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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>SR Ballard<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>And what is it with people going? It seems we don’t say. I recall at one time hearing young people relate a discussion thus: He said {such and such} then she said {so and so.} But now it’s: He goes {yakkity yak} then she goes {bla bla}.<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>And see, my generation would say “was like”:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>He was like {such and such}, but then she was like {so and so}.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>SR Ballard<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ja, and it gets even worse from there. After people stopped being like, they were all. A description of the “dialog” often came with acted out gesturing and pantomime: He was all (exaggerated act, often including facial gestures and body language, surprisingly often with a lack of actual verbalization.) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But consider the difficulty presented to the court stenographer who must translate all this to text. A case with contradictory testimony might be transcribed:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Well he was all, then she was all, and he was all, then she was, then he was…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Judges reviewing the transcript of a He’s All She’s All case would be most puzzled.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike <br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>