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Explain It to Me

Why do I say “like” so much?

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.47.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Much to the chagrin of English teachers everywhere, people use the word “like”…a lot. Listener Allison calls the hotline to ask why we talk the way that we do and if she can change her own speech. Host Jonquilyn Hill gets answers from sociolinguist Valerie Fridland and speech coach Rhonda Khan. Send us your questions! You can call us at 1-800-618-8545, email us at [email protected], or fill out this form. Credits: Jonquilyn Hill, host Sofi LaLonde, producer Cristian Ayala, engineer Carla Javier, supervising producer Katherine Wells, editor Caitlin PenzeyMoog, fact-checker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.4

K-L-A-V-I-O-com. And not the child dragging you like this.

0:55.0

They called me out.

1:00.0

Hey all, I'm John Gwen Hill and you're listening to explain it to me.

1:07.0

Today we have an episode we think you'll like.

1:12.0

It all started with a call we got.

1:14.0

Hi, my name is Allison and I was wondering why we say like so much. I feel like I feel like I feel like I feel like every time I have a

1:27.0

conversation with somebody I say like so many times that it distract me from what I'm talking about and my mom doesn't speak this way my

1:35.4

grandparents didn't speak this way and I'm just wondering when like became such

1:40.3

a prominent word that we use in our everyday life.

1:44.8

Thanks.

1:45.4

Bye.

1:46.8

So I called Allison back to find out why this is bothering her so much.

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