1. Dear Annie : I couldn't agree more with your column about the inappropriateness of "Valley Girl" speech habits in the office.

2. Turkey's love in the valley girl can see the elves don't laugh oh.

3. The problem is that our director and other colleagues are frustrated with her communication style, which is what you might call "Valley Girl."

4. If asked in a flighty, "Valley girl" way, the students punctuated their answers with "like," "sorta" and "kinda."

5. Now it's everywhere. New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand recently got fricasseed in the press for talking like a Valley Girl.