"Bob Villa" wrote in message
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Steve B like said,like yesterday
Great minds think alike. I'm old school, so I tell them. It's like not
liking a restaurant and not going back. I like to tell the people
that I
didn't like it and won't be back rather than just vanishing.

Steve

Like Steve, what's to like...like my daughter (17) like uses less
likes than you, like, do! Like, what the...?

This habit started in California (I believe) and spread on campuses
like a virus. We have been hearing "like" this and "like" that for 30
years.
Now you hear moms of teens talking "like" this!
Our kids sound as if they were idiots!
Don't agree! Ploink Me!

Let me rewrite that using the proper English. I used the word "like" too
many times, but not in the Valley Girl sense:

Great minds think alike. I'm old school, so I tell them. It's a situation
similar to not enjoying a restaurant because you don't get good food or
service, and not going back. I prefer to tell the people
that I didn't enjoy the service or the food, and that I won't be back
rather than just vanishing.

I disdain the people who use the same words repeatedly, or use yo or you
feel me or you know what I mean. I know better, but above I just forgot my
best English teacher, Mr. Beatty, and got all absorbed in Usenet and casual
writing.

I was agreeing that I would rather announce that I am plonking someone and
give a reason than use the new Netiquette suggestion of plonking with
announcing the reason.

Sorry you misread my intent, or I did not state it properly.

I shall now fast for a week and self flagellate, and wrap a piece of barbed
wire tightly around my thigh like the guy in The Da Vinci Code. I don't
know if it will make me feel any better, but perhaps you will just knowing I
am properly chastised.

Steve