Words

[pez]

I'm watching telly and the only words that these people know are "like" and "nice". I do mean it, they use "nice" in every single bloody sentence:

"Oh, nice house."
"Oh, nice view, I like that."
"I like this, so nice!"
"Nice size!"
"This is nice isn't it?"
"It would be nice if we could knock this down..."
"But like... it's not like... it's just not nice."

I have some suggestions:

Use less of	Try instead
Like	Enjoy, love, don't mind, think it's not bad, for example, I mean, for instance, such as Or just stop to think what you actually want to say
Nice	Whatever you actually want to mean - good, bad, good for its job, bright, lovely, shit, gives me the shivers... etc.

"Nice" - I wonder if it's a British thing? To always be amiable (at least traditionally...) it's a word that doesn't offend anyone. But I think it's something that a lot of English speakers do too, not just British.

"Nice" and "like" are not bad words. I use "stupid" to describe everything I don't like (see, I think "like" is appropriate here"), BUT I don't do it everywhere/in front of everyone. It depends on who I'm talking to. When I'm making a work call and the lady on the other side is "like"-ing everything, I want to reach down the phone line and squeeze her throat.

I should change channel before this drives me Sanadas bananas.

Comments

[giving-ground.livejournal.com]

Daytime TV is, like, nice bad for your health.

[ahgwa.livejournal.com]

...I agree. Teenagers over here overuse the word 'like'.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

They do!

....except the people in TV were big adults. T_T What is the world coming to?

[ahgwa.livejournal.com]

At least we don't have to worry about an ageing population XD

[miiol.livejournal.com]

This is a nice post, I like it :D

_{please don't hurt me, i couldn't resist D:!}

[sharona1x2.livejournal.com]

I'm guilty of doing that, but I'm trying to make a conscious effort not to.

[notgointohappen.livejournal.com]

English is not my mother language, and it's damn fact that in every language there are some bloody annoying stuff to use.

Like english spoken when people like use word like 'like' all the time, so it like loses it's real meaning and like makes me like really confused, or like more like pissed.
It really isn't like nice. >_<
And then they make all the lines sound as like question?
It's not lke nice either.

And wattahell 'nice' means. I mean I know the meaning of the word but what it really MEANS ....like..... XD

No, It's not British only. As I've spoken other foreigners they use those annoying habits too....