You can put ‘very’ before every suggested alternative. What then?
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 manFor 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.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.
Most of the alternatives feel odd with a very. Eg: very powerful, sure I get your message but it sounds awkward
When very then?
Some of them feel better than others. Very boiling is kinda weird.
Very powerful works imo.
Australian Version
Χ very tired √ fucking knackered Χ very poor √ fucking skint Χ very thirsty √ dry as a dead dingo's donger```Very busy = flat out like lizard drinking
Not enough swearing to be truly Aussie
Spoiler
Cunt.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I did end up finding a blu-ray version torrent that’s less censored than the streaming version, but nowhere could I find any version of that episode where Lucky’s Dad and Bandit get properly wasted. Only a 20 second difference in length.
Me very meticulously checking every word to see why this in in shitpost.
Verily
The shitpost was that we both wasted our time
yeah some of these aren’t accurate
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!
The veryist of ideas. Bigley very
A very idea from a very mind! You’re very.
That’s so aladeen of you
Very lazy = idle?
No? Or is my english bad?
It’s an older use, to the point that I’ve never heard it used. Merriam marks that definition as “old-fashioned” (which is a bit odd, because I thought they only used the archaic or obsolete terms).
The lazy sense is probably what’s meant from the old bible quote about “idle hands” related to the devil.
Fair enough while I have opinions.
But it makes me wonder if OP actually used idle for very lazy or if they never actually read their own post.
It’s the second one
Indolent.
Kinda, kinda not. To me, idle means “not doing anything at the moment”, e.g. “standing idly by”, which is definitely different than “very lazy”.
Yeah. Same.
Very helpful
This is extra plus good
Damn honey, you look boiling in that outfit!
Looking at you makes me challenging!
bounced on my boy’s challenging lengthy to this until he boisterous stuffed
You bounced on your boy’s very hard very long to this until he very loud very full?
You saucy minx!
very very words
Hear me out: doubleplusgood
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.
Reads comment. Looks up list. Ah, he means it’s a foolish suggestion. Splendid.
idle does equate to very lazy
this was shit when it was on reddit
Very -> Verraily
Veraiously?
