Hello Al and everyone else. How may I write to someone, if I want to explore a linux topic with someone off list? > On Jun 22, 2020, at 8:03 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > My objection to using "literally" figuratively is that we then have to find a new word for literally. In the example here, "exploded" is enough and is figurative anyway. > > > I'll skip the other stuff, and take a second of amusement that this became a topic on a Linux list. (Then again, computers are quite literal--in their numeric fashion. > > > Best! > > Al > > > On 6/22/20 6:47 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> Yeah, I don't really get the objection to the word "share" in the >> context of telling someone about an experience, and while saying >> someone has issues is vaguer than saying someone's nuts, I don't >> really see such as euphemistic... granted, someone having issues could >> just as easily refer to everyday stress and/or bad luck. >> >> I'm also okay with the word "literally" being used figuratively(e.g. >> saying someone literally exploded as metaphor/hyperbole for a fit of >> anger). >> >> Then again, perhaps my inner linguist is just more of a descriptivist >> than a prescriptivist. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list