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Why has the word "really" now become "reallyreally"?
What is wrong with "really" or "very" or "extremely" or ...many others.
(On Saturday Review, Radio4, last night one guest did a "really, really, really, really". Yes truly! Really.)
So how and why has "really" become "reallyreally".
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What is wrong with "really" or "very" or "extremely" or ...many others.
(On Saturday Review, Radio4, last night one guest did a "really, really, really, really". Yes truly! Really.)
So how and why has "really" become "reallyreally".
Thanks
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The words "really", "actually" and "very" have little meaning now (if they ever did.) Nevertheless they are sometimes rhetorically useful.
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I feel like I'm being cued to say "really?"
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And how can people describe something as "unbelievable" when they have just witnessed it?
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Maybe they're not being literal, Captain Autism.Ralph Gillions wrote:And how can people describe something as "unbelievable" when they have just witnessed it?
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Aahh!.
That'll be it Charlie.
I should have realised.
*smile*
That'll be it Charlie.
I should have realised.
*smile*
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Re: Really
I anticipate Larsen's first post on this thread...
16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
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Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
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I think you may be right Kai.
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Really?Ralph Gillions wrote:I think you may be right Kai.
16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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Re: Really
Really is old hat, it's all about (o) rly(?) now.
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Ya rly! I don't use really more than once unless I feel it's necessary.
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Written as one word like that, I'm not aware that it has. I guess you're referring to the habit some people have of saying "really, really [whatever]". This is just a case of an intensifying adverb being repeated for additional emphasis - like when parents say to their children "if you're very, very good you can have an ice cream". It's perfectly valid English but, as you suggest, it's now overused to the point where its effectiveness is lost.Ralph Gillions wrote:Why has the word "really" now become "reallyreally"?
This applies to many other aspects of our language. Words like "fantastic" and "brilliant" once conveyed extremes of emotional response to objects or events. Nowadays, they can just as often be heard in reply to statements such as, "I've made you a cup of tea."
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Luckily new and powerful alternatives are emerging to take their place, such as "fucking A", "wicked" and "dope-ass", none of which I've ever heard used to describe a cup of tea.Phil Reynolds wrote:This applies to many other aspects of our language. Words like "fantastic" and "brilliant" once conveyed extremes of emotional response to objects or events. Nowadays, they can just as often be heard in reply to statements such as, "I've made you a cup of tea."
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Really?Charlie Reams wrote:Luckily new and powerful alternatives are emerging to take their place, such as "fucking A", "wicked" and "dope-ass", none of which I've ever heard used to describe a cup of tea.Phil Reynolds wrote:This applies to many other aspects of our language. Words like "fantastic" and "brilliant" once conveyed extremes of emotional response to objects or events. Nowadays, they can just as often be heard in reply to statements such as, "I've made you a cup of tea."
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I'm sure I've used wicked to describe a cup of tea, as well as candles!Charlie Reams wrote:Luckily new and powerful alternatives are emerging to take their place, such as "fucking A", "wicked" and "dope-ass", none of which I've ever heard used to describe a cup of tea.Phil Reynolds wrote:This applies to many other aspects of our language. Words like "fantastic" and "brilliant" once conveyed extremes of emotional response to objects or events. Nowadays, they can just as often be heard in reply to statements such as, "I've made you a cup of tea."
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What, as in "dat cup of tea was totally candles, blud" ?Adam Dexter wrote:I'm sure I've used wicked to describe a cup of tea, as well as candles!Charlie Reams wrote:Luckily new and powerful alternatives are emerging to take their place, such as "fucking A", "wicked" and "dope-ass", none of which I've ever heard used to describe a cup of tea.
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I think I might start trying to use this in conversation, it's excellent.Matt Morrison wrote:What, as in "dat cup of tea was totally candles, blud" ?Adam Dexter wrote:I'm sure I've used wicked to describe a cup of tea, as well as candles!Charlie Reams wrote:Luckily new and powerful alternatives are emerging to take their place, such as "fucking A", "wicked" and "dope-ass", none of which I've ever heard used to describe a cup of tea.
I mean it's candles.
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To be on-topic it'd have to be really candles.Michael Wallace wrote:I think I might start trying to use this in conversation, it's excellent.Matt Morrison wrote:What, as in "dat cup of tea was totally candles, blud" ?Adam Dexter wrote:I'm sure I've used wicked to describe a cup of tea, as well as candles!
I mean it's candles.
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I like the way the young folk have started to use the word 'book' instead of cool... because book is the first thing predictive text comes up with when you're trying to enter 'cool'. It's totally book.
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I'm young and I've never said this.Clare Sudbery wrote:I like the way the young folk have started to use the word 'book' instead of cool... because book is the first thing predictive text comes up with when you're trying to enter 'cool'. It's totally book.
Candles is candles though.
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Maybe we should instigate 'bell' * as yet another synonym for excellent. Then the ultimate accolade would be bell, book and candles.Jon O'Neill wrote:I'm young and I've never said this.Clare Sudbery wrote:I like the way the young folk have started to use the word 'book' instead of cool
Candles is candles though.
* A ringing endorsement. Haha, I am funny.
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I love that! xDMatt Morrison wrote: What, as in "dat cup of tea was totally candles, blud" ?