Lane Visitor Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 girls and guys alike.. at my work... in my groups of friends... at family dinners, even my mom does it sometimes! and it's CONTAGIOUS! it often seems to come out more when ppl are trying to be cool, copy other people's thoughts, or stand off-ish .. but its weird cuz i used to think it was cool when i was young and accidentally found myself doing it too.. but then i realized how it actually comes off to me as so not cool, like ppl sound so uncomfortable with themselves when they talk like that.. but i find more super bro types with that inflection more than anyone lolol then theres that crackling lower-register voice thats also associated- valley girl-ish that ppl do when there's no effort coming out.. when people are nervous or sometimes even ashamed, embarrassed, kinda talking under their breath.. but they all sound like bill and ted wtfffff whatevvvvrrr totes. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Mughnus Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I'm guilty of 2 things that might fit into your description. I say "um" a lot when I'm in between sentences. I also say "like" quite a bit but not more than once in a sentence. =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 hah, no worries.. i do it too.. but do you do the inflection? that's a double whammy ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Mughnus Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Oh god no I don't have the inflection, I know what you mean though! Usually tbh if someone starts talking to me like that I just walk away. lool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 because je t'aime the valley OH my wife is actually from the Valley IRL so superfluous "likes" don't phase me anymore but I heard the XKCD guy, Randall Munroe, on NPR the other day and he legit sounded Valley as fuck and I wasn't expecting that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 Oh god no I don't have the inflection, I know what you mean though! Usually tbh if someone starts talking to me like that I just walk away. lool lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colunga Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 omg like gag me with a spoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Mughnus Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Oh god no I don't have the inflection, I know what you mean though! Usually tbh if someone starts talking to me like that I just walk away. lool lol I'm serious! There is a girl at work that talks like that and I usually leave mid-sentence. Rude I know and I'm not a snob but something about talking like that really rubs me the wrong way, I can't handle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 Oh god no I don't have the inflection, I know what you mean though! Usually tbh if someone starts talking to me like that I just walk away. lool lol I'm serious! There is a girl at work that talks like that and I usually leave mid-sentence. Rude I know and I'm not a snob but something about talking like that really rubs me the wrong way, I can't handle it. i feel you dude, twas ready to leave for the day at work at one point today during an all-out "valley" attack in the office hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraveGlitcher Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perezvon Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Oh dog I didn't know what a "valley girl" was, but now that I know I can say there are some teens/younguns here who speak english fine that talk that way. It's godawful, I like my french accent better/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I recall an NPR article on this very issue from some time last year. That or the year before. Something about Valley Girls being the pioneers for today's vernacular, at least in the southwestern US.I avoid talking like one though, for fear of sounding too effeminate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Retrig Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I cringe every time I hear someone say "I know, right?"Fuck, I'm getting old. Stupid kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 I cringe every time I hear someone say "I know, right?" Fuck, I'm getting old. Stupid kids. i knooowww riiightt?!?!? *pronunciation of "right" = "ruh-i-eeeeeeeet" note-- there's a slight iiii short vowel of "i" that comes before and slightly within that long eeeee lolz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 omg now i cant NOT hear that voice from everyone around me lol.. i cant wait to go home and hear my girlfriends non valley-girl voice :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny O Flannagin Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Can you record yourself talking like this and post it. Having a hard time imagining what this sounds like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 hahaha ... i may just have to do that at some point over the weekend. stand by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny O Flannagin Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 hahaha ... i may just have to do that at some point over the weekend. stand by http://vocaroo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YO303 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 blame the show The Hills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 hahaha ... i may just have to do that at some point over the weekend. stand by http://vocaroo.com Cool site! But.. "Or upload? Vocaroo - The premier voice recording service. Sorry, your device does not support in-browser audio recording." Lame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schlitze Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Lane Visitor's posts this evening have to been brought to you in association with Finlandia vodka. Triple distilled for extra taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Mughnus Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Lane Visitor's posts this evening have to been brought to you in association with Finlandia vodka. Triple distilled for extra taste. teehee =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manmower Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 I think we should totally like ban everyone who has more than twenty posts in the vaporwave thread like. It's time to squash that fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skotosa Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 I had to look up what you were talking about. Like OM Glob wow, I had no idea. I'm guilty of talking like Lumpy Space Princes only when referencing Lumpy Space Princes. Also I would like to see Valley Girl replaced with LSP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauhid Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 I grew up in LA. It's really all about the use of "like", not as a simile. Don't think about the scenario I've presented too hard. Just an example of how it's used. - "So I like went to the store and bought these, like, green shoes that looked awesome. It was cool how, like, they were pretty cheap." - "Omg ya totally, like, that's so cool." - "I know, right? So anyways, Brad got a new skateboard that's, like, pretty bitchin." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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