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Old 06-30-2006, 04:11 PM   #45
Torrere
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brett's Honey
I hate hearing that more than anything esle! "He goes" instead of "He said", and "He's like" instead of "He said". When I hear a person saying one of those phrases repeatedly, I want to have them write down what they're saying and listen to how stupid it sounds and looks when read.

I've always interpreted "he said" as

"Now I'm going to repeat the words that he used"

and "he's like" as

"Now I'm going to do a whole body imitation of him at the moment that he said these words"
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