Christopher Hitchens - Just as the humble, unassuming, assenting 'O.K.' has deposed the more...

Christopher Hitchens Zitate

Just as the humble, unassuming, assenting 'O.K.' has deposed the more affirmative 'Yes,' so the little cringe and hesitation and approximation of 'like' are a help to young people who are struggling to negotiate the shoals and rapids of ethnic identity, the street, and general correctness.

Christopher Hitchens

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Deutsche Übersetzung

So wie das bescheidene, bescheidene und zustimmende "OK". hat das eher Ja-Wort abgesetzt, so dass das kleine Schrecken und Zögern und Annähern von „Like“ eine Hilfe für junge Leute ist, die Schwierigkeiten haben, über die Untiefen und Stromschnellen der ethnischen Identität, die Straße und die allgemeine Korrektheit zu verhandeln.

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