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Where Did Our Strange Use of \'Like\' Come From? - 0 views

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  • narissachen24 on 16 May 24
     
    This article discusses the origins of our use of 'like' as a filler word. The rise of the use of 'like' is described as a common phenomenon in evolution of language.
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Why do we say 'um', 'er', or 'ah' when we hesitate in speaking? * The Register - 10 views

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    Umm ... (Asked by Tom Lanier of Austin, Texas) Not everyone says "um", "er" or "ah" when they hesitate while speaking. It depends upon the language. For example, speakers of Mandarin Chinese often say"zhege" which roughly translates as "this". In English we say "um", "er", "ah", or other vocalisations for reasons that linguists are not entirely sure about.
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To Predict Dating Success, The Secret's In The Pronouns - 0 views

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  • ssaksena15 on 02 Apr 15
     
    For those of you like me - the grammatically challenged - function words are the smallish words that tie our sentences together. The. This. Though. I. And. An. There. That. "Function words are essentially the filler words," Pennebaker says. "These are the words that we don't pay attention to, and they're the ones that are so interesting." According to the way that Pennebaker organizes language, the words that we more often focus on in conversation are content words, words like "school," "family," "live," "friends" - words that conjure a specific image and relay more of the substance of what is being discussed.
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Why Saying 'Like' a Lot Is Like, Actually a Good Thing - 0 views

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  • rainalun24 on 22 Feb 24
     
    This article goes through the 6 distinct ways of using "like" and how society changes their views on filler words based on gender.
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