Peanuts by Charles Schulz for May 16, 1956

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    brooklynmarina  over 12 years ago

    This strip illustrates how people used to speak proper English. In the second and third panels, nowadays Lucy would quote her Mom and herself as saying, “And she was like, ‘no you’re not’,” "And I was like, ‘Why?’ “And she was like, ‘Because I said so, that’s why!’” I think it began with the Valley Girls in the 1980s, and since then it’s spread like kudzu. Adults are to blame, since it began in the ‘80s. It’s almost sad these days when you hear kids from elementary school through college age speaking to one another. It seems as if they can’t go 10 seconds without saying “like.” How they’ll excel in job interviews in the future is beyond me…although chances are the interviewer will have the same habit, and so probably won’t even notice it.

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    RoofDog  about 12 years ago

    At least she can still pull rank on Linus.

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    yow4zip Premium Member over 8 years ago

    You tell it, Lucy.

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    AlanTompkins  about 4 years ago

    Ain’t it a fact?

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