Comments on: literally freezing to death

By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:24:06 +0000

Since language is political, political commentary on L.A.W.L. seems perfectly natural to me.

By: Amber Rhea

Amber Rhea — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:13:27 +0000

Ouch! Political commentary on Literally, A Weblog?

By: Th.

Th. — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:19:12 +0000

Consider also, this.

By: EP

EP — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:19:57 +0000

Edwards’ comment was that big corporations are “literally stealing our children’s futures.” Which, if he’s saying they’re stealing $ from our kids, then is misuse of the word literal. However he DOES like to say that health insurance companies kill kids, in which case his usage would be correct.

By: Crashed Pips » During the election campaign, Conservapedia speaks even more tosh than usual

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:16:35 +0000

[...] ‘literally’. Hardly a reputable news source, then. (In case you’re interested, here’s the original article.) The good news for Mike Huckabee in New Hampshire is that his appearances with Chuck Norris are [...]

By: DZ

DZ — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:16:31 +0000

It’s called a figure of speech. The literalry is just to put an emphisis on how cold it was. If we held our politicians up to perfect gramatical standerds where would Bush be?

By: Juli

Juli — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:07:13 +0000

Wow. This site rocks! I wish I had thought of this. John Edwards misused “literally” in the debate this weekend in New Hampshire too (forget the exact quote but it may have been something about childrens’ education)…minutes after I was making fun of my friend for his constant misuse of “literally.” Some people are saying that “literally” is a “pendulum word” where its constant misuse is gradually going to make it mean it opposite, but I stand firm that it should be used correctly! Thanks for this site, I will be visiting often!!!

By: The Sanity Inspector

The Sanity Inspector — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:31:46 +0000

Ha! Love it! And congratulations on the Taranto-lanche.

By: michael randall

michael randall — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:30:23 +0000

Eddie Murphy’s performance at the dinner table in “The Nutty Professor” was literally unbelievable.

By: Sandy Burglar

Sandy Burglar — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:16:42 +0000

Ah, Maddy, you’re confusing the literal meanings of ‘to’ and ‘toward.’ If my school-age kid assured me he had indeed gone TO school when in fact he had merely (though literally) gone TOWARD school it would indicate his future might lie (literally) in politics. Ms. Clinton’s supporters were literally freezing ‘toward’ death but according to reports none literally reached the indicated destination during that time.