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Author Topic: Some y'all screwed up the English language, literally.  (Read 2387 times)

Benny B

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Some y'all screwed up the English language, literally.
« on: August 15, 2013, 12:35:01 PM »
A sad day for the Scoop grammar patrol... 'literally' is no longer literal.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/15/living/literally-definition/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny.  Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.

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warriorchick

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Re: Some y'all screwed up the English language, literally.
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2013, 04:07:27 PM »
Hopefully, we get get them to change their minds.
Have some patience, FFS.

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Re: Some y'all screwed up the English language, literally.
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2013, 04:56:40 PM »

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Re: Some y'all screwed up the English language, literally.
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2013, 08:25:14 PM »
A sad day for the Scoop grammar patrol... 'literally' is no longer literal.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/15/living/literally-definition/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Next up.  "Ironically" will become "coincidentally."

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Re: Some y'all screwed up the English language, literally.
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2013, 06:18:05 PM »
Someone at Google doesn't understand how definitions work. You can't use the word you are defining to explain its own meaning. Undermines the whole purpose of defining something. If a person doesn't know what "literally" means, how can you explain what it means by using the word "literally"?

So not only is this a sad day for grammar, it's an atrocious day for the Google dictionary writers.
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Benny B

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Re: Some y'all screwed up the English language, literally.
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2013, 10:21:00 PM »
Next up.  "Ironically" will become "coincidentally."

I literally hope you're being ironic.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny.  Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.

 

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