People have literally destroyed this word in the most literal way possible. We literally need to take it away from them. Just literally beat them with brooms until they start using it right. People who misuse that word are literally bastards.Johnny Novgorod said:
Literally has been used in this context for centuries. It is not a new development. Language evolves and usages change. Get over it.Johnny Novgorod said:
The use of literally as a non-literal intensifier is about as old as the criticism invariably attached to it. Bierce claimed that it's "bad enough to exaggerate, but to affirm the truth of the exaggeration is intolerable"; Fowler said "we do not hesitate to insert the very word that we ought to be at pains to repudiate; such false coin makes honest traffic in words impossible". It's never been recognized by any canon in any dictionary in any language except as slang and even today its validity is disputed as such.thatonedude11 said:
Unfortunately, they used it in a method that fits perfectly with its definition in the Oford Dictionary:Johnny Novgorod said:
I actually looked this up after seeing the trailer awhile ago. It's not proper stop motion, it's normal animation made to look like stop motion. Which I think is fine as long as it looks like real LEGO figures. It's probably a lot cheaper and faster.scorptatious said:
It really isn't. The English have been brutally murdering their own language for generations. It's America's language now, and we'll keep it nice and safe for you. Well...on the west coast anyway, the south and the east will still butcher the fuck out of it.Desert Punk said:
