tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post6362259498210305346..comments2023-09-16T03:06:44.703-07:00Comments on III Percent: Literally - not so much...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-31600719130135816942014-12-21T19:44:31.434-08:002014-12-21T19:44:31.434-08:00That's why a prescriptive approach to language...That's why a prescriptive approach to language is a losing cause.<br /><br />Come to think of it, that may not be so off-topic in this place at all.Jim Kleinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-63502817245714839092014-12-21T16:24:07.071-08:002014-12-21T16:24:07.071-08:00I've always been pedantic when it comes to wor...I've always been pedantic when it comes to word usage, grammar, and spelling. My mother started teaching me to read and how to use a dictionary (I've read 6 cover to cover) before I was in kindergarten. Your rant about the definition of "literally" struck a nerve with me. The atrocious state of writing these days drives me crazy. I get called a grammar nazi all the time.<br />The word usage that really twists my knickers is decimate (to reduce by one tenth), when devastate (to destroy utterly) is what's meant. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-54280331131607971162014-12-20T13:20:16.582-08:002014-12-20T13:20:16.582-08:00"(Chuckling) MissV never uses vague language...."(Chuckling) MissV never uses vague language. :) "<br /><br />Only with my hands, no, wait, I'm going to have to take that back.<br />;-)Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138786907478447523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-82824833621459218542014-12-20T10:54:52.372-08:002014-12-20T10:54:52.372-08:00Webster's was replaced by Newspeak some years ...Webster's was replaced by Newspeak some years ago. "Literally" means in your imagination only...just as "freedom" means slavery.<br /><br />The gender thing is one of English's few weaknesses. A lot of people nowadays use the plural form for genderless references, even when singular---"To each, their own" or, "Any person has a right to their property." In theory your usage may be better, but the explanations get tiring, eh?<br /><br />Yes, we MAKE a decision. You're right that we pick or take from alternatives, but we create THOSE in our minds. Hence the process is wholly one of creation and therefore "make" is vastly superior. Otherwise, it sounds like a platter from which you're taking, and who the hell did the cooking?<br /><br />But Zoomie's right...in a pinch, you shit 'em. Zoomie's always right; that's axiomatic.Jim Kleinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-30808140401160646192014-12-20T03:24:39.629-08:002014-12-20T03:24:39.629-08:00MY TURN !!!! did someone do a two-step through som...MY TURN !!!! did someone do a two-step through someone else's toastee-o;s recently..??? lolololol<br /><br />it's been a hairy (or is it harry or harey) week... i needed a laugh but the reality is: more stupid in the bucket doesn't make any stupid situation correct...Prepping Preacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05831959125098907884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-78090981373522503162014-12-19T21:51:01.404-08:002014-12-19T21:51:01.404-08:00In the Corps, we used the term "shit a decisi...In the Corps, we used the term "shit a decision" if somebody was wavering or indecisive.<br /><br />As in, "Hurry up and shit a decision, asshole!"<br /><br /><br />Works for me...<br /><br />;)Walter Zoomiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18439931516202804834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-17016465119214488242014-12-19T16:47:24.581-08:002014-12-19T16:47:24.581-08:00(Chuckling) MissV never uses vague language. :)
...(Chuckling) MissV never uses vague language. :) <br /><br />"(Caveat: It is entirely possible I am writing properly as well as rudely. ;)"<br /><br />HehGrognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-38111646656574223212014-12-19T15:33:01.146-08:002014-12-19T15:33:01.146-08:00Calm down or you're going to have a stroke and...Calm down or you're going to have a stroke and then you'll have to use that Imperial walker. Bawhahaha!Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138786907478447523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236695365244926782.post-18895253234173770472014-12-19T14:56:27.311-08:002014-12-19T14:56:27.311-08:00I've spent 21 years with a man who uses "...I've spent 21 years with a man who uses "domicile" in the place of "docile", as in "the prisoner was domicile". In the beginning of the relationship, I tried correcting him gently. When he mocked me for creating the word "docile", something broke in me. Now I'm immune to such ill uses of the English language. Literally.hiswiserangelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13823260651306838495noreply@blogger.com