[Coco] Coco3 GIF viewer demonstrated

Deny Wilson deny.wilson at gmail.com
Mon Mar 5 13:38:10 EST 2018


It's why ain't and irregardless is now a word. I remember back when we had
these things called schools, and they'd teach you proper speech, spelling
and grammar. Today, though, we just accept the incorrect as correct and
move on. And get off my lawn!

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 12:26 PM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:

> > On Mar 5, 2018, at 12:20 PM, Salvador Garcia via Coco <
> coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> >
> > I caught a friend in a lie the other day. He told that
> something-or-other (don't remember what) had literally cost him an arm and
> a leg, but I counted his limbs and they were all intact ;-) Salvador
>
> Words used to have meanings. At least they consider this usage “informal”:
>
> lit·er·al·ly
> [ˈlidərəlē, ˈlitrəlē]
> ADVERB
> in a literal manner or sense; exactly:
> "the driver took it literally when asked to go straight across the traffic
> circle" · [more]
> informal
> used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally
> true:
> "I have received literally thousands of letters"
>
>
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