With the way language has evolved, this is one of the few ways I can even think of to express in casual conversation what someone said.Â
âSo I said to Aisha,â is certainly used, but if you remove the âso,â which implies casual tone (âandâ can be used in the same way), you get
âI said to Aisha,â which is really formal in most English dialects/variations. I donât know about all, but in New England dialects, you sound like youâre reading aloud from a novel.
âI told Aisha,â is really only used when you continue to describe, not tell, what you told her. Ex: âI told Aisha that James was too punk for herâ works while, âI told Aisha, âJames is too punk for youââ crosses the line back into formalness of the âI said.â
Things like âI askedâ or âI answered [with]â are similar levels of casual and efficient to the âSo, I said [or say, as many conversations about the past take place in present tense anyway, as if the speaker is giving a play-by-play in the moment]â but are specific to only certain situations.Â
âI was like, âMarc Johns, what is your obsession with restoring archaic speech patterns and interfering with the natural progression of English from complex to efficient?ââ envelopes all of these easily and is accessible and crisp, and allows for more variations on inflection than the others.
Of course, James is probably like, âI already fucking said that.â But eh, I tried adding on.
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