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more about #mysocalledlife isilia: I had this 6th grade teacher who put an end to this habit--he'd berate anyone who used "like" as a pauser. Though harsh, it really whipped me out of ... more » 1.1.1.: "It can be a blessing and a curse..." Don't kid yourself, it's a curse if you're over 12, and you know, like, the major reason why Caroline Kennedy i... more » Faster Pussycat: Ages and ages ago, NPR had a segment from a woman who studied speech patterns and specifically was studying the use of "like." Basically, people use ... more » WalkerCapys: I work in closed captioning, which is usually done verbatim. One of the shows my company does has two hosts, one who is known for saying "is" frequent... more » Devonna: I become incredibly angry when men (in my experience it's always men) correct me on occasional valley girl speech because it's always done with an und... more » rixatrix: I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. So long as you can represent yourself articulately when need be. But I think most of us have several di... more » MarshalMaravilla: I'm a college student working as a journalist in Germany and it's very difficult to try to keep up with my colleagues at the office. When I need a mi... more » Blair Waldorf (formerly socalsnarkstress): I say 'you know' so much that I make myself cringe, you know? Like and right are also offenders though not in any way near the extent to which I overu... more » Le Coucher d'Yvette: Angela Chase was who I wanted to be in high school. I had this idea that school would be just like My So Called Life. I blame the fact that it was set... more » ericacartman: I love this show but I always felt her "likes" were the only bad part of her acting. It always sounded to me as if the writer actually wrote "likes" ... more » notthemarimba: I have what my brother calls Sudden British Accent Syndrome. Which means that halfway through a sentence I get an English or Scottish or Welsh accent.... more » Rooo sez BISH PLZ: I hate it when I'm late to the cool conversations. What I find fascinating is that no one here has reported the opposite syndrome. No other Jezzies he... more » ab33: I speak like this very very often. I don't really care, because I'm in college and a lot of people in my generation speak like this, but most of my fr... more » drella: i am 30 and i say like all the time! it's embarrassing. i especially do it when i am lost in thought, and therefore when i am trying to make a consid... more » Daisy06: I help a court reporter transcribe hearings & depositions & I am constantly amazed by the way otherwise intelligent people speak. I recently had to pr... more » swashbuckling: My 'likes' and 'and...yeahs' were drilled out of me when I joined the debate team, but it was never much of a problem. I don't think it was a syndrome... more » starshollow78: I do all of these. It drives my husband insane. For instance, I'll say, "So I was like so mad today." And he'll say, "So were you 'like' mad or were ... more » Allison Butz: Ending every sentence like it's a question I believe can be referred to as Brian Krakow syndrome. I feel like he did that a lot. more » bluebears: I say like way too much. In professional situations I always have to be very aware of it. When I was on moot court in law school the biggest feed back... more » BettieCastle: I had a speech teacher who loathed "you knows" for some reason so he used to sit in the back of the class and holler back "I don't know, why don't you... more » -
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Do You Suffer From Angela Chase Syndrome?
I have a speech impediment. It is not a lisp, or a stutter, or a habit of swallowing letters or softening r's into aaahr's. I have a problem that can best be described as Angela Chase Syndrome. More »
