Allison Rose wrote:

> I unfortunately still use that word, though I'm recovering nicely now 
> that I'm moving towards grad school.
>
> My Latin teacher finds it extremely funny that, when listening to a 
> girl talk on the elevator the other day, he counted
>
> - Seven (7) sentences,
> - Five (5) of which contained the word "like," and
> - Two (2) of which contained the word "like" more than once.
>
> Just figured I'd inject a little college humor. My downfall is the 
> word "dude": "Dude, I saw that and I was, like, awesome!"
>
> - Allison
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Allison,

I read a little newspaper story about a guy at the University of 
Pittsburgh who had isolated the various uses of "dude." According to 
him, "dude" could be used between a couple (male-female) if the two were 
just friends. But neither would use "dude" if they were lovers.

True for you, dude?

Marshall

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