Tuesday 1 January 2008
Literally the wizard of Oz
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This is a year old now but Jonathan Ross makes a great point about the use of the word literally. Skip to the 2.30 point.
If it was literally “The Wizard of Oz” then there would be a fucking yellow brick road and munchkins everywhere.I also love the imagery Ross uses when describing people "literally" going mental. Any explanation of a grammatical point that involves shit-daubing is OK by me.
Labels: grammar, literally, wrong word
posted by Gez at 3:57 am
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3 Comments:
This is a Frasier reference http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Derby/3267/15.html
Do you know about Literally, A Web Log? It's literally a whole blog about the word literally.
I'm distracted by Russell Brand. I wish we had your celebrities.
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