[extropy-chat] like definition

[spike]

Ian, these are examples of like being used as a speech
filler, as teens often do.  The sentences below can have
the likes surgically removed without changing their meaning.
The insight I had was from listening to highly articulate
and intelligent like-sayers.

In 1984 newspeak, Orwell suggested that we replace 
the descriptions of degree with a single word and
its negative.  His example was good, double plus
ungood, etc.  

Like is another example of a possible improvement 
of newspeak:  replace phrases denoting
exactness with like.  So like means less exact, and
I suppose double plus like could mean way less exact.
It is not clear to me how to specify more exact, using
the base word like.  What is the opposite of like, in
the common usage? 

spike


> -----Original Message-----
> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org [mailto:extropy-chat-
> bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Ian Goddard
> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 12:42 AM
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> Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] like definition
> 
> Besides denoting a similarity relation "like" seems to
> also serve to say "It is (or was) the case that..."
> For example:
> 
> 
> (1) "Like, there's this guy who like lives down the
> street."
> 
> (2) "Well, like, here we are."
> 
> (3) "Like, there I was and I didn't know where to go."
> 
> (4) "Like, here I am and I don't know where to go."
> 
> 
> In those cases "like" seems to say "It is(was) the
> case that." One could even substitute the latter for
> the former. Like, there may be all kinds of "likes."
> 
> ~Ian
> 
> 
> 
> 
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