Raves and rants!
The word “like” has become an epidemic now. There is no age bar to the use of this word “like”.
Like how? Like this:
“Like he came and he like opened his mouth and like he said “aarghhh!”
I like feel like screaming like.
Fillers can be used, yes, but not to the extent of making the other people close his or her ears.
“I, like, love you” would be the worst statement one can say to a lover.
These public speakers! I happened to attend a function where there were five guests and hardly half an hour time left. The audience were already leaving. The first guest went on and on for twenty minutes leaving the other guests with gaping mouths. The other speakers had to politely cut off their speech quickly and sit down.
Audiences generally appreciate the respect of time by these speakers. People have started preferring brevity of speeches, perhaps, even less than ten minutes of speech with specific points attract the crowd.. Kennedy, it is said, prepared speeches for less than 20 minutes and rarely used fillers. “Less is better than more” is the order of the day.
I happened to hear a discussion taking place among youngsters about ahimsa. According to them, ahimsa is “outdated” and Gandhi’s principle of Ahimsa as a peace-making process won’t work out now. Someone retorted that if one such Mahathma rises up again, Ahimsa will become active. Ahimsa is preachable, I think.
It is amazing to see people who drive and at the same time talk on cell phones. Sometimes one keeps talking on the cell phone while typing an email or chatting with a friend online. While using the cell phone on the road, it looks as if they are talking to themselves. Multitasking between parallel realities is fine but doesn’t it lead to lack of full attention, lack of concentration, time loss?… where is it all leading to?
While on one side we rave and rant about BP, cholesterol and diabetes even among the younger generation, fast food joints are seen at every nook and corner of the city. The worst part of it is the unhygienic conditions where the food is produced and made. Start loving home cooked food please!
Why is it that we expect others to say a hi or a hello to us first? My friend was complaining the other day that someone turned his face and did not say a hi first and so she turned her face and ignored him. What do we gain? Just try going out of your way to say a hello to a familiar face and watch their reaction.
Like how? Like this:
“Like he came and he like opened his mouth and like he said “aarghhh!”
I like feel like screaming like.
Fillers can be used, yes, but not to the extent of making the other people close his or her ears.
“I, like, love you” would be the worst statement one can say to a lover.
These public speakers! I happened to attend a function where there were five guests and hardly half an hour time left. The audience were already leaving. The first guest went on and on for twenty minutes leaving the other guests with gaping mouths. The other speakers had to politely cut off their speech quickly and sit down.
Audiences generally appreciate the respect of time by these speakers. People have started preferring brevity of speeches, perhaps, even less than ten minutes of speech with specific points attract the crowd.. Kennedy, it is said, prepared speeches for less than 20 minutes and rarely used fillers. “Less is better than more” is the order of the day.
I happened to hear a discussion taking place among youngsters about ahimsa. According to them, ahimsa is “outdated” and Gandhi’s principle of Ahimsa as a peace-making process won’t work out now. Someone retorted that if one such Mahathma rises up again, Ahimsa will become active. Ahimsa is preachable, I think.
It is amazing to see people who drive and at the same time talk on cell phones. Sometimes one keeps talking on the cell phone while typing an email or chatting with a friend online. While using the cell phone on the road, it looks as if they are talking to themselves. Multitasking between parallel realities is fine but doesn’t it lead to lack of full attention, lack of concentration, time loss?… where is it all leading to?
While on one side we rave and rant about BP, cholesterol and diabetes even among the younger generation, fast food joints are seen at every nook and corner of the city. The worst part of it is the unhygienic conditions where the food is produced and made. Start loving home cooked food please!
Why is it that we expect others to say a hi or a hello to us first? My friend was complaining the other day that someone turned his face and did not say a hi first and so she turned her face and ignored him. What do we gain? Just try going out of your way to say a hello to a familiar face and watch their reaction.
5 comments:
Priya
The gorrilla made me write the comment ;)
Yes, Like is really irritating, I have developed quite a disdain for it myself, instead of like I use "as in" LOL
vi
Priya ..
Interesting and very relevant observations !!! Particularly about "Like" and Ahimsa and Saying hi first .. and everything that you have written there !
nice read
priya, there was an experiment done in uk. couple of guys were made to go through a license test while on phone and later they drank alcohol little beyond the legal limit and gave the test again. needless to say, there were more errors when they were sober but on the phone... about like, i have reduced the number of times i use it in a conversation but haven't been able to completely take it out.
Vi..thks to the gorilla but why anon?
Cheti..thks for visiting and for the comment:)
Bottled-imp..welcome. Yes, like i said, "like" is an epidemic now :)
funny blog :)
Funnier was the ape's menacing look for a comment...
'Basically' i like, liked the blog. :))
Have you noticed "basically" is another word we use very commonly.
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