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- hakase ( @hakase@lemmy.ml ) English10•1 year ago
It’s not actually about being specific per se - it’s about overtly mentioning details that are already assumed from context. Grice’s maxims of quantity and relevance say that speakers only provide information when that information is important in some way and relevant to the discussion, so providing information that would otherwise be assumed means that information is actively relevant to the conversation in some important way that warrants it being mentioned.
- Bumblefumble ( @Bumblefumble@lemm.ee ) English6•1 year ago
There’s a great video by Tom Scott on this exact topic.
- Erehar ( @Erehar@beehaw.org ) English4•1 year ago
Talking like Mojo JoJo is always fun
- DracEULA ( @DracEULA@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
Now I want to have a Jackie Daytona style NPC that is obviously hiding something, but completely irrelevant to the plot.
With his *blue jeans * and toothpick