• AAA@feddit.org
    6·
    2 days ago

    Legit criticism! But hear me out. Who remembers all those different words anyway?

    Instead of NOT using “very”, I say we ONLY use “very”.

    It’s a very idea!

  • wpb@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 days ago

    No, I like that language is composable. I think it’s very convenient. It also allows me to say stuff in a way that’s easier to grasp for folks who might not understand English that well. Very dumb suggestion.

    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
      3·
      2 days ago

      I teach foreign language students and they often write about how their food was “very delicious”, and it always sounds so jarring to me. There are a lot of really strong words that native speakers tend to not use very with.

      eg:
      very difficult task / very monumental task
      very good cooking / very superb cooking
      very happy man / very elated man

      For some reason intensifiers like so and such don’t have those restrictions:

      The task was very/so monumental.
      It was very/such superb cooking.
      He was very/so elated.

      • Zacryon@feddit.org
        2·
        2 days ago

        Bring ‘fucking’ into it and even native speakers say how fucking delicious the food was.

        It’s funny how it suddenly appears to work with “fucking” but “very” is weird.

    • Sheldan@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 days ago

      Some of them feel better than others. Very boiling is kinda weird.

      Very powerful works imo.

  • yistdaj@pawb.social
    1·
    2 days ago

    Very is overused but has its uses. I think it’s a good rule of thumb to avoid using it too much if you want greater impact, although eliminating it entirely would be a loss overall. What gives greater impact is the nuance that comes with having different words with similar meanings. Having a high impact word or phrase necessarily means having something lower impact to contrast against.

    Also, the intensification with very isn’t quite the same as using the listed intensified words. Challenging is intensified hard as opposed to easy but not to soft. In human terms boiling is very hot and opposed to freezing, but what does that make the sun? It’s not a liquid turning into a gas.

    • yistdaj@pawb.social
      1·
      2 days ago

      Oh, and are people still against using literally to mean intensified figuratively?

      What’s the alternative to very figurative?

  • rosco385@lemmy.wtf
    23·
    3 days ago

    Australian Version

    Χ very tired    √ fucking knackered
Χ very poor    √ fucking skint
Χ very thirsty √ dry as a dead dingo's donger```
    • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      2 days ago

      I’ve never been too interested in Australia, but after becoming the world’s foremost expert on Bluey, I’m starting to like it more and more. May have to visit one day.

      • rosco385@lemmy.wtf
        2·
        2 days ago

        Bluey is heavily edited for international audiences. It’s mostly all the swearing that’s removed, but not exclusively.

        The season 3 episode ‘The Decider’ is 12 minutes longer in Australia. As the game goes on, Bandit and Lucky start pounding the rum and cokes and eventually start punching on.

        There was also an entire sub plot of Chilli trying to sneak off to punch a few cones that had to be cut for overseas audiences.

        • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
          2·
          2 days ago

          Oh my, I need to see if I can find a torrent for the aussie version of the entire show.

          I do hope it’s Pat pounding the rum and cokes though, otherwise I have some questions about his and Janelle’s parenting skills.

          • rosco385@lemmy.wtf
            2·
            1 day ago

            Yes, you’re right. It was Bandit and.Lucky’s dad.

            I had a few rumbo’s myself, and I’m still a little woozy from that drop bear attack a few days ago.