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LITERALLY EARTHSHATTERING NEWS!

LITERALLY EARTHSHATTERING NEWS!


[+] ballot by willistine
created Tue Mar 06, 07

There's a lot of controversy in the UK at the moment over the " Cash for honours " enquiry, with gagging orders accusations of media manipulation and leaking evidence/intelligence abound.

After watching Jon snow interviewing the Rabbi of a central character in this investigation, the New Labour fund-raiser, Lord Levy I have learnt the following things I didn't know about Lord Levy:
1. He is Jewish.
and far more importantly
2. He's apparently currently (according to his Rabbi) excessively wet. So much so that he needs to be placed on a hook to desaturate somewhat.

A quote from Lord Levy's learn'ed Rabbi (appologies, I missed his name) from an interview Jon Snow on Channel4 News (UK):
"he's literally been hung out to dry"

later remarking:
"we're literally grasping at straws"

I haven't given the context, but if Lord Levy *has* literally been hung out to dry, then I don't think it needs context.

I assume he has not.
But I could be wrong.


Kind of reminds me of the time I was watching BBC news once where the correspondent remarked:
"the British embassy is quite literally under siege"
The story related to an embassy in N.Africa, but I forget the country. If I had friends/family in that embassy, the words "literally under siege" would have made me cack my pants for their safety. Luckily, the camera later panned around to reveal a dozen or so people quietly and calmly gathered outside.

I've noticed that the worst abusers of "literally" tend to be news reporters.
why.?..why.?..why would they do this?


My question's really:
Why do people use the word literally attempt to make an emphasis?
Especially when they tend to use it *more* frequently when speaking *figuratively*.

I don't know, but it's literally blowing my mind
I literally couldn't give a shit (I guess I need to eat more ruffage)
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Voted : I literally couldn't give a shit (I guess I need to eat more ruffage)
Has the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby finally been revealed?

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by _Beelzebubba on Wed Mar 07, 07 9:53am [+]





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