@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 days agoMom hit her with “K”lemmy.worldmessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1586
arrow-up1586imageMom hit her with “K”lemmy.world@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 days agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink77•edit-22 days ago“K” “I’m baby”? Did she mean “I’m busy”? If so this is messed up.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•6 hours agoHopefully she was rushing home - maybe driving? - and couldn’t text well? “K”, and “I am baby”?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•20 hours agoShe is a baby. I guess she was on some good stuff.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•1 day agoyeah, auto correct too “i m baby” and made it I’m baby
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•20 hours agoThe missing comma is what makes it mistakable
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•7 hours agoI’m, baby. Still doesn’t seem right even if it technically is.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-25 hours agoI would say it’s technically wrong, because the am is where the emphasis sits, and you wouldn’t contract an emphasised word. But yeah, that still seems like the best interpretation of intention in this case.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 hours agoYep, it’s called a clitic, and you can’t put emphasis on it the same way you would if you used the full word https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitic
“K”
“I’m baby”?
Did she mean “I’m busy”?
If so this is messed up.
Hopefully she was rushing home - maybe driving? - and couldn’t text well?
“K”, and “I am baby”?
She is a baby. I guess she was on some good stuff.
I thought maybe it’s “I am, baby”
Me too, I hope
yeah, auto correct too “i m baby” and made it I’m baby
Ahh… That clears it up.
Isn’t I’m literally “I am”?
The missing comma is what makes it mistakable
I’m, baby. Still doesn’t seem right even if it technically is.
I would say it’s technically wrong, because the am is where the emphasis sits, and you wouldn’t contract an emphasised word.
But yeah, that still seems like the best interpretation of intention in this case.
Yep, it’s called a clitic, and you can’t put emphasis on it the same way you would if you used the full word
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitic
Hope so. That would be far better.