GreenDust@lemmings.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 天前Tune a fishlemmings.worldimagemessage-square167linkfedilinkarrow-up1965arrow-down116
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minus-squarehumanamerican@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down1·10 天前Yes, language evolves haphazardly and often doesn’t make literal sense. Alright, that’s my 2 cents. I’ll catch you on the flipside.
minus-squarestarik@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up19·10 天前How old is the “2 cents” figure of speech? Why hasn’t it adjusted with inflation?
minus-squarewander1236@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·10 天前The concept could be as old as the New Testament, but apparently this specific phrasing is from the early 1900s, so it’d be about 60-70¢ now depending on which year you want to pick. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/two-cents-and-sensibility/
minus-squaretomiant@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 天前Flipside of what? Are we flipping coins, and you will see us underneath the coins?
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 天前Like how using the word “literally” somehow became not literal. I want the destroy those people. Literally.
minus-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-210 天前Notably, “literally” added its figurative meaning literally[1] centuries ago. literally, not figuratively ↩︎
Yes, language evolves haphazardly and often doesn’t make literal sense.
Alright, that’s my 2 cents. I’ll catch you on the flipside.
How old is the “2 cents” figure of speech? Why hasn’t it adjusted with inflation?
The concept could be as old as the New Testament, but apparently this specific phrasing is from the early 1900s, so it’d be about 60-70¢ now depending on which year you want to pick.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/two-cents-and-sensibility/
Flipside of what? Are we flipping coins, and you will see us underneath the coins?
Like how using the word “literally” somehow became not literal.
I want the destroy those people. Literally.
Notably, “literally” added its figurative meaning literally[1] centuries ago.
literally, not figuratively ↩︎