Crosspost: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/946098
this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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DC is a Capitol not a capital
Ackthually no that is incorrect https://www.masterclass.com/articles/capital-vs-capitol
I thought "capital" as in uppercase letters only would refer to an uppercase letter at the start of a word.
Maybe because that's the most common usage of capitals but concider the term "all caps"
Yeah, but I figured "all caps" was just a misnomer. "Capital" usually refers to something being the biggest or most important in a group of things.
Capital letters are the group of the biggest letters. Not necessarily within a word but in a set theory sense.
Well, considering how languages evolve, “capitol” is soon to follow the fate of “literally”.
I do find it oh so funny that literally now literally means figuratively as well as its original meaning.
So will figuratively come to mean literally? That would be figuratively funny.
Edit: I thought about it and came to the conclusion that "literally" doesn't mean "figuratively" but it's just an emphasiser. So it can be used in contexts where "figuratively" would work but it literally is just there to give emphasis to the statement.