Talk:shitly

RFV discussion: September 2011–March 2012

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shitly

rfv entry. Note the usage notes: Shitly is almost never used. I giggled when I saw that. Jamesjiao → ^{T ◊ C} 01:51, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

• I've found two in Google Books:

  Sadly and shitly [sic] as it sounds, Lieutenant Perkins was killed more by accident than anything else.

  Told how many he had killed, he had commented: 'I must have been shooting shitly.'

  Fugyoo 07:25, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

It's not promising when you can only find two and one of them needs a [sic]! Equinox ◑ 20:08, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Another example is this: 1 see no good that comes of standing shitly shatty, and letting the girl nurse herself with hopes of what must not be. - It seems to be something that the author just made up (along with shatty), presumably meaning not standing properly. I have heard of people using shittily, but never shitly. Jamesjiao → ^{T ◊ C} 20:55, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Surely that's a scanno for "standing shilly-shally"! Equinox ◑ 20:59, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Yeah I've checked all the Google Books candidates, also Google News Archives. I've heard it used myself, and I'm fairly sure it could be cited from Usenet by someone who knew how. Fugyoo 21:07, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Yes, it is indeed a scanno -- have a look at the actual scan here on Google Books, and it's clearly (deprecated template usage) shilly shally, with no mention at all of (deprecated template usage) shitly. -- Eiríkr Útlendi | Tala við mig 21:11, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Here is another one that is not a scanno : [1] ("I don't think he visualised a shitly spurt of divine anger"). FWIW, there are many citations on Google Groups. For example, search for "shitly designed", "shitly managed" or "shitly run". — Xavier, 00:22, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Cited, using the the Usenet searches Xavier suggested. - -sche (discuss) 01:33, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

This is moot now since the citations added are all adverbs, but regarding that cite in Google Books, are we sure that's not a typo or printer's error? It's the wrong part of speech, for one -- (deprecated template usage) shitly would seem to be an adverb, but "a shitly spurt" would require an adjective, which would be (deprecated template usage) shitty instead in this context. -- Ta, Eiríkr Útlendi | Tala við mig 16:23, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Passed. Cites are on the cites page. - -sche (discuss) 07:37, 1 March 2012 (UTC)