Abstract
We explore the linguistic variant – as opposed to the variable – as the object of sociolinguistic perception. The sociolinguistic principle of accountability, in centering the variable as a choice between variants, implicitly models variation from the perspective of the speaker, who makes that choice. But is it a good model for the perception of sociolinguistic meaning on the part of the listener? This paper reports the results of a matched-guise study designed to test eight distinct functions of the form like – as a verb, approximate adverb, discourse particle, etc. – in an attempt to determine whether listeners attach the same social meaning to this variant regardless of the variable it represents, and if so, whether this could be a partial explanation for why the use of like is increasing in apparent time in several variables at once. We do not find evidence to support the hypothesis that listeners evaluate the different functions of like in the same way. However, our results do offer empirical support for the division of like into sociolinguistically salient “vernacular” and non-salient “grammatical” categories. Moreover, we find a consistent pattern in which the more recently a function of like entered the speech community, the more salient it is to listeners.
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Appendix A
Mixed effects ordinal logistic regression model for articulateness.
| Random effects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | Name | Variance | Std. Dev. | |
| Participant | (Intercept) | 3.79 | 1.947 | |
| Number of objects: 207; Participants: 79 | ||||
| Fixed effects | ||||
| Estimate | Std. Error | z Value | p Value | |
| (Intercept) | ||||
| Guise (reference level is Control: No like) | ||||
| Verb | 1.1194 | 0.5650 | 1.981 | 0.047547 |
| Preposition | 0.9254 | 0.5461 | 1.695 | 0.090120 |
| Comparative | 0.3433 | 0.5525 | 0.621 | 0.534290 |
| Pre-CP | 0.3015 | 0.5336 | 0.565 | 0.572054 |
| Quotative | −0.1827 | 0.5514 | −0.331 | 0.740461 |
| Pre-vP | −0.1690 | 0.5655 | −0.299 | 0.765070 |
| Approximative | −0.8067 | 0.5636 | −1.431 | 0.152320 |
| Pre-NP | −2.0751 | 0.5746 | −3.611 | 0.000305 |
| Thresholds | Estimate | Std. Error | z Value | |
| 1|2 | −5.3172 | 0.5981 | −8.890 | |
| 2|3 | −2.0731 | 0.3613 | −5.737 | |
| 3|4 | 1.0212 | 0.3327 | 3.069 | |
| 4|5 | 4.0425 | 0.4334 | 9.328 | |
Mixed effects ordinal logistic regression model for confidence.
| Random effects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | Name | Variance | Std. Dev. | |
| Participant | (Intercept) | 10.77 | 3.282 | |
| Number of objects: 207; Participants: 79 | ||||
| Fixed effects | ||||
| Estimate | Std. Error | z Value | p Value | |
| (Intercept) | ||||
| Guise (reference level is control: No like) | ||||
| Preposition | 1.22834 | 0.69102 | 1.778 | 0.0755 |
| Comparative | 0.58772 | 0.67934 | 0.865 | 0.3870 |
| Verb | 0.30477 | 0.70616 | 0.432 | 0.6660 |
| Approximative | −0.06726 | 0.65535 | −0.103 | 0.9183 |
| Pre-CP | −0.42468 | 0.65725 | −0.646 | 0.5182 |
| Pre-vP | −0.59649 | 0.69296 | −0.861 | 0.3894 |
| Quotative | −0.64455 | 0.67683 | −0.952 | 0.3409 |
| Pre-NP | -1.45151 | 0.69047 | −2.102 | 0.0355 |
| Thresholds | Estimate | Std. Error | z Value | |
| 2|3 | −6.8565 | 0.9031 | −7.592 | |
| 3|4 | −3.3087 | 0.5933 | −5.577 | |
| 4|5 | 2.0308 | 0.5268 | 3.855 | |
Mixed effects ordinal logistic regression model for Intelligence.
| Random effects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | Name | Variance | Std. Dev. | |
| Participant | (Intercept) | 4.438 | 2.107 | |
| Number of objects: 207; Participants: 79 | ||||
| Fixed effects | ||||
| Estimate | Std. Error | z Value | p Value | |
| (Intercept) | ||||
| Guise (reference level is control: No like) | ||||
| Verb | 1.1036 | 0.6020 | 1.833 | 0.06676 |
| Comparative | 0.5889 | 0.6078 | 0.969 | 0.33263 |
| Pre-CP | 0.3655 | 0.5710 | 0.640 | 0.52216 |
| Quotative | 0.1679 | 0.5793 | 0.290 | 0.77197 |
| Preposition | 0.0300 | 0.6142 | 0.049 | 0.96104 |
| Approximative | −0.3221 | 0.5912 | −0.545 | 0.58592 |
| Pre-vP | −0.6699 | 0.5668 | −1.182 | 0.23720 |
| Pre-NP | −1.8652 | 0.6329 | −2.947 | 0.00321 |
| Thresholds | Estimate | Std. Error | z Value | |
| 1|2 | −6.8238 | 0.9621 | −7.093 | |
| 2|3 | −1.4351 | 0.3757 | −3.819 | |
| 3|4 | 2.1060 | 0.3953 | 5.327 | |
| 4|5 | 6.4822 | 0.8744 | 7.413 | |
Mixed effects ordinal logistic regression model for femininity.
| Random effects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | Name | Variance | Std. Dev. | |
| Participant | (Intercept) | 17.52 | 4.186 | |
| Number of objects: 207; Participants: 79 | ||||
| Fixed effects | ||||
| Estimate | Std. Error | z Value | p Value | |
| (Intercept) | ||||
| Guise (reference level is control: No like) | ||||
| Pre-NP | 1.1188 | 0.7005 | 1.597 | 0.110 |
| Comparative | 1.0379 | 0.7184 | 1.445 | 0.149 |
| Verb | −0.1505 | 0.6975 | −0.216 | 0.829 |
| Quotative | −0.1904 | 0.6535 | −0.291 | 0.771 |
| Pre-vP | −0.1927 | 0.6578 | −0.293 | 0.770 |
| Approximative | −0.2119 | 0.6740 | −0.314 | 0.753 |
| Preposition | −0.2146 | 0.6959 | −0.308 | 0.758 |
| Pre-CP | −0.4650 | 0.6759 | −0.688 | 0.492 |
| Thresholds | Estimate | Std. Error | z Value | |
| 2|3 | 6.2903 | 0.8868 | −7.093 | |
| 3|4 | −0.8121 | 0.6136 | −1.323 | |
| 4|5 | 4.3302 | 0.7724 | 5.606 | |
Mixed effects ordinal logistic regression model for friendliness.
| Random effects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | Name | Variance | Std. Dev. | |
| Participant | (Intercept) | 8.998 | 3 | |
| Number of objects: 207; Participants: 79 | ||||
| Fixed effects | ||||
| Estimate | Std. Error | z Value | p Value | |
| (Intercept) | ||||
| Guise (reference level is Control: No like) | ||||
| Pre-vP | 0.06151 | 0.59181 | 0.104 | 0.917 |
| Pre-CP | 0.02678 | 0.57081 | 0.047 | 0.963 |
| Comparative | −0.09612 | 0.64446 | −0.149 | 0.881 |
| Verb | −0.12119 | 0.59506 | −0.204 | 0.839 |
| Approximative | −0.13371 | 0.60097 | −0.222 | 0.824 |
| Quotative | −0.59611 | 0.58732 | −1.015 | 0.310 |
| Pre-NP | −0.79807 | 0.60124 | −1.327 | 0.184 |
| Preposition | −0.86227 | 0.60930 | −1.415 | 0.157 |
| Thresholds | Estimate | Std. Error | z Value | |
| 1|2 | −4.2677 | 0.5914 | −7.216 | |
| 2|3 | 0.3291 | 0.4461 | 0.738 | |
| 3|4 | 2.8042 | 0.5037 | 5.567 | |
| 4|5 | 5.5611 | 0.6977 | 7.970 | |
Mixed effects ordinal logistic regression model for interestingness.
| Random effects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | Name | Variance | Std. Dev. | |
| Participant | (Intercept) | 9.756 | 3.124 | |
| Number of objects: 207; Participants: 79 | ||||
| Fixed effects | ||||
| Estimate | Std. Error | z Value | p Value | |
| (Intercept) | ||||
| Guise (reference level is Control: No like) | ||||
| Verb | 1.1508 | 0.6082 | 1.892 | 0.0585 |
| Quotative | 0.9705 | 0.6123 | 1.585 | 0.1129 |
| Comparative | 0.6187 | 0.6128 | 1.010 | 0.3126 |
| Pre-CP | 0.5710 | 0.5839 | 0.978 | 0.3281 |
| Approximative | 0.4434 | 0.5784 | 0.767 | 0.4434 |
| Preposition | 0.2297 | 0.6161 | 0.373 | 0.7092 |
| Pre-vP | −0.5559 | 0.5944 | −0.935 | 0.3496 |
| Pre-NP | −0.6985 | 0.6219 | −1.123 | 0.2614 |
| Thresholds | Estimate | Std. Error | z Value | |
| 1|2 | −5.4645 | 0.7259 | −7.528 | |
| 2|3 | −1.6260 | 0.4773 | −3.407 | |
| 3|4 | 2.2280 | 0.4936 | 4.514 | |
| 4|5 | 6.5076 | 0.7662 | 8.494 | |
Mixed effects ordinal logistic regression model for politeness.
| Random effects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | Name | Variance | Std. Dev. | |
| Participant | (Intercept) | 10.05 | 3.17 | |
| Number of objects: 207; Participants: 79 | ||||
| Fixed effects | ||||
| Estimate | Std. Error | z Value | p Value | |
| (Intercept) | ||||
| Guise (reference level is Control: No like) | ||||
| Pre-CP | 1.0002 | 0.6042 | 1.655 | 0.0978 |
| Verb | 0.7984 | 0.6314 | 1.265 | 0.2060 |
| Preposition | 0.7753 | 0.6472 | 1.198 | 0.2309 |
| Approximative | 0.5550 | 0.6401 | 0.867 | 0.3859 |
| Pre-NP | 0.4773 | 0.6094 | 0.783 | 0.4335 |
| Quotative | 0.2893 | 0.6329 | 0.457 | 0.6476 |
| Comparative | 0.1934 | 0.6513 | 0.297 | 0.7665 |
| Pre-vP | −0.3520 | 0.6287 | −0.560 | 0.5755 |
| Thresholds | Estimate | Std. Error | z Value | |
| 1|2 | −2.9108 | 0.5224 | −5.572 | |
| 2|3 | 1.9082 | 0.4700 | 4.060 | |
| 3|4 | 5.2179 | 0.5678 | 9.189 | |
| 4|5 | 8.8807 | 1.0128 | 8.768 | |
Appendix B
1 Control
1Control.wav
When I was little, in grade five, there was this girl in my class who would always talk about how much she loved horses. I guess she had been into them since she was little, she was obsessed with them, she always wanted to have all these horse posters up in her room, horses on her clothes, that kind of thing – horse everything. In this speech she had to give about herself, she even said horseback riding was one of her hobbies, before she had ever even been horseback riding. It was so stupid, I’m thinking, how do you know it’s your hobby, you’ve never even done it. But anyway her parents always spoiled her, so I guess they thought “Oh, she’d probably love to have a real horse, let’s get her one.” So they got her a horse, a real horse, for her birthday, it must have cost them $2000. They kept it at this stable about an hour outside of the city and then they’d take her to go visit it once a week. So she was always talking about it – “Oh I’m going to see my horse this weekend, I can’t wait, I love my horse so much,” that kind of thing. She couldn’t stop bragging about it. But I guess one time my friend Angie spent the weekend at her house for this sleepover, and they went to see the horse, with some other people. And Angie told me after, she said it seemed as if the horse really didn’t pay attention to Lily – this girl’s name was Lily. It really loved apples and stuff, so when people fed it apples it would go crazy and make these happy sounds and swish its tail around and stuff. But Angie said, “When Lily fed it apples it wouldn’t even eat them.” I guess it would kind of just drop them on the ground as if it didn’t even want them. And it would let everyone else pet it, it was a really friendly horse, but when Lily would pet it, it would just kind of wander away. But Angie said Lily didn’t even notice, she was just too busy talking about how much she loves horses and how she’s going to have so many horses one day when she grows up and stuff. So yeah. It’s kind of funny but kind of sad. But Lily was kind of a snob, we weren’t even really friends anyway.
2 Verb
2Verb.wav
When I was in grade five there was this girl in my class who would always talk about how much she liked horses. I guess she had liked them since she was little, she was obsessed with them, she always wanted to have horse posters up in her room, horses on her clothes, horse everything. She even said horseback riding was one of her hobbies in this speech we had to give about ourselves, before she had ever even been horseback riding. It was so annoying, how do you even know you like it, you’ve never done it? But anyway so her parents thought “Oh, she’d probably like to have a real horse, let’s get her one.” So they got her a horse, a real horse, for her birthday. They kept it at a stable out in the country and then they’d take her to go visit it and stuff. So she was always talking about it – “Oh I’m going to see my horse this weekend, I can’t wait, I like my horse so much.” But I guess one time my friend Angie slept over at her house and went with her to see the horse. And she told me that it seemed that the horse really didn’t like Lil– Lily, this girl’s name was Lily. It really liked apples, so when people fed it apples it would go crazy and make these happy sounds and swish its tail around and stuff. But when Lily fed it apples it would not even eat them. It would kind of just drop them on the ground as if it didn’t even like them. And it would let everyone pet it, it was really friendly, but when Lily would pet it, it would just kind of wander away. But Angie said Lily didn’t even notice, she was just too busy talking about how much she likes horses and how she’s going to have so many horses when she grows up and stuff. So yeah. It’s kind of funny but kind of sad. But Lily was kind of snobby, I didn’t like her that much anyway.
3 Preposition
9Preposition.wav
When I was little, in grade five, there was this girl in my class who would always talk about how much she loved horses. I guess she had been into them since she was little, she was obsessed with them, she always wanted to have all these horse posters up in her room, horses on her clothes, things like that, everything looked like horses. In this speech she had to give about herself, she even said horseback riding was one of her hobbies, before she had ever even been horseback riding. She sounded like such an idiot, I’m thinking, how do you know it’s your hobby, you’ve never done anything like that. But anyway her parents always treated her like a princess, so they thought “Oh, she’d probably love to have a real horse, let’s get her one.” So they got her a horse, a real horse, for her birthday, it must have cost them $2000. They kept it at this stable about an hour outside of the city and then they’d take her to go visit it once a week. So she was always talking about it – “Oh I’m going to see my horse this weekend, I can’t wait, I love my horse so much,” stuff like that. She couldn’t stop bragging about it. But I guess one time my friend Angie spent the weekend at her house for this sleepover, and they went to see the horse, with some other people. And Angie told me after, she said it seemed as if the horse really didn’t pay attention to Lily – this girl’s name was Lily. It really loved treats like apples and stuff, so when people fed it apples it would go crazy and make these happy sounds and swish its tail around and stuff like that. But Angie said, “When Lily fed it apples it wouldn’t even eat them.” I guess it would kind of just drop them on the ground as if it didn’t even want them. And it would let everyone else pet it, it seemed like a really friendly horse, but when Lily would pet it, it would just kind of wander away. But Angie said Lily didn’t even notice, she was just too busy talking about how much she loves horses and how she’s going to have so many horses one day when she grows up and stuff. So yeah. It’s kind of funny but kind of sad. But Lily was kind always acting like a snob, we weren’t even really friends anyway.
4 Comparative complementizer
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When I was little, in grade five, there was this girl in my class who would always talk about how much she loved horses. I guess she had been into them since she was little, it was like she was obsessed with them, she always wanted to have all these horse posters up in her room, horses on her clothes, that kind of thing – horse everything. In this speech she had to give about herself, she even acted like horseback riding was one of her hobbies, before she had ever even been horseback riding. It was so stupid, I feel like you can’t know it’s your hobby if you’ve never even done it. But anyway her parents always spoiled her, so I guess they felt like she’d probably love to have a real horse, so they thought “let’s get her one.” So they got her a horse, a real horse, for her birthday, it must have cost them $2000. They kept it at this stable about an hour outside of the city and then they’d take her to go visit it once a week. So she was always talking about it – “Oh I’m going to see my horse this weekend, I can’t wait, I love my horse so much,” that kind of thing. It was like she couldn’t stop bragging about it. But I guess one time my friend Angie spent the weekend at her house for this sleepover, and they went to see the horse, with some other people. And Angie told me after, she said it seemed like the horse really didn’t pay attention to Lily – this girl’s name was Lily. It really loved apples and stuff, so when people fed it apples it would go crazy and make these happy sounds and swish its tail around and stuff. But Angie said, “When Lily fed it apples it wouldn’t even eat them.” I guess it would kind of just drop them on the ground like it didn’t even want them. And it would let everyone else pet it, it was a really friendly horse, but when Lily would pet it, it would just kind of wander away like it didn’t care. But Angie said Lily didn’t even notice, it seemed like she was just too busy talking about how much she loves horses and how she’s going to have so many horses one day when she grows up and stuff. So yeah. It’s kind of funny but kind of sad. But I feel like Lily was kind of a snob, we weren’t even really friends anyway.
5 Quotative
3Quotative.wav
When I was in grade five there was this girl in my class who was always like “Oh I love horses!” I guess she had been into them since she was little, she was obsessed with them, she always wanted to have horse posters up in her room, horses on her clothes, horse everything. In this speech she had to give about herself, she was like “horseback riding is one of my hobbies”, before she had ever even been horseback riding. It was so annoying, I was like, “how do you even know it’s your hobby, you’ve never done it?” But anyway so her parents were like “Oh, she’d probably want to have a real horse, let’s get her one.” So they got her a horse, a real horse, for her birthday. They kept it at a stable out in the country and then they’d take her to go visit it and stuff. So she was always talking about it, she’d be like “Oh I’m going to see my horse this weekend, I can’t wait.” She was like, “I love my horse so much.” But I guess one time my friend Angie slept over at her house and went with her to see the horse. And Angie told me after, she was like “the horse really doesn’t pay attention to Lil– Lily”, this girl’s name was Lily. It really loved apples, so when people fed it apples it would go crazy and make these happy sounds and swish its tail around and stuff. But Angie was like, “When Lily fed it apples it would not even eat them.” It would kind of just drop them on the ground as if it didn’t even want them. And it would let everyone pet it, it was really friendly, but when Lily would pet it, it would just kind of wander away. But Angie was like “Lily didn’t even notice, she was just too busy talking about how much she loves horses and how she’s going to have so many horses when she grows up and stuff.” So yeah. I was like, “It’s kind of funny but kind of sad.” But Lily was kind of snobby, we weren’t even friends anyway.
6 Pre-CP discourse marker
4PreCP.wav
When I was in grade five there was this girl in my class who would always talk about how much she loved horses. Like I guess she had been into them since she was little, she was obsessed with them, like she always wanted to have horse posters up in her room, horses on her clothes, horse everything. She even said horseback riding was one of her hobbies in this speech we had to give about ourselves, before she had ever even been horseback riding. It was so annoying, like how do you even know it’s your hobby, you’ve never done it. But anyway so her parents thought “Oh, she’d probably want to have a real horse, let’s get her one.” So they got her a horse, like a real horse, for her birthday. Like they kept it at a stable out in the country and then they’d take her to go visit it and stuff. So like she was always talking about it, “Oh I’m going to see my horse this weekend, I can’t wait, I love my horse so much.” But I guess one time my friend Angie slept over at her house and went with her to see the horse. And she told me that like it seemed that the horse really didn’t pay attention to Lil– Lily, this girl’s name was Lily. Like it really loved apples, so when people fed it apples it would go crazy and make these happy sounds and swish its tail around and stuff. But when Lily fed it apples it would not even eat them. Like it would kind of just drop them on the ground as if it didn’t even want them. And it would let everyone pet it, it was really friendly, but when Lily would pet it, it would just kind of wander away. But Angie said like Lily didn’t even notice, she was just too busy talking about how much she loves horses and how she’s going to have so many horses when she grows up and stuff. So yeah. It’s kind of funny but kind of sad. But like Lily was kind of snobby, we weren’t even friends anyway.
7 Pre-vP discourse particle
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When I was little, in grade five, there was this girl in my class who would always like talk about how much she loved horses. I guess she had been into them since she was little, she was obsessed with them, she always like wanted to have all these horse posters up in her room, horses on her clothes, that kind of thing – horse everything. In this speech she had to give about herself, she even said horseback riding was one of her hobbies, before she had ever even been horseback riding. It was so stupid, I’m thinking, how do you know it’s your hobby, you’ve never even done it. But anyway her parents always spoiled her, so I guess they thought “Oh, she’d probably love to have a real horse, let’s get her one.” So they got her a horse, a real horse, for her birthday, it must have cost them $2000. They like kept it at this stable about an hour outside of the city and then they’d like take her to go visit it once a week. So she was always talking about it – “Oh I’m going to see my horse this weekend, I can’t wait, I love my horse so much,” that kind of thing. She couldn’t stop bragging about it. But I guess one time my friend Angie like spent the weekend at her house for this sleepover, and they went to see the horse, with some other people. And Angie told me after, she said it seemed as if the horse really didn’t like pay attention to Lily – this girl’s name was Lily. It really loved apples and stuff, so when people fed it apples it would go crazy and like make these happy sounds and swish its tail around and stuff. But Angie said, “When Lily fed it apples it wouldn’t even eat them.” I guess it would just like drop them on the ground as if it didn’t even want them. And it would let everyone else pet it, it was a really friendly horse, but when Lily would pet it, it would just like wander away. But Angie said Lily didn’t even notice, she was just too busy talking about how much she loves horses and how she’s going to like have so many horses one day when she grows up and stuff. So yeah. It’s kind of funny but kind of sad. But Lily was kind of a snob, we weren’t even really friends anyway.
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When I was little, in grade five, there was this like girl in my class who would always talk about how much she loved horses. I guess she had been into them since she was little, she was obsessed with them, she always wanted to have all these like horse posters up in her room, horses on her clothes, that kind of thing – horse everything. In this like speech she had to give about herself, she even said horseback riding was one of her hobbies, before she had ever even been horseback riding. It was so stupid, I’m thinking, how do you know it’s your hobby, you’ve never even done it. But anyway her parents always spoiled her, so I guess they thought “Oh, she’d probably love to have a real horse, let’s get her one.” So they got her a horse, a like real horse, for her birthday, it must have cost them $2000. They kept it at this like stable about an hour outside of the city and then they’d take her to go visit it once a week. So she was always talking about it – “Oh I’m going to see my horse this weekend, I can’t wait, I love my horse so much,” that kind of thing. She couldn’t stop bragging about it. But I guess one time my friend Angie spent the weekend at her house for this like sleepover, and they went to see the horse, with some like other people. And Angie told me after, she said it seemed as if the horse really didn’t pay attention to Lily – this girl’s name was Lily. It really loved like apples and stuff, so when people fed it apples it would go crazy and make these like happy sounds and swish its tail around and stuff. But Angie said, “When Lily fed it apples it wouldn’t even eat them.” I guess it would kind of just drop them on the ground as if it didn’t even want them. And it would let everyone else pet it, it was a really friendly horse, but when Lily would pet it, it would just kind of wander away. But Angie said Lily didn’t even notice, she was just too busy talking about how much she loves horses and how she’s going to have so many horses one day, when she grows up and stuff. So yeah. It’s kind of funny but kind of sad. But Lily was kind of a snob, we weren’t the like best of friends anyway.
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When I was little, in like grade five, there was this girl in my class who would always talk about how much she loved horses. I guess she had been into them since she was like three, she was obsessed with them, she always wanted to have like a million horse posters up in her room, horses on her clothes, that kind of thing – horse everything. In this speech she had to give about herself, she even said horseback riding was one of her hobbies, before she had ever even been horseback riding. It was so stupid, how do you know it’s your hobby, you’ve never even done it. But anyway her parents always spoiled her, so I guess they thought “Oh, she’d probably love to have a real horse, let’s get her one.” So they got her a horse, a real horse, for her birthday, it must have cost them like $2000. They kept it at this stable like an hour outside the city, and then they’d take her to go visit it like once a week. So she was always talking about it – “Oh I’m going to see my horse this weekend, I can’t wait, I love my horse so much,” that kind of thing. She’d brag about it like every five minutes But I guess one time my friend Angie spent the weekend at her house for this sleepover, and they went to see the horse, with like two or three other people. And Angie told me after, she said it seemed as if the horse really didn’t pay attention to Lily – this girl’s name was Lily. It really loved apples and stuff, so when people fed it apples it would go crazy and make these happy sounds and swish its tail around and stuff. But Angie said, “When Lily fed it apples it wouldn’t even eat them.” I guess it would kind of just drop them on the ground as if it didn’t even want them. And it would let everyone else pet it, it was a really friendly horse, but when Lily would pet it, it would just kind of wander away. But Angie said Lily didn’t even notice, she was just too busy talking about how much she loves horses and how she’s going to have like 50 horses one day when she grows up and stuff. So yeah. It’s kind of funny but kind of sad. But Lily was kind of a snob, we were only friends for like a month anyway.
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