Incorrect use of Language

Doddledog sorry

What doodlesdog said

'We' didn't. Young people did.

Did older people use 'groovy' in the 60's? I asked my parents what it meant at about 5 years old in 1966 or so, and at the age of about 30 they couldn't answer. It was a word used by people younger than they were.

Why do people 'cringe' when others use different phrases? It's unlikely that they have many conversations with the people using the new words anyway.

dotpocka

like" been a thing since the 70s comes and goes valley girls brought that back - 1983

Dotpocka
Really? I had no idea and I don’t remember hearing it much until comparatively recently - certainly not in 1988!
I also hate the way ‘like’ and ‘so’ are used now. When did we start using ‘so’ at the beginning of a sentence? It makes me cringe.

'like' as a filler might indicate hesitance, I think. I used to suggest to students that they point it out to one another to try to eradicate it before going to interviews as a lot of older people can be intolerant, having forgotten how it felt to be unsure.

I remember when 'see you round' was in vogue, and the 'wits' used to reply with things such as 'not if I see you square'. Ho ho ho. There have always been people who look down on others for how they speak, and end up looking pompous.

I admit to raising eyebrows at 'why oh why. . .' (not the poster, but the construction ), as it conjures up a ham actor with the back of his hand on his brow, and 'NOT' used as a way of reversing something, so 'I really enjoy seeing 'like' used to indicate that the speaker is unsure of him or herself. NOT'. I don't know why people can't just say 'I don't really like . . .'

'Uni' makes me cringe, as it was imported via Neighbours and Home and Away in the 80s and took off here in the late 80s/90s, so sounds idiotic when said by people who went to university before then, as it would not have been the way they described the place where they studied.

We all have our foibles, but every generation has fashions for speaking. It used to be 'I turned around and . . .' but luckily that has fallen from fashion, along with 'at the end of the day', and 'at this moment in time'. To me, 'why, oh why' and 'XYX - NOT' belong to the same era. When things go out of fashion they tend to be annoying to those who don't use them. Innit. Ok, Jose? Comprende?

like" been a thing since the 70s comes and goes valley girls brought that back - 1983

There’s an episode of Judge Judy where she tells the young defendant to make his statement without using the word ‘like’.
After a few failed attempts, he just can’t do it and actually has to give up.

I agree, but
‘See you later’ is like Au revoir = Goodbye in French, which actually means ‘ until we see each other again’.
My husband used to mutter under his breath “ Not if I see you first”.

‘ Like’ is just a totally unnecessary filler word, more annoying than -er, which at least doesn’t detract from meaning.

SO seems to have replaced ‘Well’ , giving a moment to think before a reply.
All annoying.

The increasing use both in writing and spoken of ‘use ‘ instead of ‘used’ eg, “We use to go there often”.

Starting every sentence with 'so'

The ‘like’ is really annoying, usually used by youngsters ..