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Topic: some questions dealing with words
+Anonymous A — 11.2 years ago #41,948
Is talking of someone a thing? If so, is there any difference between that and talking about someone? Like one is positive and the other is negative?
+Anonymous B — 11.2 years ago, 11 minutes later[T] [B] #457,724
I think it is.
+On !Uvm54ORbmo — 11.2 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[T] [B] #457,729
I avoid using talking of someone, since it is essetianlly the same as talking about someone, and the latter is more clearly stated I'm talking "about" someone
·Anonymous A (OP) — 11.2 years ago, 36 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[T] [B] #457,736
Hm k thanks
+Anonymous D — 11.2 years ago, 3 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[T] [B] #457,748
A common saying is to "speak of the devil". Speaking "about" connotes a full lecture or conversation, while speaking "of" is more likely to be a mere mention.
+FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI — 11.2 years ago, 44 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[T] [B] #457,750
·On !Uvm54ORbmo — 11.2 years ago, 22 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[T] [B] #457,752
@457,748 (D)
Oh so there's indeed some difference
·Anonymous D — 11.2 years ago, 39 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[T] [B] #457,754
@previous (On !Uvm54ORbmo)
Sure. Oh, other common phrases: "let us never speak of this again" and "speak ill of the dead".
(Edited 2 minutes later.)
·Anonymous D — 11.2 years ago, 12 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[T] [B] #457,755
It is also common to use "talk of" as meaning "talk concerning", such as "talk of war", using "talk" as a noun.
·Anonymous A (OP) — 11.2 years ago, 6 hours later, 14 hours after the original post[T] [B] #457,769
Thanks D. sense makes
+Anonymous F — 11.2 years ago, 19 hours later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #457,878
I like to smoke marijuiana
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