The whole point of the post is that the rabble is destroying the language by replacing adverbs with adjectives. The post drips with disdain for those dips whose slovenly usage is slowly leaching our precious adverbs from our precious language.

Bob Cunningham wrote on 14 Aug 2004: Evan Kirshenbaum wrote on 13 Aug 2004: And that's because ... it comes to multiplying: they don't know when to stop. I've read somewhere that it's futile to exterminate rats, because no matter

} It's just that I don't see how my family's } usage patterns could not be "American." } Any non-American ... from books. } } } Michael West } Melbourne, Australia Is that like that irony I've been hearing about? Maybe

} }> Why does having a greater number of ancestral generations whose members }> were physically present in the US make one "more American", as I believe }> you are implying? Oy! } } It's just that I don't see how my

In Ali G, the dramatic irony is in the fact that the interviewee is (usually) unaware they are being spun ... their usual habits - while we, the audience, are aware of what is going on and in on the joke. For certain values of "we"; such

D: "Do you have a magnetic or gyroscopic compass?" S: ... our ship as we get close." S: "Don't be afraid." The implication being that the American wasn't familiar with this usage? Or that he was poking fun at it?

On 23 Jun, in article I love Ali G! He's the finest thing to come out of Britain this side of Judi Dench! But, anyhoo, ... Missy, and Mel B from the Spice Girls! I mean DAMN! I speak better mock Ebonics than Ali G does! I withdraw my earlier

On Wednesday, in article That is by design - Ali G, the character, is a parody of someone trying to be hip and in. ... he asked her, mock ignorance, "has anyone been killed by a gun?", to which the head said "I don't

Had a discussion with someone about whether or not a use of the word 'irony' was wrong. The article in ... of the usage is: "It's a sad irony .. that Douglas plays an immortal character (given that he is dead)." Michael

Not just intonation, but also context. Leaving intonation entirely out of it, here are some examples: "Quite good" = pretty good, but by no means perfect. "Quite" in this case "qualifies downwards". In this sense