Val-girl [sic] "like"

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

"Val-girl 'like' is a misnomer for a usage that has been found everywhere in 
the USA for over a generation.

Now, why anyone would want to, uhm, "curb" its use (much less think that such 
an effort is anything but, oh, totally futile) is, well, soooo another 
matter.

In a message dated 2/5/04 11:49:38 PM, grendel.jjf at VERIZON.NET writes:


> The ADS once named filler "like" as the "most likely to succeed" linguistic 
> novelty.  The 3 Feb Wall Street Journal (p. D1) has an article on the 
> generation that has grown up using it like all the time and some efforts to curb 
> that use.  My own efforts are described at 
> http://www.stcpmc.org/pdf/OnlineOct_Nov.pdf.
>