Politics and the English Language ripoff
Loading...
Loading...
830
views
Link to this comment:
Share to:
Uploader Comments (jamesblackburnlynch)
see all
All Comments (13)
-
haha, sorry it posted figuratively five times!
-
that my friend is an intellectual burn...literally.
-
touche
Loading...
- 8:37Orwell on the English Language, Part 1 of 5by ColinMichaelSmith1,395 views
- 6:58Orwell on the English Language, Part 2 of 5by ColinMichaelSmith383 views
- 2:051984 and Politics and the English Languageby JeffDelMusic266 views
- 7:07Orwell on the English Language, Part 3 of 5by ColinMichaelSmith287 views
- 5:24English Politicsby x5netter473 views
- 8:07Orwell on the English Language, Part 4 of 5by ColinMichaelSmith223 views
- 6:18ATF: Profanityby amongstthefew2,670 views
- 5:08People and Politics | Resisting English -- Why ...by deutschewelleenglish10,695 views
- 4:08Language and its political impactby crossmack1,447 views
- 9:31Debate on Spanish speakers refusing to learn En...by immicontfla20,842 views
- 3:48Your Agenda Insight: Politics and the English L...by AgendaStevePaikin232 views
- 5:38Orwell Conference Second Life Presentation: Orw...by USCAnnenberg4,217 views
- 3:46George Orwell Timelineby 23r0c0014,601 views
- 9:57Language politicsby lingosteve1,296 views
- 9:58Orwell rolls in his grave (part 1)by elefantkid48,640 views
- 4:01Rest in peace Monaby synne222216,638 views
- 6:16Political languageby petebkr690 views
- 6:01The most important words spoken in the English ...by DeEarthling59,791 views
- 4:33Politics: The Global Languageby MisterSharp24,737 views
- 1:04:53Noam Chomsky (10/6/09)by commonwealthclub24,883 views
My favorite: "So I walked to the podium to do this speech, and I literally had butterflies in my stomach."
nonplusplus 2 years ago
That's a good one. Where did you hear that? I gotta feel sorry for those poor butterflies.
jamesblackburnlynch 2 years ago
wow... actually using the word 'literally' in place of figurative language (its not always metaphor) is not a confusion of words, its being used hyperbolically. You said in your rant that we shouldn't use the word as an exaduration because it ceases to have meaning, well thats satire for you. If we couldnt be hyperbolic we couldnt be sarcastic. Literally still has meaning, but it can also be used to emphasize. saying 'this video makes me figuratively want to jump off a building' has no effect
AKTpro 2 years ago
But the choice isn't between "literally" and "figuratively." Your sentence could be "this video makes me deeply want to jump of a building" or better "this video makes me want to jump of a building, desperately." In using the word "literally" the way you (and others) use it, it makes its other use more ambiguous. And hence quite useless if people can't tell if you mean it literally or not.
jamesblackburnlynch 2 years ago
I actually saw an episode of "The Colbert Report" with something similar.
Steven made fun of some guy who said "...literally on a downward spiral into hell..." or something to that effect.
Well it didn't bug me like it bugs you, at least. The only pet peeve I have is people saying "Specific Ocean/standard time" instad of "Pacific".
Have a nice day.
DudermanGG 3 years ago
That I've never noticed. It's kind of annoying that people feel the need to constantly translate. 8 pm eastern is 7 central. Yeah, thanks, I think I can handle that particular transformation.
jamesblackburnlynch 3 years ago