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Originally Posted by HarryT
Or people who use the word "literally" when they actually mean "figuratively", as in "I literally died of fright!"  . |
The "literally"/"figuratively" pair is also the one to show common misuses in the xkcd comics.
I think every language has this sets of "make my ears bleed"
Some appearing in multiple languages, some being unique to a language.
In German there is the (vulgar) habit of applying a superlative suffix to
"only/sole": einzig -> einzigst
Gives you the following: "She was the onliest of us, the bouncer let into the club." Painful enough to read?
In English I don't get how people can hear/read quotative like and keep a straight face at some of it.