• TheRobotFrog@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Piggy-backing to nitpick something else. Was he burgling or robbing? Those are different things, Robert. You can’t use them interchangeably.

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      10 months ago

      The overemphasis on bad guy is just exaggerating the way we already place emphasis on the two different meanings of the phrase.

      At least in my accent, I place slight emphasis on bad if I’m talking about an “enemy”, whereas the emphasis falls on guy if I’m making a character judgement of a person.

      I don’t know if I’m making any sense at all, but I think that’s what they’re going for.