Bill Dalton: It's like y'know
"Maybe it’s only, like, me, but have you, like, noticed lots of, like, people today — especially younger people — can’t, like, complete a thought or, like, say an entire sentence without, like, using the word 'like' about, like, a dozen times?" columnist Bill Dalton writes.
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