Emphasis

That is funny
That is funny
That is funny

Tell me what you personally get from each variation of this sentence

  1. referring to something that is funny immediately after something happened that wasn’t funny
  2. affirming that something is indeed funny
  3. saying something is fucking funny
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emphasis on the word “that”

emphasis on the word “is”

emphasis on the word “funny”

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  1. Stating that a thing is funny in comparison to something before which wasn’t funny
  2. Doubling down on the funniness of something
  3. Sarcasm, the thing is not funny
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You and @profk are at loggerheads on number 3 here and I’m worried you might interpret things differently

I hope you can both stay friends

fucking fat chance of that.

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That is funny

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I’m willing to look past it and into his (pure) soul

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How kind. LIKES FOR EVERYBODY

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I have recently started putting the emphasis in the ‘wrong’ place when saying brand names recently, and I find it very amusing

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I sometimes say Haribo like Taribo (as in Taribo West)

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I love to do this @bozo

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I pronounce Doritos ‘Dorry toss’ and do similar with Nandos

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Good, good. This is smart.

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  1. Someone dicking around on something and then falling off.
  2. Someone dicking around on something and then falling off.
  3. Someone dicking around on something and then falling off.

Great thread

If there is one thing I know, it is how to start threads I want to start.

Also thanks.

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It all started after I considered going to Burger King for lunch, and remarked upon it to a colleague of mine. He doesn’t like people messing around with emphasis at all.

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This, more than anything, is the sort of thing that makes me proud of this place.

We’ve all come together, from different walks of life, and helped to create an environment in which, if people want to start threads about something, they can simply start that thread.

It’s beautiful.

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