"Literally" Watch

Listening to NPR this morning...I wasn't quite fully awake...stumblin' around making coffee and such, when I was sure I heard "literally turned to stone" on Weekend Edition....I pictured it as the lead story that night on the news..someone, a living breathing person had suddenly and unexpectedly turned to stone! Scientists would be shocked.... However when I went online to http://www.npr.org/, I discovered it was just another example for "literally watch" on the blog: ----------------------------------------------------- She said at one point she looked out her window and saw what every military spouse or parent dreads. "I saw the base commander come riding up and I saw the base chaplain and I literally turned to stone," Howard said. "I knew something had happened. And so I opened the door to a sea of sad faces and they told me Bill was gone." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This all happened way back during the Berlin Air Lift, by the way, so I don't feel too bad picking on the widow's grammar. (-: Literally Watch is a Public Service of this blog.