Hedge words

AttackThePoster

Or whatever you want to call them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like#As_a_hedge

I have to put up with this **** every day on the Luas and in work. Sometimes it seems as if the people that use the word 'like' are going for some ****ing world record.

Is Ireland one of the worst for this type of ****ty conversation or is it as bad in other countries?


Early morning rant and I'm expecting lots of witty replies.

WindSock

Like, Fuck?

AttackThePoster

Poor start

Cookie_Monster

jjjjjjaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyssssssssssssssssssuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusssssssssssssss

pickarooney

I blame the education system.

But no, it's as bad in other countries. I did a college project on it and results showed that like, everyone was, you know, as bad as, more or less actually, literally everyone else.

connundrum

See every post GAA match interview...

'Y'know like, yeah well y'know, y'know what, y'know y'know'

WindSock

Indeed. There is an equivalent in every language. They use Yani a lot in Arabic speaking countries.

Buford T Justice

Ummm loike I totally think that, loike ranting and raving would be better for this loike

WindSock

AttackThePoster wrote: »

Poor start

Like fuck it is.

AttackThePoster

Fingers McGee wrote: »

Ummm loike I totally think that, loike ranting and raving would be better for this loike

A bit of a rant but I'm still curious to see if the same happens in proper countries like Germany etc.

pickarooney

AttackThePoster wrote: »

A bit of a rant but I'm still curious to see if the same happens in proper countries like Germany etc.

Yeah, they just use 'so'. It's used in like every sentence.

AnonoBoy

Headphones are your friend.

Op, chill out.

AnonoBoy

Deleted User wrote: »

Op, chill out.

Operation Chill Out?

Is that when the US invaded Iceland?

Wazdakka

Social cleansing is the only answer to this problem.

Every single person should be interviewed for approximately thirty minutes.

For the duration of the interview a burly gentleman shall be resting a double barrelled shotgun on the shoulder of the candidate pointing at there head.

The interview will consist of fairly basic questions about yourself and lifestyle ect..

The second the subject utters a single one of those "Ross O Carroll Kelly"esqe words...

BOOOM..
Both barels.

Some might think I'm being extreme...
But god damnit, the Gene pool in this country needs some chlorine and this is as good a place to start as any.

Buford T Justice

AttackThePoster wrote: »

A bit of a rant but I'm still curious to see if the same happens in proper countries like Germany etc.

So, loike, are we not a proper country then loike?

AttackThePoster

Deleted User wrote: »

Op, chill out.

Thanks. You've solved it.

biko

You are probably guilty too OP but just don't notice it
Ask your friends.

And yes, it's common in other countries too, at least countries where I understand a bit of the language.

AttackThePoster

I don't think I am. I rarely use something like that as a crutch.

AttackThePoster

AttackThePoster wrote: »

Thanks. You've solved it.

That's actually the only way to solve your problem that wont go away.. So i'm not sure if you're bein sarcastic.

sorrywhat

Everybody uses words like that at some point. I say like all the time.

"Do you know, like"

But its not loike.

AttackThePoster

Deleted User wrote: »

That's actually the only way to solve your problem that wont go away.. So i'm not sure if you're bein sarcastic.

Yes, it's the only solution. Once again, thank you.

What's the German equivalent for this sort of carry on?

extra-ordinary_

AttackThePoster wrote: »

A bit of a rant but I'm still curious to see if the same happens in proper countries like Germany etc.

couldn't be arsed

Actually, they actually use 'actually' quite a lot, actually.

The Hill Billy

I like this thread like. Like not like.

prinz

AttackThePoster wrote: »

A bit of a rant but I'm still curious to see if the same happens in proper countries like Germany etc.

Aber hallo, du!, Ja, Genau, doch usw.

Bah oui, euuhhh, bah en francais aussi alors.

Dunjohn

I do enjoy sitting down at the back of the bus beside a pair of teenage girls and counting to see which of them says "like" the most before the journey ends. That, or "ohmygod," which many of them seem to be able to say in a single syllable these days. An actual sentence I remmeber from, ohmygod, like a year ago:

"And like ohmygod, did you see what Claire like, had her hair like, like the last two nights? I was like, ohmygod."

stovelid

Use earphones or earplugs f you can't overcome an unfortunate addiction to eavesdropping shit conversations on public transport.

Works a treat.

extra-ordinary_

Dunjohn wrote: »

I do enjoy sitting down at the back of the bus beside a pair of teenage girls and...

Discuss

prinz

There's also that peculiar Canadian expression, eh?

geeky

As far as I know, everyone (not just Irish people) uses certain words to buy them more time while they think what they'll say next. If we only began sentences when we knew exactly what we were going to say, conversation would be like those god-awful satelite link-ups you see on the news where there's a time delay. That'd be far more annoying than the occasional 'like'.

Some people are more extreme than others of course - I'm better than I used to be, but an old classmate (a very smart guy, incidentally) used to clock up the 'like's at a ferocious rate. But having worked abroad and with people of all levels of intelligence, I can safely say it's a universal thing.

andala

It's common in all languages. In Polish we use "co nie" which functions like question tags we don't have, or "wiesz" which means "you know"

In Turkish they use "Hadi" or "Yani" or "sey"

AttackThePoster

AttackThePoster wrote: »

A bit of a rant but I'm still curious to see if the same happens in proper countries like Germany etc.

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Bonito

i blame films such as crossroads rabble rabble rabble britney spears rabble rabble yeh I probably would rabble rabble you wouldn't kick her out of bed either? rabble rabble

Dunjohn

extra-ordinary_ wrote: »

Discuss

Y'know, I did think about leaving the wording a little less "open to interpretation," but I figured, nah, this is AH, we're all mature here

extra-ordinary_

Dunjohn wrote: »

Y'know, I did think about leaving, Y'know, the wording a little less, Y'know, "open to interpretation," but I figured, nah, this is AH, we're all, like, mature here, Y'know,

FYP

Dunjohn

extra-ordinary_ wrote: »

FY,L,P

NP

Bonito

prinz wrote: »

Aber hallo, du!, Ja, Genau, doch usw.

Bah oui, euuhhh, bah en francais aussi alors.

Oui?

*crosses fingers in hope that it was french*

Hyperbullet

Je n'ai pas pantalon.

Pamplemousse!

pickarooney

Hedge words are deliberately chosen for mitigation purposes as opposed to filler which is just to occupy the downtime between actual words.

'Like' can function as either.

But then again, this is not the lingusitics forum so there's no point being pedantic.

AttackThePoster

Wait, are you saying that wikipedia is wrong?

Liam Byrne

pickarooney wrote: »

I blame the education system.

But no, it's as bad in other countries. I did a college project on it and results showed that like, everyone was, you know, as bad as, more or less actually, literally everyone else.

Almost 100%, but you forgot to use the over-stressed "sooo"

m@cc@

AttackThePoster wrote: »

proper countries like Germany etc.

When did history begin for you?

AttackThePoster

1933 - 1945

Naos

Happens in Spain with 'Entonces'.

pickarooney

AttackThePoster wrote: »

Wait, are you saying that wikipedia is wrong?

No, but I am suggesting that you're using it wrongly. You linked to two lines on the use of 'like' as a hedge word as opposed to the page on hedge words themselves.

(and several times you repeated a question that had been answered - the old attention span is lacking I'd say)

mikom

The queen of it.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgpFwzEwZa4

AttackThePoster

pickarooney wrote: »

No, but I am suggesting that you're using it wrongly. You linked to two lines on the use of 'like' as a hedge word as opposed to the page on hedge words themselves.

(and several times you repeated a question that had been answered - the old attention span is lacking I'd say)

I wasn't being entirely serious with my question ffs

pickarooney

AttackThePoster wrote: »

I wasn't being entirely serious with my question ffs

Just as well. People have been banned for seriousness before.

Seriously