tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post5722291063402657868..comments2024-03-28T08:20:11.686-05:00Comments on Daughter Number Three: The Latest on LiteralDaughter Number Threehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171356533232458827noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post-59123810004667323622013-08-28T18:52:12.381-05:002013-08-28T18:52:12.381-05:00I agree -- I don't intend to use it to mean fi...I agree -- I don't intend to use it to mean figuratively. <br /><br />But I always find it useful to be reminded that there are other instances where a usage that's been around for a while breaks the same rule.Daughter Number Threehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171356533232458827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post-70739469761795514802013-08-28T15:57:01.004-05:002013-08-28T15:57:01.004-05:00Oh, I don't like this at all. I don't thi...Oh, I don't like this at all. I don't think "literally" fits into that list of words with contradictory meanings. I want to keep the original meaning of each -- literally and figuratively. LOLGinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661278900773185119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post-38267223271539064952013-08-27T22:10:49.016-05:002013-08-27T22:10:49.016-05:00Oh, it’s bad, no question. And since literally int...Oh, it’s bad, no question. And since <i>literally</i> intensifies meaning — “I was literally writhing in agony,” meaning that I really was indeed writhing — using it to mean “figuratively” is counterintuitive. If you’re using a metaphor — “he talked my ear off” — then <i>literally</i> makes no sense.<br /><br />I think the real question though is whether people who are so quick to assert that the figurative <i>literally</i> is okay would ever be caught dead using it. Somehow their usage always seems top-drawer.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.com