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Thread #124681   Message #2756799
Posted By: artbrooks
31-Oct-09 - 02:20 PM
Thread Name: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
Subject: RE: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
WV, I think the use of "like", as in "I'll be there in, like, 20 minutes", has pretty much disappeared in the US - at least among people of my acquaintance. That was TV-talk of 20 years ago, and went along with "fer shur".