January 12, 2002
My First Rant: Upspeak

What the hell is it with these girls, as it's mostly girls (but occasionally some boys), who feel the need to make every thing sound like it's a question? (note the irony of my question mark!)
It got to the stage where, when a waitress said, "So, like, the special is seared Ahi tuna?", and I asked, "Are you asking me, or telling me?" - which was rude, I know. She probably doesn't even realise she's doing it, but boy is it grating on the nerves.

And then there's this business of them using the word 'like', as if it's punctuation.

"So I like went downtown? And we saw like this really cool movie? And I was like 'what's up with that?', and he was like 'I don't like know'.

I could go on, but I fear one of us, dear reader, will end up with an annurism.

Posted by Max at January 12, 2002 03:08 AM
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The valley girl upspeak really bothers me. And like, why is it?
Now it is "guy' used by all the media. Gone is person, man, girl, woman. It seems like, like, everyone is talking like a plastic head? Huh?
Blog on; Al.

Posted by: Al on July 14, 2003 07:05 AM
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