Post by Very Funky Disco on Mar 29, 2009 12:09:23 GMT -5
I was just thinking about that fight that occurred between Klaus and Isadora - and Klaus' tendency to take words at its most literal meaning, when under stress.
While nobody can really fault Isadora for setting Klaus off - I was thinking that, perhaps, she did used the wrong terminology to describe what Vice Principal Nero was putting the Baudelaires through. Of course, language evolves - and all that. That's a major part of why we have so many idioms that, thought of literally, really wouldn't make a whole lot of sense - not in modern society, at least.
Still, when you think about it, I think Isadora would've been far better off with using the term "outrageous". If anything, she was expressing her outrage towards Nero's heartlessness. Laughing at the Baudelaires was far from what her intent was.
Anyway, what are your thoughts? I think a lot of us do act as if the words "ridiculous" and "outrageous" are synonymous - when, in fact, you're probably better off with using the latter word.
While nobody can really fault Isadora for setting Klaus off - I was thinking that, perhaps, she did used the wrong terminology to describe what Vice Principal Nero was putting the Baudelaires through. Of course, language evolves - and all that. That's a major part of why we have so many idioms that, thought of literally, really wouldn't make a whole lot of sense - not in modern society, at least.
Still, when you think about it, I think Isadora would've been far better off with using the term "outrageous". If anything, she was expressing her outrage towards Nero's heartlessness. Laughing at the Baudelaires was far from what her intent was.
Anyway, what are your thoughts? I think a lot of us do act as if the words "ridiculous" and "outrageous" are synonymous - when, in fact, you're probably better off with using the latter word.
