The OMG Generation...

Someone said that the American vocabulary had been reduced to just three words: Omygod, awesome and shit. But since the goodness of man in Islam is minding what concerns him, I will let that pass. However, this one that I am about to say is happening right under my own nose, and as a result my business. 

See, fillers used to be used by people with articulation problems, like those who trip over their tongue when talking. Today however, it has become a trend in The Gambia, especially among young females. But unlike typically used fillers like: uh, er, erm, etc. the average Gambian young lady will take the word “like” (el-eye-kay-ee) and drop it in between nearly every word she uses in a sentence. 

Check what I did to myself the other day that I asked one such lady about her take on the IamDavido concert. It felt like I gave her a hip-hop beat to rap to:

“Oh… wow, like, the fun part started kinda late, but like, it was really, soooo awesome. I was like, oh my God! Like, this is the best show ever. Oh my God! Mike you lost out, like big time. Guess what? You’re so not gonna want to hear this, but awww, like seriously, the guy is so cute. When I see folks say... like, they didn’t feel him, I was like, WTF? Like, what's wrong with some people?