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14-08-2013, 10:55 PM | #1 | |||
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Was going to put this up in the series forum, but really, this is a cross-program language offense. How do we fix this? Nukes, re-education camps, ban on all reality tv? |
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14-08-2013, 11:46 PM | #2 | |||
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Language does that sometimes, it happens :L
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15-08-2013, 01:03 AM | #3 | |||
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Languages evolve, if they didn't we'd still be speaking like Victorians.
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15-08-2013, 01:40 AM | #4 | |||
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Defining a word as meaning the exact opposite of itself is not evolution. If anything, it's devolution.
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15-08-2013, 10:13 AM | #5 | |||
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This happens with quite a lot of words. "Nonplussed" and "Peruse" mean the exact opposite of how most people use them.
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15-08-2013, 11:36 AM | #6 | |||
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I love the word "nonplussed".
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15-08-2013, 11:46 AM | #7 | |||
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The progression of languages doesn't really follow a set of neat rules though.
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15-08-2013, 12:00 PM | #8 | ||
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I did not realise that's what peruse meant! I absolutely use it to mean the opposite (read through lightly, in a relaxed fashion - glance at - etc as opposed to read thoroughly and carefully)
But 'nonplussed' I use as it appears in the dictionary - I hadn't realised others were using it to mean something else...how is it used then by those people? This is how I use it: Quote:
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15-08-2013, 01:02 PM | #9 | |||
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15-08-2013, 01:12 PM | #10 | ||
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Not worried is one of the meanings according to that (unperturbed )
I generally use it to mean confused or taken aback As is not sure how to react or what to think about something For not worried I'd probably use 'unperturbed' or 'sanguine' :-p Last edited by DanaC; 15-08-2013 at 01:15 PM. |
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15-08-2013, 01:18 PM | #11 | |||
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Language is always changing and certain words have vogue moments just as anything does, colloqially speaking, most people don't use literally for it's original meaning so it makes sense that the definition has been altered.
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15-08-2013, 02:27 PM | #12 | |||
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While I understand that language evolves, this is really a case of laziness, where a word is being misused so instead of correcting it, we're changing the rules. Bullsh!t. I'd rather go by the OED, which defines "literal" correctly, rather than some online definition that is mostly there to make stupid people feel better about themselves.
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15-08-2013, 02:51 PM | #13 | ||
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It does wind me up when people use literally in that way. It jars with me.
It literally makes me want to punch them in the mouth:-p Last edited by DanaC; 15-08-2013 at 02:53 PM. |
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15-08-2013, 02:58 PM | #14 | ||
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Actually there are sometimes when it doesn't. When used for comic effect for instance. But this use of it as a general word for emphasis is uncomfortable. One if the rwins used it the other day to say:' I want to stay. I literally want to stay...'
Probably one of the most overused words in the house right now. |
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15-08-2013, 03:03 PM | #15 | |||
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The other thing that makes me mad (leave me, I'm on a roll...) is when Gina (who's supposed to have been privately educated) doubles up on the superlatives. "She's the most evilest..." "She's the most silliest..." NO! Just... NO! Last edited by Livia; 15-08-2013 at 03:04 PM. |
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15-08-2013, 03:24 PM | #16 | ||
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Whilst we're on the topic of HM's language use: 'irregardless'.... No!
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15-08-2013, 03:37 PM | #17 | |||
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It's just natural language change which is inevitable and has given rise to English from Old English, French from Latin, etc. But yeah this particular usage grinds my gears.
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15-08-2013, 03:42 PM | #18 | |||
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Sorry :L
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15-08-2013, 03:42 PM | #19 | |||
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Also, for someone who works in PR, allegedly, Dexter just can't cut it with the verbal skills. He says things like "it's an underlining fact". I find myself literally shouting at the telly, "NO IT'S AN UNDERLYING FACT!". Last edited by Livia; 15-08-2013 at 03:43 PM. |
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15-08-2013, 03:48 PM | #20 | |||
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15-08-2013, 04:07 PM | #21 | ||
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*bites own tongue off*
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15-08-2013, 04:30 PM | #22 | |||
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I don't remember which forum/comments section, but the other day, someone was criticizing Dexter for "saying 'disregardless' when the real word is 'irregardless' ". I had to walk away for a while lest I get myself banned from whichever place it was.
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15-08-2013, 04:36 PM | #23 | ||
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Ahahahah. Oh dear. I applaud your restraint
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