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SpicySalmonMaki🇨🇦 :
I’ve co-opted “yall” as a Canadian bc it’s so efficient and seamless
2026-07-02 03:05:09
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ошибка :
I use "I was like" as a way of indicating that I'm giving an general impression of what happened (whether for brevity, humour, or whatever)
2026-07-01 23:00:14
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God the Builder 🇨🇦 :
In the '80s we used, "So, I go" "and she goes."
2026-07-02 15:53:09
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Jennifer :
Just know when I say “and I was like” I’m totally making myself the better person in the story 😂
2026-07-02 00:53:12
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TickTalk :
I hate when they say "i could care less" when they mean "I couldn't care less"
2026-07-01 21:59:25
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Richard Rogers702 :
“And I was all..” “And he was like...”
2026-07-02 00:01:17
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k :
"I'm gonna go ahead and..." instead of "I'm going to..."
2026-07-01 22:33:34
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Akalla Beth 🇨🇦 :
They have completely different meanings. “I said” means I said those exact words. “I was like” means I said something similar to this or this is what I meant, but it was not those exact words.
2026-07-02 01:55:40
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🐸 :
“and i was like— i didn’t actually SAY that, but i was totally thinking it.”
2026-07-02 00:40:28
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Lisa Lisa & Cult Spam :
It’s an efficient way to communicate that you’re giving a “gist” and not a quote. Love it
2026-07-02 02:16:55
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Oren H :
The difference is that "I was like" belongs to a recent practice of *performing the anecdote instead of describing what happened. "I said xyz" is descriptive. When you say, "I was like" and "and I'm all, what the hell?" it's because you're actually doing a kind of one-person skit. I've met a linguist who was writing about this phenomenon, actually. A long time ago, but linguists are definitely interested in this recent trend of performing recalled conversations/interactions
2026-07-02 15:09:20
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jessica679464 :
my mom always says did you actually say that..... no I was telling you what I was like
2026-07-02 01:12:22
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d0r141 :
Now we say it in other languages but just because of that americanism
2026-07-01 23:35:48
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user5629271392066 :
If I say to you “and I was like…”, I did not say that shit out loud.
2026-07-03 01:38:19
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Robert A. Henkel 🗝️ :
Also, saying “I was like…” lets you express your thinking, and embellish the words with exagerrated emphasis, facial expressions, gestures and postures that convey more than mere words can do. It conveys your overall state of mind, not just the words you may have said.
2026-07-02 07:35:11
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jimmybondi07 :
In germany we say: „und ich so“
2026-07-02 09:05:40
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Daniela 🇦🇹🇪🇺 :
In German we say „… und ich so …“, which is basically the same thing.
2026-07-02 07:04:50
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La Boutique du Futur :
En français « j’étais en mode…. »
2026-07-02 05:49:43
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NO SOY MARIANO :
En Argentina lo adaptamos a "y yo estaba como..." o bien: "y yo estaba tipo...".
2026-07-02 03:50:21
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Bruna :
my fab is "youre gonna wanna" when saying something you should do
2026-07-02 00:56:07
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Ciroc Obama :
I went down to the beach and saw Kiki She was all like, Ehh, and I'm like whatever!
2026-07-01 22:13:20
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onwright :
I think “and I was like” also adds a performative element to our storytelling and allows you to strike out or embellish etc. and that enhances the tale your telling and helped the phrase catch fire and spread across the US from the West Coast.
2026-07-02 05:22:02
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alligator_crunch2 :
It’s prevalent here in Canada too. I was like, you guys say it too?? Like holy shit.
2026-07-02 01:54:20
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Craig MacLean🐸 :
in Scotland growing up I remember people saying "so I turned round and said" then " turned round to me and said " and so I turned round and said" on and on and on giving the picture of us all just spinning in circles while chatting 😁
2026-07-03 18:31:44
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kevez47 :
We have it in Spanish, probably from English influence. We say "y yo como...", which is "and I (was) like..."
2026-07-01 23:28:56
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