Charlie Self wrote:

LP writes:


Inattention to detail seems to be the order of the day, and greatly
detracts from our ability to communicate.

Like, yaknowwhadImean.

I listened to one of my granddaughters over the holidays. I used to tease her
about having a speech impediment, overuse o fthe word "like." I can no longer
tease her about it, because it now seems to be an ACTUAL impediment. Every
third word is the best she can do right now. When you say anything to her about
it making her speech hard to understand, she says, "Well, you know what I
mean."

Not really and, in truth, with her and others like her, I refuse to expend the
energy to figure out what she is saying.

Charlie Self

"Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal."
Alexander Hamilton

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It may not do any good, but record a conversation of her
explaining something to you. There is nothing like
listening to yourself repeating a word or a phrase over and
over to understand how stupid it sounds. That's a trick
used in teaching people who need to talk a lot such as
teachers, salesmen, etc. The thing I hate hearing most,
and I have done it, is to repeatedly end a statement with,
"ok?" But "like" is about as detestable.