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Stop saying "literally"

i was gonna say i literally do not care, but the fact that i posted probably compromises that position. in any event, if i were to say how much i cared, it would be more on the less side.
 
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bojangle said:
I've literally heard the explanation that "axe" is a legit regional dialect. I don't believe that to be the case, but literally read that somewhere.

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Ok, god damn it, I HATE "axe" unless you're chopping wood. And now fucking NPR has given it legitimacy?? No no NO! It's INTENTIONAL stupidity. It's saying things wrongly on purpose :teeth and calling it cultural. Bull. Shit.
 
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bojangle said:
I've literally heard the explanation that "axe" is a legit regional dialect. I don't believe that to be the case, but literally read that somewhere.

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My boss is African AMerican and very well spoken, groomed, snappy dresser, and says "Axe" lol.
 
I'd like to know when a button became a bu-in? :dunno
 
Butch said:
Ok then, what annoys me is when they put that little (accent?) thing over the "e" in San Jose... That letter is not even in the english alphabet. I mean, can I spell my name with an umlaut?

WTF is that thing called, anyway?
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It's called a tilde, as are the wavy lines over n and the two dots. (I always thought the one over n was the only tilde but I was wrong).

Putting an accent over a Spanish word or name, which is important to the language because it denotes breaking the usual accentual stress rule and or changes the meaning, should not be annoying to you. Without the accent, you are spelling it wrong. Just because Anglo-centric people ignored it, doesn't mean it should continue.

We live in a state that was colonized by the Spanish first and we have many place names. Many aren't pronounced correctly but its worth respecting the language enough to spell it right. As the population becomes more and more Spanish speakers, you might as well get used to it, or move to Maine or something.

Though a native English speaker, I have spent a lot of time pondering and studying Spanish language, culture and history, and I have to say, it's an impressive language with a huge body of literature, poetry, music and so forth. It's worth respecting.
 
I literally just had this conversation with a girl outside a bar last week.

Me: "You're dog is adorable", extends hand for him to sniff. Dog is not paying a bit of attention. "Oh well he probably doesn't like that I smell like cigarette smoke."
Her: "No he is just distracted by all the people, he doesn't mind cigarettes, he's been around the block a few times."
Me: "Ha literally" oh punny, kinda clever and cute.
Her: "Ugh I hate it when people use that word, but I do it too" not in a mean way, she was just making conversation
Me: "But that is actually how it is used, I thought you were making a joke"
Her: Looks puzzled
 
Saw someone today with some "Dotson puppies" for adoption. :p

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So, Gabe... lemme axe you this: Do you literally think it's always a bad thing for people to use "literally", or is it ok in some situations? Seems like it's a real hot buhin for you. :kicknuts
 
revnort said:
I literally just had this conversation with a girl outside a bar last week.

Me: "You're dog is adorable", extends hand for him to sniff. Dog is not paying a bit of attention. "Oh well he probably doesn't like that I smell like cigarette smoke."
Her: "No he is just distracted by all the people, he doesn't mind cigarettes, he's been around the block a few times."
Me: "Ha literally" oh punny, kinda clever and cute.
Her: "Ugh I hate it when people use that word, but I do it too" not in a mean way, she was just making conversation
Me: "But that is actually how it is used, I thought you were making a joke"
Her: Looks puzzled
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But was she hawt?
 
revnort said:
I literally just had this conversation with a girl outside a bar last week.

Me: "You're dog is adorable", extends hand for him to sniff. Dog is not paying a bit of attention. "Oh well he probably doesn't like that I smell like cigarette smoke."
Her: "No he is just distracted by all the people, he doesn't mind cigarettes, he's been around the block a few times."
Me: "Ha literally" oh punny, kinda clever and cute.
Her: "Ugh I hate it when people use that word, but I do it too" not in a mean way, she was just making conversation
Me: "But that is actually how it is used, I thought you were making a joke"
Her: Looks puzzled
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You literally missed out on some Netflix and Chill.
 
DReg350 said:
So, Gabe... lemme axe you this: Do you literally think it's always a bad thing for people to use "literally", or is it ok in some situations? Seems like it's a real hot buhin for you. :kicknuts
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It's okay when it really points out the humor in a funny coincidence, but people in my car (I'm an Uber/Lyft driver) literally use it 100 times a day. I'm figuratively going to explode one day.
 
tape a cup in the passengers section with a '$1 per literally' sign.
Maybe the extra $100/day can fluff your nest egg till you get fired.
hth:)
 
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