TTaylor at cc.usu.edu wrote:
wrote:


I knew that people under the age of thirty cannot speak without
scattering the word "like" throughout there comments. I had no idea
they also wrote that way!


You must not live around any teenagers these days. Yes they really do
speak and write that way. Reminds me of the first time I saw "Ya'll"
written. I thought it was bad enough that so many speak it, I could
not believe it would be written as well.

Tim

Ah well - my 12 year old daughter like can't complete a sentence without at
least one "like". And the 8 year old son speaks an even stranger dialect -
however - they both enjoy gliding.

I will no doubt continue my education in exotic Gen-X linguistics, it is really
no worse than trying to decipher many of my friends and colleagues.

For what it is worth - Vowlence is what you get when a South African third
language English speaker inadvertently pronounces words without half the
letters. (For an idea try listening to many of our politicians - (they have
often had the benefit of speech coaching so you can imagine what a labourer from
Lusikisiki sounds like)

PS - I trust all ya'll know the plural of Ya'll.