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I'm sorry to go off on a tangent, but the modern americanisms and other figuratives of english perpetually amuse me. First because people get so used to interne
by goldfeld 5y ago
I'm sorry to go off on a tangent, but the modern americanisms and other figuratives of english perpetually amuse me. First because people get so used to internet-powered mannerisms that even professional writers feel compelled to use contorted turns of phrase even when it would be easier to just employ an old (tired?) verb, adverb or something. The poor verbs suffer from ageism too and are going jobless! Honestly I feel a cheapening of english language but possibly just me.
In this case I should think "war refugee" with "hit the ground running" is a bit of unfortunate phrasing, nothing personal :)
- Etheryte 5y agoThat's a fair point, I think as a non-native speaker I don't always notice these separate-yet-linked connotations, and pointing them out definitely helps in that regard. What would be a better way to get the same idea across?
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> What would be a better way to get the same idea across? What you said. They are war refugees in a political context. As hackers, however, they may seek to hit the ground running. This isn’t an Americanism. It isn’t denying reality. It’s acknowledging the slice of reality relevant to this discussion, which exists in the optimistic change-the-world pathos of hacker culture.
- goldfeld 5y agoAs the other user replied, only a few people who will read between languages/uses will pick up the nuance or irony, which however was not at all meant by you, that is, you didn't play with multiple meanings but just the "hackerism" at face value, no biggie. I'm possibly just lonely in being tired of hackerspeak or somesuch, and it's on me, with being jaded about english with its context in general as I go to other languages (english not my mother tongue either.)