I am not one of the pedants from the "Must speak the Queens English or you are guilty of cultural rape" brigade. I realise that language is constantly changing and evolving, and for this, we must be grateful. In many ways, Shakespeare would be a far less attractive prospect to us now had language not evolved and changed since his day. However, I feel I must have a moan and a gripe about one particular thing that I do not like. That was it in fact; "Like". It has become the equivalent of "Umm". or "Err" or just a pause. "I was, like, walking down the street, and like, this woman came up to me and she was like...." .AAAAGGGGGHHHHHH. My children use it, in fact everyone under the age of 18 seems to use it, and I fear for the appalling lack of vocal dexterity of anyone unable to complete a sentence without using it. I have started dreaming up all sorts of punishments for the use of it. I wonder if, I'm like, alone, like?
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