reporters but still, they have the job) writes a headline like this? Read it and weep:

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“Three sentenced after strangling friend who was overdosing with jumper cables.”

 

This prompted one reader to comment that addicts don't need to call their pushers. They can just call AAA for their fix.

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On 12/11/2017 at 4:38 PM, AngelaHunter said:

Poor little twerp. He truly could not form a whole sentence without "like." That reminded me of the book and movie, "Magic." Corky was utterly incapable of making his dummy shut up for five whole minutes.

 

It's not just twerps on JJ.  Listen to some interviews on NPR -- actors, writers, journalists, musicians, politicians, athletes -- over-use of "like" is everywhere.  Just about the only people who can speak for any length of time without "likes" are scientists.

Today I got a kick out of a litigant pronouncing "turned" as "turnt".  I think that's a regional thing though, and I'm pretty sure I've said it that way before. 

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