Nerdy linguistics discussion on tumblr
Mar. 12th, 2017 03:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snowgallYesterday I got into a lively discussion with another tumblr user on the proper interpretation of one of Bucky's lines in Captain America: The First Avenger.
The line in question goes like this:
The original poster thought this line was illogical, while I thought it made perfect sense.
This engendered a lot of back and forth debate!
If anyone's interested in reading it, the resulting tumblr thread is here, and my follow-up post with more technical linguistic-y discussion is here.
Where my linguists at?![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
khalulu ... shiftylinguini ... pauraque ... I'm sure I'm missing some :)
The line in question goes like this:
“Hell, no. That little guy from Brooklyn who was too dumb not to run away from a fight, I’m following him.”
The original poster thought this line was illogical, while I thought it made perfect sense.
This engendered a lot of back and forth debate!
If anyone's interested in reading it, the resulting tumblr thread is here, and my follow-up post with more technical linguistic-y discussion is here.
Where my linguists at?
khalulu ... shiftylinguini ... pauraque ... I'm sure I'm missing some :)
