"Moon crater of thought" is the new "rabbit hole"! I'm not a total stickler for correct words but I confess I had to stop watching Traitors season 1 because of everyone saying "100 percent" over and over and over! Not exactly incorrect - just annoying!
Ha yes! I did actually take a photo when Wilf in Season 1 said 'I'm a Faithful 100,000,000%'. I think the Season 2 finale brought the gift of a billion percent at one point.
Moon crater definitely seemed like the right expression for this: a shallow dive through the uneven world of Wikipedia.
It’s the tenses they often use to speak about themselves that I really notice when they do their VTs: “so I’m sitting at the Round Table, and he’s watching me and I’m thinking “I’m rumbled here…”
I have a memory of being taught that this is called the ‘vivid’ use of the present tense when describing past events. Which I like. Makes the colours brighter. You see it in Latin. You’re right though @Pip (hello!) - I have to own my bias here. It lands in my mind differently thinking about it that way than it does thinking about it from a popular TV series. Challenge accepted.
Good point! I love it used it fiction. No reason it shouldn't be used in speech on TV. Or maybe we can pitch the idea of: 'Traitors: Latin'. And hello! :-)
"Moon crater of thought" is the new "rabbit hole"! I'm not a total stickler for correct words but I confess I had to stop watching Traitors season 1 because of everyone saying "100 percent" over and over and over! Not exactly incorrect - just annoying!
Ha yes! I did actually take a photo when Wilf in Season 1 said 'I'm a Faithful 100,000,000%'. I think the Season 2 finale brought the gift of a billion percent at one point.
Moon crater definitely seemed like the right expression for this: a shallow dive through the uneven world of Wikipedia.
It’s the tenses they often use to speak about themselves that I really notice when they do their VTs: “so I’m sitting at the Round Table, and he’s watching me and I’m thinking “I’m rumbled here…”
Ahh that's so true! I might try it out in my diary after being at the dinner table tonight: "So, I'm sitting eating potatoes ..."
I have a memory of being taught that this is called the ‘vivid’ use of the present tense when describing past events. Which I like. Makes the colours brighter. You see it in Latin. You’re right though @Pip (hello!) - I have to own my bias here. It lands in my mind differently thinking about it that way than it does thinking about it from a popular TV series. Challenge accepted.
Good point! I love it used it fiction. No reason it shouldn't be used in speech on TV. Or maybe we can pitch the idea of: 'Traitors: Latin'. And hello! :-)
“So I’m reading Pip’s work and I’m thinking “wow, she’s such a fantastic wordsmith”… 🥰
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