Kint Sonnemont ([info]kint) wrote,
@ 2009-06-05 20:03:00
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"Literal" Fail
"...she ran like the wind, and literally ran herself into the school..."

-Ms.Terri Hanrahan
Glenbard South Principal


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[info]manydills
2009-06-06 02:03 am UTC (link)
Maybe she was running late? Although the use of the transitive form of "ran" with "into" suggests some kind of collision. I hope she's ok.

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[info]kint
2009-06-06 02:12 am UTC (link)
The thought also crossed my mind, though it first went to a rather painful impact with a brick outer wall.

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[info]phoenixgaia
2009-06-06 02:10 am UTC (link)
technically, the sentence ends "into the school... and state history books."

Still an impressively wrong use of literally. :D

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[info]ravenworks
2009-06-06 02:37 am UTC (link)
LOL, if she literally ran herself into the history books, I hope she picked them up afterwards. :D

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[info]kint
2009-06-06 03:59 am UTC (link)
There was a very long and labored pause such that it's perfectly quotable on it's own.

Though perhaps she ran THROUGH the wall and straight into a library bookshelf.

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[info]rainfae
2009-06-06 02:31 pm UTC (link)
Those pesky stacks. Always getting in the way.

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[info]wovenchimera
2009-06-06 03:21 pm UTC (link)
But.. it's.. argh
It's actually redundant. The use of the word "ran" IS literal in this case.

And what's she going to do? Run someone else into the school?
Of course she "runs herself".
/facepalm

I suppose with the idea of "run into" indicating a collision.. to say "literally" is a way of ensuring disambiguation? I can see the reason for it, but.. It's incredibly clumsy.
Clumsy like a girl that runs into a school. :P

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[info]fuskerz
2009-06-06 09:33 pm UTC (link)
I literally typed on my keyboard. :D I could have figuratively or almost typed on my keyboard to write this, but that never gets anything done.

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