The Like Debate

11 Responses to “The Like Debate”

1. Mark on April 22nd, 2008 7:26 am

   I, like, like it.

2. lioness on April 22nd, 2008 12:38 pm

   Ugh, the degradation of the English language is here to stay…

3. eliannrad on April 22nd, 2008 3:06 pm

   This is like, one of your best cartoons, like, this month.

   You should, like, trust the teenager to know how to use ‘like’. *wise nod*

4. Anonymous on April 22nd, 2008 3:28 pm

   It’s not just teenagers. Some of us younger professionals have to battle not using the filler around old folks who still get aggrevated by it’s use. Language in general is a shifting, flexible medium; unless we still refer to positive items as being “boss” or “keen”. At least this generation fills with words as opposed to “uhhhh”.

5. lynne on April 22nd, 2008 4:22 pm

   Dude…like, what’s the problem, dude.

6. Seraphine on April 22nd, 2008 4:50 pm

   2028 Text Message:

   L. L. L. L. L. L.

7. Do you quarrel, sir? on April 22nd, 2008 4:53 pm

   Yeah dude, I much prefer dude.

   Many consider Shakespeare to be classic literature, and they forget he wrote in an era without any spelling rules or dictionaries and even made words up…PS Doug it’s the Bard’s birthday tomorrow!

8. Anonymous on April 22nd, 2008 4:55 pm

   This is, like, hella true.

9. I smeall a Deathmatch! on April 22nd, 2008 5:10 pm

   Ooh, ooh, deathmatch! Shakespeare vs. Freud? Shakespeare vs. Jason?

10. Anonymous on April 22nd, 2008 10:28 pm

    Hey Anonymous with the giant explanation, DUH! That’s what 2008 is representing!

    Go class of ‘98!

11. Anonymous on April 23rd, 2008 12:59 pm

    I say good point ‘anonymous’, as a linguist I say we need to appreciate that language is constantly changing. People who complain about certain words etc. use words that would have meant nothing barely 100 years ago. Love the strip, but lets not get bitchy about it!

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