Language change

[Asa Nordqvist]

>I haven't seen any mention of the "new" ways to report dialogue using
>either "go" (the oldest and most widespread form), "like" or "all"

In Swedish it's very common among teenagers to use the Swedish word "bara"
('just') when reporting dialogue, like:

Ah han bara "gillar du verkligen Backstreet Boys?",  ah daa bara hon liksom
"jaa...".
'And he just "do you really like Backstreet boys?", and then she just kind
of "yeah...".'

Asa Nordqvist



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