Italics Emphasis 

I’ve seen this before but instead with the sentence “I never said she stole my money.”

I misread the title as Italian emphasis, I can’t tell if I, disappointed or not

This but with quotes and the sentence congrats on your baby. "Congrats" on your baby - you don't care about the baby Congrats on "your" baby - implies the baby is not biologically related to the person being congratulated Congrats on your "baby" - that's not a baby wtf is that

This is really good for writing stories. Ima save this and send it to my friends

Heyyyyyyuyyuyuyyyyy finally, the exact thing that would fix texting misunderstandings.

The music loops almost perfectly.

Saw this with the phrase "I didn't _sleep_ with your mom last night"

That's very good Video!

I’d argue “I never *said* we should kill him” comes across more as they just implied it, they never outright said it

Last time I was this early, he was still alive Edit: MOMMA IM FAMOUS!

Love the accidental comedy with the first three listed meanings. "Not my fault, I didn't suggest this. STOP PUTTING WORDS INTO MY MOUTH!!!"

we do this in acting class sometimes

I heard one that's even better. "I didn't say you should kill him."

I saw this with the phrase “I didn’t kidnap a kid”

Alt explanation for 3, it was never said explicitly, but was implied

Tone is a wonderful thing. If you had asked me, I would have thought point 3 sounds more like "But it was heavily implied": I never _said_ we should kill him.

The best part about this is that it’s always a self-writing joke. Just say a random sentence and italicize the different words. 😂

I read the title as "Italian Emphasis" for some reason

*my backbone is gone

I've never thought english was that hard... 8 different ways to understand a single sentence, all based on emphasis, rather than words. Ok, yeah, now I get it.

Something something... the Heavy is dead?

other languages, having inclinations that allow them change the words' position in a sentence, looking at English: "Look what it has to do to mimic the fraction of my power…"

As the comments interpreting the "said" emphasis as "implied, but never stated" exemplify, it also matters *how* the word is stressed. "I never saaaaid we should kill him..." (but I implied it). "I never SAID we should kill him!" (why are you saying that I did!).

So... Is he dead? And who killed him?

Similarly, "I never said she stole my money."

I’ve seen so many posts and even lines of dialogue in actual books get this wrong and it frustrates me so much.

So many people use emphasis wrong!!!!!! Even when speaking!!! It NEEDS to be fixed.....

and with none at all, what would that be?

This type of thing is what made me fall in love with writing

i learned "I never said i stole the money" 1. there were rumors but nothing from me 2. wtf man??? 3. i never technically admitted guilt 4. i didn't do it 5. i have the money but it was either mine to begin with or was given to me 6. i have money. not the money ur talking ab but im not broke. 7. i stole something else ooo mystery

I just learned more about English than any professor could tell me.

The irony that you can also italicize any of the explanatory statements listed, is quite palpable. I actually had to re-watch because I was italicizing various words in each line before realizing they were breaking down the various emphases on the words of the sentence in the middle.

It would’ve made more sense if you sequenced it the other way around - first showing the accent on the sentence and then explaining the meaning

...which dnd class are you?

This is why I do rp actions on discord with {} instead. Italics are a very useful tool

But *Carl* that kills people.

Who else is imagining different fictional characters saying each line? 1: Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls) 2: Superman (Not the Injustice version) 3: Ballora (FNAF, SL) No idea why 4: Muffet (Undertale) 5: Optimus Prime (Specifically Transformers Prime version oddly enough) 6: Batman 7: Spy (TF2) 8: Ralsei (Deltarune)

Ok but now with every combination of two and three italicized words.

I heard this with “Are you the purple sponge?” *Are* you the purple sponge? - Is it you or is it someone else? Are *you* the purple sponge? - Is it you or someone else Are you *the* purple sponge? - Are you the one you’re referring to or just another purple sponge Are you the *purple* sponge? - Are you the color purple specifically or another color? Are you the purple *sponge?* - Are you a sponge or something else?

This must be so confusing for someone just learning English.

This, but Agatha Christie: "She wasn't there!"

And then there's "I never said we should kill him?"

I didn't sleep with your mom.

I literally saw the same premise in two videos in a row

And they say English isn't a tonal language 😂

and this is why Dubs are better than Subs.

The English language everyone

Why are we killing people?

"NEVER"

I think this would've worked better if the example came before the explanation.

Facts!

Saw the same thing but with "I didn't kill 23 people"

My favorite example of this is 'They shall call him brave,' from the poem Penelope. They, not me. Shall, not do. Called, not actually. Him, not me. Brave, not fool.

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You can probably get at least twice as many out of it by italicising more than one word per sentence. IE " *I* never *said* we should kill him " -- Whoever you think said to kill him wasn't me, though to be fair I was thinking the same thing.

This is a feature of English, of its prosody. English is stress-timed; so we stress what’s relevant, unlike romantic languages, which are syllable-timed. That is why they sound pretty and more musical! In theatre school, they called stressed words operatives, but I think a linguistic discussion is more comprehensive as well as more objective. There’s a great episode of other words about prosody

I got recommended this from a Dead Girl Walking Reprise lyric video

This feels like something I would write AND say.

I wonder how many languages have this linguistic feature?

Story where seven different characters say this about the same guy

Me teaching English in a high school in a foreign country. This exact post has been on my ppt slide word for word.

Garlic Jr: *oh god, your father's Goku*

love me space-themed wong tune. that fretless bass goes hard

#7: I never said we should kill *him Wrong target

If I ever make a comic I hope to remember this post and make it a running gag

English is a language of many beautiful complexities

Unironically based writing advice

#5 is exactly how Joseph ended up in Egypt

FORTY TWO MINUTES HAHAHA

The only interesting things about grammar are stuff like this

Omg i loved this way more than I should've

This is 100% accurate and I love it!!🤣

As an autistic person quite a lot of these sounds almost the same to me. In fact the italicise text is actually a lot clearer than the way it’s pronounced.

I never said we should kill him- defense testimony

3 to me parses more as "i never said it but did imply it"

Thank you for the grammer lesson.

Ok but who did they kill though?

ive heard this with “i didn’t steal your red car”

Hah! This is gold.

This is a terrible idea, I love it so much

50:03 look at all those -chickens- bats!

Yay! Pragmatics!

XD

THEN WHAT YOU SAID????😂

Pretty good, pretty close

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Is there a way to bookmark this?

2 and 3 are the same.

You are literally the only part of the internet i really like. This was really funny

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btw: for italicized words here on RU-vid, put "_" before and after your word like you would with "*" You could also do "-" for -this text-