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Title: Some y'all screwed up the English language, literally.
Post by: Benny B 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
Title: Re: Some y'all screwed up the English language, literally.
Post by: Blue Horseshoe on August 19, 2013, 04:05:15 PM
A sad day indeed.

http://streetcarnage.com/blog/this-just-in-literally-means-not-literally/ (http://streetcarnage.com/blog/this-just-in-literally-means-not-literally/)
Title: Re: Some y'all screwed up the English language, literally.
Post by: warriorchick on August 19, 2013, 04:07:27 PM
Hopefully, we get get them to change their minds.
Title: Re: Some y'all screwed up the English language, literally.
Post by: lab_warrior on August 19, 2013, 04:56:40 PM
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RSRmsBIGKqc/UM1eKtE1jII/AAAAAAAAO0k/wl2Zad8w8XE/s1600/literally.gif)
Title: Re: Some y'all screwed up the English language, literally.
Post by: Sheriff on August 19, 2013, 08:25:14 PM
Quote from: Benny B 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

Next up.  "Ironically" will become "coincidentally."
Title: Re: Some y'all screwed up the English language, literally.
Post by: brewcity77 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.
Title: Re: Some y'all screwed up the English language, literally.
Post by: Benny B on August 21, 2013, 10:21:00 PM
Quote from: Sheriff on August 19, 2013, 08:25:14 PM
Next up.  "Ironically" will become "coincidentally."

I literally hope you're being ironic.