Whether you "
like" it or not, the word "
like" was a solecism that came from an advertising "
slogan" (a word meaning "
hit" or "
strike") from 1954 (until 1972) for cigarettes.
Winston tastes good like a cigarette should. (not proper English, a solecism)
Winston tastes good as a cigarette should. (proper English at the time)
Many older people tended not to "
like" the improper English. Younger people tended to adopt the saying and "
liked" it. Soon, some people would, and some still do, use "
like" several times in every spoken remark.
Like, you know,
like it
like it is.
Philippians 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. [kjv]
οσοι ουν τελειοι τουτο φρονωμεν και ει τι ετερως φρονειτε και τουτο ο θεος υμιν αποκαλυψει [gnt]
Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. [kjv]
καγω δε σοι λεγω οτι συ ει πετρος και επι ταυτη τη πετρα οικοδομησω μου την εκκλησιαν και πυλαι αδου ου κατισχυσουσιν αυτης [gnt]
… Petrus … petram … ecclesiam … [v]
