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When I encounter the phrase “full stop” I’m inclined to immediately stop reading. It ranks up there with misusing literally.
by more_corn 4y ago
When I encounter the phrase “full stop” I’m inclined to immediately stop reading. It ranks up there with misusing literally.
- ajkjk 4y agoMaybe work on that. Stopping reading something over a phrase would be petty.
- cafard 4y agoDo you have the same reaction to the American equivalent, "period"?
- nemo44x 4y agoIt's annoying when Americans say "full stop" after something they think was powerful or something. It's like dude, just say "period", please.
- recuter 4y agoLiterally full stop.
- BeetleB 4y agoYou literally don't know what literally means. Literally!
- burkaman 4y agoSame, I stopped reading at "I recently stumbled across an essay". Really, did they trip over the essay on the floor? Ludicrous, all word definitions should be frozen in time to whatever they meant when I was in school, and let's get rid of all these confusing "idioms".
- dang 4y ago"Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html