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) Ballot #112819 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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