tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post962879126063256111..comments2024-02-12T02:22:30.561-05:00Comments on The Lousy Linguist: Hunger Games & bad camera workChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-77803293045441404182012-04-10T13:57:11.336-04:002012-04-10T13:57:11.336-04:00I plotted the two on N-Gram (sans aigu) here: http...I plotted the two on N-Gram (sans aigu) here: https://twitter.com/#!/lousylinguist/status/189700454098272256/photo/1 <br />I strongly prefer "cliche" in all cases, but I'll bet there are some context where I might prefer "cliched", probably in causative contexts where I want to emphasize that I believe the dialogue is normal sounding and realistic, but has been caused to become cliche through some specific mechanism.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-7382166182200150012012-04-10T13:38:12.746-04:002012-04-10T13:38:12.746-04:00Seems odd to me (65, British, in US for 30 years) ...Seems odd to me (65, British, in US for 30 years) as well. I think I would only use cliché as the noun. <br />'The dialogue was a cliché from start to finish' <br />'The clichéd dialogue was a bore from start to finish'.<br />(As you can see I'm old enough to like the accent aigu too, to my eternal perdition)richardelguruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00839486187041394826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-85573857916542906102012-04-09T21:00:16.330-04:002012-04-09T21:00:16.330-04:00Interesting point about "cliche". Would ...Interesting point about "cliche". Would the 'd" be past tense declension? I can imagine a distinction. <br /><br />a) The cliche dialogue...<br />b) The, by now, cliched dialogue...<br /><br />I'll take a look at COCA and see what pope up. Nice topic for a squib. Would that is were not so, I am no longer a grad student.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-16333262016940583342012-04-09T20:10:17.820-04:002012-04-09T20:10:17.820-04:00Twice you use 'cliche' where I would use &...Twice you use 'cliche' where I would use 'cliched' - something I'm noticing more and more on the net. Is this evolving towards being standard American usage?<br /><br />Normally I'd hold off on the nitpicking, buy hey - it's a linguistics blog.<br /><br />I agree with you on the shaky camera work - I had the misfortune to be sitting at the very front of the theatre and it was gruesome.HANNAH'S DADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877455489975811860noreply@blogger.com