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Nerdy linguistics discussion on tumblr
Yesterday 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?
khalulu ...
shiftylinguini ...
pauraque ... I'm sure I'm missing some :)
The line in question goes like this:
āHell, no. That little guy from Brooklyn who was too dumb not to run away from a fight, Iām following him.ā
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?
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