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  • SneijderSneijder
    Garis said:
    Ernam said:

    @Sneijder says in a gruff, low voice, "DUANATHAR!"
    Sneijder is swiftly carried into the skies and out of sight by a pair of eagle's wings.

    Chuckled
    Dude Sneijder is just awesome! I lost it when we were defending one day and here comes this novice who said "I'll try to flank them!" and newbie portals away
    Awww, you guys like me.
  • ErnamErnam

    ---[ OOC ANNOUNCEMENT ]-----------------------------( 2014/11/11 18:00:05 )---
    Back momentarily, see you soon!
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Everyone thought it was knight changes, but it was actually just a bug fix for the flagrant misuse of "momentarily".
  • EldEld
    I actually had no idea until just now that that usage was primarily American. Far too standard here to be considered a misuse, in any case.
  • ErnamErnam
    edited November 2014

    Momentarily is a synonym for "briefly" describing a verb (an adverb), and is not a synonym for "soon".

    Everybody uses it wrong, even me, sometimes.  Just being a grammar nut and making a joke.

  • EldEld
    When a new usage of a word gets to a point where "everyone" uses it that way (if it's "well-established", as your link puts it), there's not really a basis for calling it an incorrect usage, it's just acquired a new meaning; that's one of the ways languages evolve.

    And yeah, I know it's an overreaction to a joke, I just tend to kick into pedant mode at hypercorrections of supposedly incorrect English. At least with momentarily, there's probably still a case to be made that it's non-standard in British English.
  • SuladanSuladan
    Agreed. A language is meant to convey meaning. If that's the meaning it conveys, then that's the meaning.
    Precedent:
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/10240917/Uproar-as-OED-includes-erroneous-use-of-literally.html

    The Truths hurt. Always.
  • SenaSena
    edited November 2014
    Dictionaries aren't authorities though, they're collections of previously established usages (though there are cases where dictionaries have intentionally (and successfully) changed how people use/spell/understand words, by including "wrong" information that they would prefer to be correct). So a dictionary including a "non-standard" usage like that isn't a precedent for anything, it's how dictionaries generally work.

    Also, "literally" being used as a generic intensifier is based on traditions older than the English language, it could have reasonably been expected as soon as the word came into existence. It happens to a lot of adverbs/adjectives that mean something like "truthfully", such as seriously, very, certainly, truly, really, positively, etc. (and for some, the original meaning is now considered archaic and only the "wrong" meaning is commonly used). This isn't really relevant to the topic (which was itself already off-topic for the thread), I just think it's interesting.
  • SuladanSuladan
    Sena said:
    Dictionaries aren't authorities though, ...
    If the Oxford dictionary isn't an authority, o' holy Sena, then wtf is?
    The Truths hurt. Always.
  • AddamaAddama
    Does there have to be an authority on language?
    ~Kresslack's obsession~
  • RangorRangor
    The achaean institute of grammars.
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  • VaehlVaehl
    treyshua
  • JukilianJukilian
    Perhaps the server didn't expect someone to be serenading a zombie.
  • KlendathuKlendathu Eye of the Storm
    Ada said:
    A ghoul smith roars his fetid breath in your face, and raises his hammer in a two-handed blow. He
    slams it down on your chest, knocking you down onto your ass. As both of you attempt to regain your
    balance, the ghoul takes the opportunity to slam his boot into your knee, snapping it in half.
    Your left leg breaks with a loud crack.

    Oh, my o:)
    Should sing at them.

    Tharos, the Announcer of Delos shouts, "It's near the end of the egghunt and I still haven't figured out how to pronounce Clean-dat-hoo."
  • JukilianJukilian
    But be careful, it may break the game.
  • SynbiosSynbios
    Jozlyn said:
    Jo, mom says you need to log off so we can open the christmas presents." 
    For some reason, I mispronounced 'Jo, mom...' as 'Yo, mom...' in the same way some humans in other geopolitical locations pronounce 'Johann' as 'Yo-hann'. 

    I may also proceed to, from this temporal point on, alternate the pronunciation of your name between 'Joz-lin' and 'Yoz-lin', for my eldritch amusement. 

    Also, hello @Jozlyn. 

  • JozlynJozlyn out of here.
    <3@Synbios‌
     yes, sir.
  • SynbiosSynbios
    How are you today, @Jozlyn?

  • SynbiosSynbios
    Klendathu said:
    Synbios said:
    @Siduri: I must be a really, really low level operative to not be provided with sufficient clearance for the the provision of the meaning behind the 'In a Tree' protocol.
    It's so secret, it is only known by the initials K I S S I N G
    @Klendathu: I don't comprehend, meatling. Is this 'K I S S I N G' an acronym for something?

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