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Freeshadow · 04-06-2016, 06:36 AM

How do you perceive quotative like?
Always when I read or hear "$_foo was like $_bar" instead of "$_foo said $_bar"; before my inner eye unfolds the image of $_foo miming $_bar. Can't help it.
More often than not it's hard to not laugh then.

04-06-2016, 06:36 AM	#128
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,815 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	How do you perceive quotative like? Always when I read or hear "$_foo was like $_bar" instead of "$_foo said $_bar"; before my inner eye unfolds the image of $_foo miming $_bar. Can't help it. More often than not it's hard to not laugh then.