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With easygoing authority... [Fridland] offers context, and a welcoming spirit, to the many contentious realignments in our language.—The Wall Street Journal

“Smart and funny—I loved it! —Mignon Fogarty, author of New York Times bestseller Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

A lively linguistic exploration of the speech habits we love to hate—and why our “like”s  and “literally”s actually make us better communicators

Paranoid about the “ums” and “uhs” that pepper your presentations? Concerned that people notice your vocal fry? Bewildered by “hella” or the meteoric rise of “so”?  What if these features of our speech weren’t a sign of cultural and linguistic degeneration, but rather, some of the most dynamic and revolutionary tools at our disposal?

In Like, Literally, Dude, lingu

Like Literally Dude

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      Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
      Published 18 April 2023
      ISBN-13 9780593298329
      978-0593298329
      ISBN-10 0593298322
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      Linguistics Popular culture

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      With easygoing authority... [Fridland] offers context, and a welcoming spirit, to the many contentious realignments in our language.—The Wall Street Journal

      “Smart and funny—I loved it! —Mignon Fogarty, author of New York Times bestseller Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

      A lively linguistic exploration of the speech habits we love to hate—and why our “like”s  and “literally”s actually make us better communicators

      Paranoid about the “ums” and “uhs” that pepper your presentations? Concerned that people notice your vocal fry? Bewildered by “hella” or the meteoric rise of “so”?  What if these features of our speech weren’t a sign of cultural and linguistic degeneration, but rather, some of the most dynamic and revolutionary tools at our disposal?

      In Like, Literally, Dude, lingu

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