Stahlke, Herbert F.W. wrote:

> There's also been considerable research done on the use of "like" as a 
> highlighter or foregrounder, as in "like, awesome".
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> Herb
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> Subject: Re: FW: conjunction or preposition
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> 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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Herb,

I remember vividly during the Beatnik era that "like" was always 
followed by an adjective or adverb: "Like, wild, man! Like, far out, man!"

Marshall

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