As an experiment back in my teenage days, I tried to eliminate all ums, ehs, likes and pauses in my speech. More than anything, I loathed the vagueness and repetition of “I/he/she was like…”, or even just “like”. Hated the way my peers stumbled around every sentence as though they were only partially convinced they should be speaking at all.

— Jack Shedd (via marco)

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    I actually hate all the fuss about “like.” I sat down to talk to my dad about it once (he’s a linguist) and the fact is...
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