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September 21, 2017, 13:04
<Proofreader>
English as it are spoke
Here is a funny, informative guide to common English.
September 21, 2017, 19:32
goofy
I hate this claim that figurative literally is illiterate. All language is figurative. Why is literally the only word we're not supposed to use figuratively. What about really, truly, actually, very.
September 22, 2017, 03:19
Geoff
How about hyperbolically? Where is the woman in the video? All I see is makeup.
September 22, 2017, 06:16
<Proofreader>
She's a character in a long-running satirical series, Mrs. Betty Bowers, ultra-Christian.
September 22, 2017, 21:08
Kalleh
Totally love it (though she'd probably hate "totally," too Wink).

Particularly I thought her comment about complaining of political correctness, and yet being offended by "Happy Holidays," was right on (she'd probably hate that phrase, too).