People Who Use the Word "literally" Incorrectly

Freakbro · 22 Oct 2017 at 07:10

Literally nobody uses literally incorrectly anymore....

TallPaul1878 · 22 Oct 2017 at 07:59

It's just yoof culture. They'll either grow out of it or end up stuck in a dead end job.

Literally nobody wants to do big business deals with a moron who can't speak properly.

See what I did there!!!!

peterwalkley · 22 Oct 2017 at 09:54

Moses said:
Let’s just change all the definitions of their/there/they’re because people misuse them so often.

There is no need, they're going to have to learn their grammar. Literally innit.

Gravitas · 22 Oct 2017 at 10:39

a1ex2001 said:
OP are you Michael Gove?

Language particularly one used as widely as ours changes all the time live with it!

Well, it shouldn't. If you've got children, let them know that. And explain that people will think they are fuzzing idiots if they talk like that. And that it will cripple their job prospects and chances in life.

arctine said:
You must be new here..... I don't think you're going to like it.

And why would that be?

Are you the official meeter and greeter?

soundb0y said:
ban ban ban

I'll ask you again: are you trying to say something? If so, what?

Spit it out laddie!

dacads · 22 Oct 2017 at 11:21

This is literally so true

Nitefly · 22 Oct 2017 at 12:04

It only bothers me if it's excessively used.

dcsarge · 22 Oct 2017 at 12:07

I have literally no ideal of wat you're problem is bruv, like innit. I can git any job I wants like on tele or anythink.

Tunney · 22 Oct 2017 at 12:50

Jamie Redknapp's greatest hits:

The ball literally gave him a haircut.

He's literally left Ben Haim for dead there.

Alonso and Sissoko have been picked to literally sit in front of the back four.

Scholes has such a great footballing brain. He’ll see a picture in his head and literally paint it in front of you.

He had to cut back inside onto his left, because he literally hasn’t got a right foot.

These balls now - they literally explode off your feet.

But he decided to show some restraint when talking about then Manchester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel:

Peter Schmeichel will be like a father figure to Kasper Schmeichel

Scuzi · 22 Oct 2017 at 12:58

I like it. It helps identify those who should be avoided.

Other such flags include:

Calling their offspring “mate”.
Replacing “have” with “of”.
“Oh my days”.
Replacing “specific” with “Pacific”.

Yaayuh! · 22 Oct 2017 at 18:26

I don’t use it incorrectly myself, but if others use the word to emphasise or exaggerate, then i don’t mind too much.

Mark A · 22 Oct 2017 at 20:18

I wonder how this constant misuse came about? It seems so random.

a1ex2001 · 22 Oct 2017 at 20:44

Gravitas said:
Well, it shouldn't. If you've got children, let them know that. And explain that people will think they are fuzzing idiots if they talk like that. And that it will cripple their job prospects and chances in life.

English grammar is a farce the difference bettween spoken and written English is already farsical and the desire of the Gove led education policy to try and re-enforce a load or archaic nonsense is actually rather sad. When you have famous authors who would fail an 11 year olds grammar test you know it's broken!

The 'literally' thing is an inescapable fact of spoken English everyone does it, yes Jamie goes too far but the language has evolved and it is now an acceptable use (even in gove's petty test!)

platinum87 · 22 Oct 2017 at 20:59

Moses said:
Bow down to the sense of inevitability.

Would you Quintus, would i?

Yaayuh! · 22 Oct 2017 at 21:48

Mark A said:
I wonder how this constant misuse came about? It seems so random.

I see what you did there...

FoxEye · 22 Oct 2017 at 22:12

This thread has literally bored me to tears...

...or has it? You'll never know. If there's one thing you might find worse than mis-use of the word "literally", it's not knowing if I've mis-used it or not... Sleepless nights for you, my friend.

RJC · 22 Oct 2017 at 22:16

This thread is literally going nowhere.