Like, get over it




Regarding Alyson Kessler’s disdain for the over usage of “like,” she should look back at the overuse of certain words in the past.

I bet, judging from the age of her children, that in her time the most used expression was “Y’know,” followed by “An’ I’m all” and thrown in with “an’ I’m like an’ s/he was like-you know.”

And before that was “know what I’m sayin’?” and “know what I mean?”

In my day, it was “ cool,” “groovy,” “Oh man!”, “like, wow,” so on and on it goes.

So relax, Alyson, I grew out of it and I’m sure you did. Be thankful you have smart, beautiful kids who know when they need to articulate in speech and in print, where it matters, as indicated by their academic achievements.

Manny Cuizon
Thousand Oaks



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