Ever since Rob Lowe on "Parks & Rec", I think I have removed "literally" from my vocabulary except the once a month when I do mean it as advertised.
Say! look at you! You look just like me! We're very pretty.
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
le nubian - Jun 13, 2012 7:20:28 am PDT #9477 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
le nubian - Jun 13, 2012 7:21:04 am PDT #9478 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I abuse "really" like it is $2 mule.
Scrappy - Jun 13, 2012 7:23:19 am PDT #9479 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I use "totally" in the same way. So I am annoying, ungrammatical AND a throwback to the '80s.
Amy - Jun 13, 2012 7:24:32 am PDT #9480 of 30001
Because books.
I'm bad with "actually" and "really," but I've been making an effort not to use literally unless I mean it. Not too successfully, I should add.
Polter-Cow - Jun 13, 2012 7:25:28 am PDT #9481 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Literally, really, totally, actually, I use ALL THE ADVERBS. Strunk and White hate me.
Burrell - Jun 13, 2012 7:28:04 am PDT #9482 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I am sure I misuse literally sometimes. I make other grammar errors too.
If so...do you get snippy if someone asks if that's what you really meant (especially when it's obvious you didn't?)?
No, but now that I teach writing, I make every effort to suppress correcting people's spoken grammar errors. I find it makes people defensive--perhaps since they associate me with teaching and grammar?--and usually when I'm speaking to someone I don't want to make them defensive.
Steph L. - Jun 13, 2012 7:31:01 am PDT #9483 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I use "totally" in the same way. So I am annoying, ungrammatical AND a throwback to the '80s.
As in "We totally went to the pier"? I do that all the time. Based on my spoken English, no one should EVER believe I get paid to edit.
brenda m - Jun 13, 2012 7:33:18 am PDT #9484 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I STILL speak to the dog in LOLCAT.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 13, 2012 7:40:48 am PDT #9485 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Do you put on a funny accent when you speak LOLCAT? Because I do when I am talking to my cat!
Steph L. - Jun 13, 2012 7:41:15 am PDT #9486 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I STILL speak to the dog in LOLCAT.
Hell, I talk to Tim in LOLCAT.