which kind of girls(boys) do you like?
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I like people whom I can talk with easily and our conversation just flows.
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There is a classic question in friendly street english:
"Do you, like, 'like' him? Or do you, like, 'LIKE' him???
(like as a friend vs. attracted to)
For me the answer is pretty much the same. Except I 'like' a lot more people than I 'LIKE'.
Someone who is smart, but modest about what they don't know.
Someone who is funny but can be serious.
Someone who is caring but can also relax.
Someone who is passionate about learning, always, their whole life, not just in school.
Those things (in my opinion) make a person attractive, as a friend or more than just that.
In the example at top, "like" is being used in two ways, as a verb (to like someone) and as a comparative preposition (this is like that).
In street use (especially west coast slang), 'like' gets used as a particle. It means you are setting a scene, or telling a story.
'It was like, you were there and I was here.'
'It was like, everything was going wrong at once.'
There is definitely a pause at the comma, before telling the story.
Then it gets stretched further- used as self-reflection, it replaces 'I said, you said'
"I'm like, get me out of here. And you were like, no, wait it out."
FInally all the rest gets dropped and it becomes an intro to a sentence clause, the effect is sort of like putting quotation marks around what is said.
'Like, barf me out.'
'Like, gag me with a spoon. That is SOOO grody!'
I've chosen Valley Girl words on purpose, this is a classic VG pattern. But it is common all over the west coast, not just Silicon Valley mall rats:
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The women that always seemed to stick in my mind the most were those that didn't impress me immediately, but seemed to grow more lovely over time.
They generally did this by being intelligent, considerate and not being self-absorbed.
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well, you don't look bad. wanna go for a coffee?
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those who likes me also those who not hates me much
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