Comments on: A literal paradox: “literally” generally means ‘figuratively’ http://blog.oup.com/2010/10/literal-paradox/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Wed, 22 May 2013 20:11:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Brian Tristam Williams http://blog.oup.com/2010/10/literal-paradox/#comment-185237 Brian Tristam Williams Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:21:10 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=11964#comment-185237 Well, you can't talk about "literally" without mentioning this brilliant 'The Oatmeal' comic. Yes, they, too, consider it a misuse, as do I. http://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally Well, you can’t talk about “literally” without mentioning this brilliant ‘The Oatmeal’ comic. Yes, they, too, consider it a misuse, as do I.

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