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05-21-2014, 06:30 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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I respectfully disagree. I think it works when it's used in a humorous way, while it can be a bit jarring when people use it in a serious discussion. I think there's something funny about someone clarifying that their statement is correct when it is not. It's like saying 'no joke I just hiroshima'd that toilet' obviously that is a joke and part of the appeal comes from the serious way a ridiculous thing is being said.
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05-21-2014, 06:57 PM | #2 (permalink) | |
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05-21-2014, 07:21 PM | #3 (permalink) | ||
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A hyperbole is "an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally." Hyperbole | Define Hyperbole at Dictionary.com Otherwise if you started the sentence with "figuratively" you literally loose the irony of the hyperbole, and it wouldn't make much sense imo. Even though not all the shoes were not ruined, the ones that were could not be “figuratively” ruined, if they were actually ruined.
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05-21-2014, 07:40 PM | #4 (permalink) | |
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Also how is "every pair of shoes" a hyperbole? If a person owns 3 pairs of shoes and said "I literally lost 3 pairs of shoes when my apartment flooded", is that a hyperbole"? It sounds stupid to say but it is not over-exaggerated. Even if the sentence is a bad example the point of the topic shouldn't be overlooked. |
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05-21-2014, 08:11 PM | #5 (permalink) | ||
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Because if every single pair of shoes were ruined you could literally tell by the fact he was barefooted when he told the story. Quote:
Some person misused the word "irony" in a post. Who, what, where, when and how?
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"it counts in our hearts" ?ºº? “I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion.” Jack Kerouac. “If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.” Aristotle. "If you tried to give Rock and Roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." John Lennon "I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous." Keith Richards |
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05-21-2014, 08:21 PM | #6 (permalink) | |
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I was genuinely asking to clarify for me what makes that statement a hyperbole, I have always been more science and math oriented. I was expecting something a little stronger based on your previous post. |
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05-21-2014, 09:46 PM | #7 (permalink) | |
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This whole debate about the proper use of grammar must be more far reaching than I previously thought. This is what I witness happen in the shoutbox:
Paul Smeenus: plug.dj – MusicBanter djchameleon: I'm busy building a lego set or I would Paul Smeenus: You mean you're building something *with* a lego set?
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"it counts in our hearts" ?ºº? “I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion.” Jack Kerouac. “If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.” Aristotle. "If you tried to give Rock and Roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." John Lennon "I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous." Keith Richards |
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05-21-2014, 10:34 PM | #8 (permalink) | |
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That's irritating.
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