Where has this phrase come from? People start sentances with
"In like my house" "In Like summer when" "Where like can I buy"
It drives me mad! Does it you "like"!?
2006-12-10 20:12:39 · 14 answers · asked by puffy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I don't know but you look like my friend Meredith,.............
2006-12-10 20:20:42 · answer #1 · answered by The King 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There are two theories. One is that it was originally a Californian affectation, which has become part of the speech pattern of young Brits through TV, just as the infamous AQI (Australian Questioning Intonation, where every sentence goes up at the end?) came in via Neighbours.
The other is that it has spread from the Scouse dialect into wider English usage. Either way, it seems to be used as something to fill the silence when hesitating - a modern-day variant on "um" or "y'know". And either way, yes, it's infuriating!
2006-12-11 04:19:31 · answer #2 · answered by gvih2g2 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
In... like cool name man... from the days when everyone was for peace man... like the 1960's and the Hippy culture. Sorry for all of the 'Likes'
And does it drive me mad... no.. I just think back to the time when they used the phrase because they were so high on various assortments of 'recreational stimulants' and smile for the fact that they were actually unable to communicate normally without using a reference at the start of any sentence ... "In Like"
2006-12-11 04:23:43 · answer #3 · answered by Boring Old Fart 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm from California and back in the day it was very widely used by women we called "Valley Girls"(females from So Cal). Like, oh my god. I think its just a saying particular to a certain location or generation. For example in Ca we say hella alot, as in this steak is hella good, or that girl is hella fine.
2006-12-11 04:24:23 · answer #4 · answered by skidawg75 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is, I think some wierd American slang. People put it in when they lack the education, common sense, or sense of grammar to speak clearly and directly.
Otherwise, like, I really don't know, but like, I really don't care for it, like.
Charles "That Cheeky Lad"
Happy Christmas to All!
2006-12-11 04:33:05 · answer #5 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Almost certainly unrelated, but the expression "in like Flynn" (as in Errol Flynn) and "in like Flint" (the spoof spy movie in the 70s (?)) and may have started things off
2006-12-11 04:16:46 · answer #6 · answered by triaxelon 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Old jazz and Beat slang, adopted and overused by several generations of semi-literates. It's language in process, nothing to do but try and avoid using it oneself.
2006-12-11 04:20:29 · answer #7 · answered by Palmerpath 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It comes from, like, California and stuff.
2006-12-11 06:55:45 · answer #8 · answered by MrsC 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
airheads get lost in the space where their brain should be and need a delay to find a word(s) to use.
2006-12-11 04:16:11 · answer #9 · answered by phidza 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it's very Irish...
the Irish use the word 'like'
a lot in a sentence....
2006-12-11 05:24:32 · answer #10 · answered by Luv Thy Neighbour! 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
maybe it will take the place of "I mean"
or an upgraded version of "Like"
2006-12-11 04:22:26 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋