What concerns ME is not so much that many people use slang and cant and shortened, malformed versions of speech in certain everyday situations, but that so many of them seem unaware of the correct forms and cannot adjust when the occasion calls for it. And many seem to take a certain perverse pride in their refusal to 'translate', especially when speaking...or posting... to a mixed audience....such as, for example, Mudcat. ☺


And I have about given up on EVER hearing the word 'ensure' said on television again. I wonder what the rates are to insure all the vagaries of life? (and how many ever use the word 'vagaries' anymore?)