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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 14 Feb 1999.
Re: Marge -- new cartoon

Re: Marge -- new cartoon

JRO wrote:
> James Mitchelhill wrote:
> >Well, yes, all good and well if you're going to be completely gramtical
> >about it, but speech doesn't really work that gramatically, and tone of
> >voice can reverse the meaning..
> >
> >Artists (in this case JRO) are often too 'close', intellectually or
> >emotionally to their creations to be able to spot mistakes, oversights,
> >or just other points of view.
> >
>     Your point about spoken speech is kerrect.  Most people do talk just like
> I captioned, which is how things are. My appologies for Americanisms invading
> your side of the pond.
> 

Bullshit! It's just plain WRONG! It has NOTHING to do with "grammar". It
has NOTHING to do with "artistic freedom". It has to do with _logic_.
The people who say "I could care less" never stopped to think about what
it is they are _actually saying_.

There's a similar case in Swedish. Lots of people say "everybody is not
here yet", when what they really mean to say is "not everybody is here
yet" (the first version means "nobody is here yet", the second means "at
least one person is not here yet", BIG difference!). Sure, you know what
they mean, from the situation, and because it's often said that way, but
it's still WRONG!


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