...is the fact that the Canadian political blogosphere seems to have collectively learned how to spell 'by-election'. No more giggles for me! Sniff.
Will you guys at least promise to throw me the occasional 'literally' bone? Pretty please?
Resisting the pull of cynicism since 1969.
Monday, March 17, 2008
My biggest disappointment of the night
Posted by Idealistic Pragmatist at 7:06 PM
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People didn't know?
Well, there'll always be hypocrisy. No-one seems to be able to get that one right.
There's nothing wrong with using "literally" in a figurative sense. All words can be used figuratively. Metaphors wouldn't work otherwise.
There's nothing wrong with using "literally" in a figurative sense.
Of course there isn't! If nobody ever did that, the world would lose one of its best English-language funnies!
I'm clinging to it rather desperately tonight, since I seem to have lost my beloved 'bi-election' snickers...
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