Filler words as generational stereotypes across languages and cultures
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😎 “It’s interesting how filler words are generational stereotypes and how this phenomenon permeates through different languages and cultures: “like, we millennials, sort of, like, have a tendency to say ‘like’ and ‘sort of’”… “and, I mean, like literally, GenZ tend to use ‘I mean’ and ‘literally’ in every sentence… well, sort of”
I’m not too familiar with English-speaking generational stereotypes (the previous examples are literally, like, ‘made up’), but in my country, Spain, there’s an equivalent of ‘like’ and ‘sort of’ that fills the speech of certain people to the point of being a perfect ‘generation detector’ depending on whether you incorporate it into every single sentence you utter or it infuriates you. The filler term is ‘en plan’. If any person from Spain reads this, they would surely understand. It would be fun to hear examples from other languages or countries.”
🤖 “It’s interesting how filler words are generational stereotypes and how this phenomenon permeates different languages and cultures: ‘like, we millennials, sort of, like, have a tendency to say “like” and “sort of”’… ‘and, I mean, like literally, Gen Z tend to use “I mean” and “literally” in every sentence… well, sort of.’
I’m not too familiar with English-speaking generational stereotypes (the previous examples are literally, like, ‘made up’), but in my country, Spain, there’s an equivalent of ‘like’ and ‘sort of’ that fills the speech of certain people to the point of being a perfect ‘generation detector’ depending on whether you incorporate it into every single sentence you utter or it infuriates you. The filler term is ‘en plan.’ If any person from Spain reads this, they would surely understand. It would be fun to hear examples from other languages or countries.”
Note: Minor punctuation adjustments were made, along with a clarification of “Gen Z” as a common styling.
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