Not a linguist, just read a lot of books like "The Story of English" and "Do You Speak American?" and Bill Bryson's "The Mother Tongue" and such. Thanks for the kind words. It was fun fixing the page.
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Good that you enjoyed it. Troping is fun, but sometimes it can start feeling like a job or another task that one has to do. ;-)
Anyway, I noticed that some entries now at Useful Notes page could be moved to the trope. Usually when it mentions who said it and we have their creator's pages.
This example is almost Zero Context Example. Any idea? Unfortunately, I don't know How Not To Live Your Life. I'll try to twist it somehow, but any help would be appreciated.
- 'Shit' can be used for 'stuff' or 'nonsense' in US English, while it still is what it always has been in the UK. The American usage is beginning to catch on in the UK, though, to the confusion of some. Used on How Not To Live Your Life. Eddie: "...and shit?"
Any idea where to move this one? I made a temporary folder Unsorted.
- 'Shit' can mean 'stuff' in American or Australian English, though it's still connected with the original meaning. In British English, it remains much more of a negative word. Stephen Fry once pointed out that if an American says: "I was eating hamburgers and shit", you can tell what he means. But written down it looks like he's saying, well: "I was eating hamburgers and shit." Ew.
Do you know where Stephen Fry said it? IQ? Or was it some talk show or comedy performance?
edited 27th Apr '13 8:02:42 AM by XFllo
Not familiar with either of those examples.
Moving to the discussion page is the best way to fix an ambiguous example issue. There isn't really any other way.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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It seems we are done. Any other complaints or suggestions? Otherwise I think we might ask the mods to close this thread.
Nice work, people. I'll lock this up as a job well done.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
I love that! Are you a linguist, gallium? If not, then you should be:-)
Other than that, we are probably finished. Thank to you, gallium.