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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel
They have the decals on their vehicles because they aren't living at home. You don't need to advertise where you're from if you're currently there. Idaho plates are designated by county, so everyone knows where your car is registered, and a general area of where home is (except some kids from Sandpoint have those oval stickers with three letters SPT, but that's Bonner County, and kind of special). Washington doesn't do that, but the NorCal stickers are mostly used by athletes, as many student athletes are from Northern and Southern California at both UI and WSU. The Alaskan kids have Alaskan Grown stickers, and it is just how people identify their home while away from it.
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Are the decals similar to the national car stickers used in Europe?
Ironically, while trying to find a picture, I found this.
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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel
I don't know where and who you're hanging around, but for my social group, the "like" speech was not acceptable, and as I said, no one I know speaks that way. Most of my cohort is still living in the Bay Area, as I was one of the few to leave for more than four years. Perhaps it is a San Francisco proper thing, Glitter650 and LucyKKG could weigh in on it as they are local but not the same zip or area code. Likely I'm just an anomaly, as every kid I grew up with.
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Did no one in your social group ever slip and used the "like" speech? If not, there must have been some interesting conversations. Makes me think of Winona Ryder trying to speak with a British accent.
Personally, my "social group" does not actively use the "like" speech either. However, I am never shocked when I hear a peer (or myself) slip and use something from "like" speech. I simply attribute these slips of "like" speech to having been exposed to it. Because a "watered down" version seems to flow freely from many "locals". I only have to ride BART or MUNI to get a healthy dose of it. To be clear, I am in no way saying that everyone or even the majority of Northern Californians use "like" speech. But many of the little valspeak phrases do pop up in the general population.
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