2006-12-24 04:31:34 · 8 answers · asked by The Gadfly 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
"Like she went .... So like, I go..."
2006-12-24 04:55:31 · update #1
lol that's a good question. or what about the "was like" thing?
And he was like, "yeah!"
and she went, "omg!"
and he was like, "shut up!"
and she went, "no you shut up!"
okay, those were horrible examples. but so far some people don't seem to be grasping what you're talking about. hopefully that'll help a little bit.
2006-12-24 04:43:45 · answer #1 · answered by willow oak 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It hasn't, exactly.
What people who say this are doing is prefacing a direct quote -- really an imitation (people usually use facial expression and tone of voice of the person they're talking about when they use this expression, so it's kind of doing a different thing than simply saying what the person said).
Also, it doesn't entirely substitute for "to say" it substitutes for he or she said. No one uses go or went (or 'was like' or the others) when their meaning is "What should I say?" for example, or "I didn't know what to say".
What I'm suggesting is that the expressions aren't really synonymous; they have different roles. People aren't confusing the meanings of 'went' and 'said'.
It signals that what follows is going to be an imitation of the speaker being quoted (or, more often, an exaggeration of the speaker).
Also, there may not be words in what follows. Someone will use "He went" and then make a face or gesture, or stomp away, or some of set of actions, rather than words.
As for the when part of your question, I don't recall hearing this as long ago as 30 years, and am pretty sure it wasn't common when I was a kid (60's). I would have thought 80's, but I could be wrong.
I tend to be the last to know about trends.
2006-12-24 05:27:15 · answer #2 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd say it's been happening for my entire lifetime so it's hard to give a time as to when this could have occured.
Your example is known in linguistic circles as "upspeak".
I found this link via google.
2006-12-24 05:01:28 · answer #3 · answered by xayuq 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question. I guess i thought it was relatively recently, as in, the last 30 years or so. It's mostly young people who use that rather affected expression.
Between "she goes" and "like" and "um", that pretty much covers many teenagers' vocabulary.
2006-12-24 04:42:22 · answer #4 · answered by OK yeah well whatever 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I remember my TA asking us this in Philosophy class. That was 30 years ago and it had been around for ages then.
2006-12-24 04:35:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What? I have no idea what you mean... Hmmmm.....
2006-12-24 04:35:37 · answer #6 · answered by lil_hem_n_va 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it hasn't. not for anyone here anyway
2006-12-24 04:35:22 · answer #7 · answered by jyl l 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
huh?
2006-12-24 04:39:43 · answer #8 · answered by Wanna Know 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋