[Huck]

"I was like" and "I said" don't mean the same thing. The way I interpret it, "I was like" invokes something of a re-enactment. It isn't merely a recounting of what was said, it is an acting out of how it was said. "I said" merely refers to the words. If one wishes to impart the tone of voice, the emotion, or the attitude with which those words were delivered, one would have to add further description (e.g., "I was so appalled; I was ready to scream. So I answered back, my voice quivering with nerves..") But rather than do that, people just say, "I was like..", which clearly and plainly represents not just the content, but the way it was delivered. Grammar snobs are always the last one's to accept changes in language.

[Huck]

one's=ones

[longtermmemmory]

of"T"en with the hard "T" is still tough to accept.

I still remember it was a mark of illiteracy to pronounce the t.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Grammar snobs are always the last one's to accept changes in language.

Yeah, we are. I missed the memo that said "last ones" takes an apostrophe. When did that change?

[Skip Ripley]

I was like...thinking that like college was a place to go and like, learn or something....then I realized that colleges are like totalllllly in to watching the bottom line and that some of them will like give a degree to anyone who can fog a mirror if they stick around long enough and pay enough money...

[sine_nomine]

Whatever.

[BurbankKarl]

'Fo shizzle

>>Grammar snobs are always the last one's to accept changes in language.