<p>My Ds are watching a reality show that takes place near LA…and every other word out of the mouths of the “stars” is like, like, u know, and half are in college…driving me nuts…like you know, like, wow</p>
<p>Okay I vented!!!</p>
<p>Are they watching Laguna Beach? 
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<p>Not gonna say, but I can hear the inane conversation…blech</p>
<p>Those verbal habits are insidious. After awhile you don’t even know you’re saying it. Reminds me of Ed Koch with his “UGHHH” and my generation had “you know” sprinkled through every other sentence. There’s nothing worse than an adult in the business world still talking that way. tough habit to break.</p>
<p>When my Ds get into that rut, which is especially obvious after they have been hanging out with friends, they all re-enforce each others habits and my Ds are a annoying as anyone. When they start telling me a story and everyother word is like, I say like back everythime they say “like”…or I count how many times they say like and tell them. I can’t, even, like you know, listen, like. </p>
<p>I ask them to tell me the story again without using like. They find it difficult sometimes. </p>
<p>When I was a teen, my Dad had me practice speaking slower. I was a fast talker. I would have to speak reallllllly slowly…but, he was right, and it did help. Practice with family.</p>
<p>I was watching a 24 year old training a 22 year old for a job in retail. Oh my goodness, only about 50% of the words were actually usefull, the others were, like, you know, sweetness, and cool…</p>
<p>Egad…</p>
<p>I used to fine myself and the kids for using certain words because they bugged me so much. (You had to pay everyone within earshot.)</p>
<p>For example, “s***” was 10 cents if for me only if I was driving and 25 cents the rest of the time. “Duh” was 25 cents at all times, as were a few other swear words. (Damn was a freebie.)</p>
<p>“Like” in any other context than a comparison was 50 cents.</p>
<p>(Later, when they were learning to drive, I paid them a dollar every time they caught me violating any rule in the state driver’s handbook. There are some VERY obscure rules in there, I can tell you, but they knew the handbook cold in about $10 each. And it was lot more fun than tutoring them.)</p>
<p>My H is from Ireland, and for guys, especially those in construction, and I do not generalize, I have been around it so long, the F word like adding “est” to the end of a sentence. Its isn’t really swearing, but it can offend. After he has been around the “guys” all day, his language!! I have to gentlely remind him he is now home and the F this and that F’in ijet needs to stop.</p>
<p>He doesn’t even realize he is doing it</p>
<p>And, after forking over many quarters for my fauz pas, I probably won’t even tell my Ds about the driving thing. I would be broke!!</p>
<p>Why watch TV? It has a much greater influence on you than you might think. Suggest that kids actually think for themselves sometime.</p>
<p>I have no problem with TV. Often it is just noise. And sometimes having a little escape is fine. Even kids who don’t watch TV say, like, you know.</p>
<p>And they do think for themselves, why would one make such a generalization?</p>
<p>TV can actually teach some things. Really, it can. In fact, right now we are watching a program on Nasa. Yep, like, its really cool and sweet!! ;)</p>
<p>My junior year english teacher corrected us every time we said “like”, and by the end of the year we were all much better about it :).</p>
<p>My husband says “you know” all the time. He doesn’t even realize he is doing it, and I feel it would be rude to say anything. The other day I realized I was starting to stick “you know” in my sentences, too. I will have to watch it–very annoying! And apparently contagious!</p>
<p>You know, I so like can hear like myself totally like saying the whole like thing. I mean, gosh!</p>
<p>– Sorry, I was tempted. :)</p>
<p>Whenever an interview with some idiot rapper is on the television, I tell my buddies to count how many times the guy says “You know what I am saying”.</p>
<p>My D once had to write a paper never using the verb “to be” or any of its forms- is, was were, etc. Took some time, but the lesson was learned</p>
<p>Whatever…</p>
<p>So last year…</p>
<p>Ah yes, the ubiquitous “whatever”… the hearing of which prompted me to produce [this</a> little going-to-college gift](<a href=“http://www.subversivecrossstitch.com/whatever.html]this”>www.subversivecrossstitch.com/whatever.html) for my S late this spring.</p>
<p>omg mootmom that’s hilarious :p</p>
<p>hehe</p>
<p>I wanted a tee shirt that said Shut Up, with some way of conveying a lilt…but whatever</p>