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Thread #173341   Message #4203466
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
04-Jun-24 - 10:31 PM
Thread Name: BS: Language: 'I forgot my glasses at home.'
Subject: RE: BS: Language: 'I forgot my glasses at home.'
I'd never seen 'forgot (whatever) at home' before & now I have! In an American magazine which is also on line.

I'm reading an article in Vanity Fair - CHAT PERSON April 2023 CHARLOTTE KLEIN Muckraker of the moment KARA SWISHER has seemingly every power player in Hollywood, media, and tech on speed dial. Now, as she tangles with Elon Musk and churns out podcasts, the ultimate insider is running her own show.

Kara Swisher, rocking aviators, AirPods, and a “Lesbians Who Tech” sweatshirt, rolls into Vox Media’s DC headquarters and gets right to work. Today’s episode of On with Kara Swisher, a twice-weekly podcast that launched in September, is about the future of the Republican Party after the House Speaker free-for-all, and she’s tapped CNN’s Manu Raju and The Bulwark’s Charlie Sykes to make sense of the mess. Once the guests come on camera, Swisher apologizes for wearing sunglasses, explaining that she forgot her prescription pair at home ...

but it looks wrong to me - I prefer "left" cos that's what I/you did

sandra - who also sometimes leaves her reading/computer glasses at home