| Literally... |
| Posted by: singleticket 10:21 am EDT 07/16/18 |
| In reply to: re: "Literally" - BruceinIthaca 10:01 am EDT 07/16/18 |
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Interesting, yes I've been reading similar things from linguists who literally say that at a certain point usage overtakes original meaning, literally.
I know quite a few Brits who are real abusers of this term, "LIT-RALLY". I think they like it because it's a punctuator of their conversational point and it's dramatic. But is it more annoying than those people who pause for a dramatic buildup before finishing their point or worse those dreadful posters on ATC who put an ellipsis in their subject line? |
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