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  • OneLastGambit
    OneLastGambit Posts: 1,963 Chairperson of the Boards
    My 2 personal linguistic gripes are...


    The incorrect use of 'literally' which is more widespread than aids

    And the use of a double negative


    What makes me mad is when I point these things out to the offender...they have no **** clue what I mean. Especially the double negative, it just does not compute
  • Cousin Simpson
    Cousin Simpson Posts: 1,086 Chairperson of the Boards
    OneLastGambit wrote:
    My 2 personal linguistic gripes are...


    The incorrect use of 'literally' which is more widespread than aids

    And the use of a double negative


    What makes me mad is when I point these things out to the offender...they have no tinykitty clue what I mean. Especially the double negative, it just does not compute

    Maybe it doesn't not compute.
  • ynglink
    ynglink Posts: 195
    OneLastGambit wrote:
    My 2 personal linguistic gripes are...


    The incorrect use of 'literally' which is more widespread than aids

    And the use of a double negative


    What makes me mad is when I point these things out to the offender...they have no tinykitty clue what I mean. Especially the double negative, it just does not compute

    Technically you can use the word literally to not mean literally. In literature, this has been the case that many literary minds have literally used the word literally to literally mean figuratively. This is completely acceptable, though rather annoying in everyday language.
  • Jathro
    Jathro Posts: 323 Mover and Shaker
    One of my biggest pet peeves of late is the reckless use of 'at' when referencing location...

    "Where are you at?"

    How about just asking "where are you?"
  • El Satanno
    El Satanno Posts: 1,005 Chairperson of the Boards
    This discussion makes my teacher heart go pitter-patter.

    Where's that thread about "Call of the Storm" again?
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    Jathro wrote:
    One of my biggest pet peeves of late is the reckless use of 'at' when referencing location...

    "Where are you at?"

    How about just asking "where are you?"
    I give this one a pass since it reminds me of Blazing Saddles.
  • Jam_Adams
    Jam_Adams Posts: 486 Mover and Shaker
    so what was the final verdict on the hulk typo? is it Chulk?
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    Jam_Adams wrote:
    so what was the final verdict on the hulk typo? is it Chulk?
    No, they corrected it in-game. It now reads "The Hulk (Transformed Bruce Banner)".
    "The Hulk (Bruce Banner)" is also on the list, so I assume this is so the boost applies after Banner becomes the Hulk.

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