tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post3467295854465220785..comments2023-09-21T06:15:03.099-07:00Comments on Conjugate Visits: How to Speak ElevatorJune Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-75414234365281761132011-07-14T12:23:32.735-07:002011-07-14T12:23:32.735-07:00No worries and happy tales! Thanks for reading-wri...No worries and happy tales! Thanks for reading-writing back. Irony? Cartoons supposedly have no foundation in reality, but just words clearly could cloud the mind -- if taken out of my mouth while looking in the mirror... <br /><br />Dear Glutton, Writing is a comfort, but I wonder who's interested and why? :PCathLab1981https://www.blogger.com/profile/15507631698466831741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-49907960165275592312011-07-13T20:17:17.205-07:002011-07-13T20:17:17.205-07:00Sorry it took so long to get your post up! I was t...Sorry it took so long to get your post up! I was traveling and just got back.<br /><br />Remember the Simpsons where Apu's been bound and gagged and Bart comes in, doesn't see Apu, walks to the magazine rack and starts flipping through magazines. Apu grunts and struggles and whines till Bart notices him, then Bart goes over, tears the tape off Apu's mouth, and Apu says, "This is not a library."June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-23675149694177773032011-07-12T17:01:07.182-07:002011-07-12T17:01:07.182-07:00Hi June :)
This is not related to elevators, but ...Hi June :)<br /><br />This is not related to elevators, but as a "Simpsons" fan I thought you might appreciate it anyway. Yesterday I slipped into 7-11 for my free Slurpee, and on the front door there was a sign that read, "Free Slurpees Are Over." <br /><br />I thought, "I'm not going to let them play me that way." Rubbish, right? I totally left. I should have left them a sign that said, "I'm going the 24 hour grocery store to buy a gallon of 2% milk for $2.99."CathLab1981https://www.blogger.com/profile/15507631698466831741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-78120368791332722662011-07-02T13:13:25.026-07:002011-07-02T13:13:25.026-07:00Ahh! I see your point now.Ahh! I see your point now.June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-41190036664278114982011-07-02T09:40:33.550-07:002011-07-02T09:40:33.550-07:00As I said, "literally" is sometimes used...As I said, "literally" is sometimes used as an intensifier with a figurative referent. For example, "I was literally dying I was laughing so hard" is perceived as a more emphatic (hah!) statement than you'd have if you took the "literally" out.<br /><br />So "literally" is used to add emphasis. You could say that <i>is</i> its meaning, the fact that it adds emphasis. Whereas the word "figuratively" does not add emphasis. Nobody would say "I was figuratively dying" is a more emphatic statement than "I was dying". Conclusion: if one word does something (adds emphasis) that the other doesn't, then obviously they don't have the same meaning.<br /><br />In my experience, even figurative "literally" can almost always be understood as "more literally than you might think". Not in your example, perhaps, but I don't come across examples as blatant as that except during online discussions about the word "literally".Adrian Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06469026342375625260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-48060740293657405842011-07-02T08:26:35.003-07:002011-07-02T08:26:35.003-07:00I don't think that a resounding "no"...I don't think that a resounding "no" means it resounds literally.<br /><br />: )<br /><br />I'm a big fan of the word "emphatic," though. So I definitely like that better.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure I have heard people use "literally" to mean "figuratively," or at least to mean "practically." "I was literally dying I was laughing so hard."<br /><br />There are better examples, I just can't think of any at the moment. (I'm a good arguer like that.)<br /><br />: )June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-11964574146769377242011-07-01T19:29:49.659-07:002011-07-01T19:29:49.659-07:00I've thought about it and I have no comments o...I've thought about it and I have no comments on this particular post, but it's good to see another blog post from you.<br /><br />I don't read the Grammar Underground thing regularly because it doesn't provide much of an opportunity to argue with you. :-)<br /><br />One thing I'd argue with there is your May 23 post on "literally", in which you make the careless claim that people sometimes use "literally" to mean "figuratively". Of course, that's nonsense: people sometimes use "literally" <i>as an intensifier with a figurative referent</i>, but nobody ever uses it to <i>mean</i> "figuratively". As an editor, you can never replace "literally" with "figuratively" in a sentence and preserve the author's intent. Of course, you know this, and you just phrased it clumsily, but I keep hearing this "people use literally to mean figuratively" nonsense and it bugs me.<br /><br />A suggestion for the words-that-should-get-a-divorce category: have you considered "resounding" and "no"? (That's been bugging me lately, and so has "resounding" and "yes"). Unless you can see yourself going out to the wilderness, standing on a cliff edge, and yelling "NOOOOOOOO!!!!!" into the valley at the top of your voice, then an "emphatic no" is probably a better choice.Adrian Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06469026342375625260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-74004492217114014712011-07-01T13:11:52.368-07:002011-07-01T13:11:52.368-07:00I'm so glad this resonates with some folks. I&...I'm so glad this resonates with some folks. I've spent years standing in elevators wondering: Do other people find these buttons so confusing, or am I just dense?<br /><br />Maybe there is hope for me. <br /><br />: )June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-21606739062453090102011-07-01T11:03:49.222-07:002011-07-01T11:03:49.222-07:00LOVE this!LOVE this!Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15155489905427660732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-91702222277828786662011-06-29T11:03:29.680-07:002011-06-29T11:03:29.680-07:00Thanks! That's going in right now!Thanks! That's going in right now!June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-54256225512989747542011-06-29T11:02:05.684-07:002011-06-29T11:02:05.684-07:00Don't forget that 14 means the 13th floor in m...Don't forget that 14 means the 13th floor in many buildings, especially hotels.Copy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13519353544864174670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-29801357129042942192011-06-29T10:27:52.407-07:002011-06-29T10:27:52.407-07:00Thanks. I just can't believe how inconsistentl...Thanks. I just can't believe how inconsistently (and badly) elevator buttons are marked.June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-39842086326360639402011-06-29T10:26:23.743-07:002011-06-29T10:26:23.743-07:00You're hilarious.You're hilarious.Dianne Emleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041482448705860140noreply@blogger.com