Regarding the last post that I made.
12-17-09, 02:34 PM
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What's missing in the above graph is the sarcasm quotient. Do you also have graphs for similarly inverted phrases such as, 'I should be so lucky!' and 'Tell me about it!'? Both of which mean the exact opposite of the words used. Many such phrases can be traced back to a time when people actually spoke to each other face to face, where a lot was communicated with inflection, pacing and sarcasm.
12-17-09, 02:59 PM
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Has coddling tendencies.
That doesn't make sense. When you sarcastically say "I'm so lucky" you mean the DIRECT opposite, "I'm so unlucky", from one end of the spectrum to the other end. But when you say "I could care less", the phrase is ambiguous. You could mean "I care a great deal" or "I care just a smidgen more than not caring at all". It cannot possibly convey the sarcasm.
12-17-09, 03:02 PM
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12-18-09, 09:44 PM
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itsjustplaininconsiderateorstupidnottousepropergramrspellingandpunctuationinanykindofwritignandittic ksmeofftonoendwhenpeeplearetoolazytocapitalizeawordatthebeginingofasentensifyoucantspellwhynotjustco ppyandpasteyourtextintowordandrunthestupidspellcheckrnotusingpropergrammarpunctandspeellingjustplain hardertoreadanditsinconsiderateifyourgoingtobelazywhynotjustskipalltheconsonantsandmakeitreelhardtor eadthenevryonewouoldskipoveryourstupidpostthatprobablydosnthaveanythingtosayanyway
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itsjustplaininconsiderateorstupidnottousepropergramrspellingandpunctuationinanykindofwritignandittic ksmeofftonoendwhenpeeplearetoolazytocapitalizeawordatthebeginingofasentensifyoucantspellwhynotjustco ppyandpasteyourtextintowordandrunthestupidspellcheckrnotusingpropergrammarpunctandspeellingjustplain hardertoreadanditsinconsiderateifyourgoingtobelazywhynotjustskipalltheconsonantsandmakeitreelhardtor eadthenevryonewouoldskipoveryourstupidpostthatprobablydosnthaveanythingtosayanyway
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OK I officially hate this thred. Your all going two want too know that ever since I came in hear and started talking about grammer, I have been mispelling words rite and left!
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12-19-09, 07:52 PM
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Has coddling tendencies.
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So you bumped this thread by posting that? Cool.
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