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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Like, Get Over It According to journalism prof <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Diss-Like/130202/?sid=cr&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=en" title="Ted Gup">Ted Gup</a>, the prevalence of the word “like” in youth-speak is evidence that teachers have “condemned children to a common cluster of mediocrity.” But as linguist <a href="http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~nunberg/like.html" title="Geoff Nunberg">Geoffrey Nunberg</a> pointed out a decade ago, “like” isn’t a tic or filler, it’s “a word with a point of view.” (more) <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/like_get_over_it_20120109/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/like_get_over_it_20120109/</a> Copyright © 2012 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Like, Get Over It According to journalism prof <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Diss-Like/130202/?sid=cr&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=en" title="Ted Gup">Ted Gup</a>, the prevalence of the word “like” in youth-speak is evidence that teachers have “condemned children to a common cluster of mediocrity.” But as linguist <a href="http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~nunberg/like.html" title="Geoff Nunberg">Geoffrey Nunberg</a> pointed out a decade ago, “like” isn’t a tic or filler, it’s “a word with a point of view.” (more) <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/like_get_over_it_20120109/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/like_get_over_it_20120109/</a> Copyright © 2012 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com