The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #33063   Message #439074
Posted By: kendall
12-Apr-01 - 12:44 PM
Thread Name: BS: Transatlantic Idioms
Subject: RE: BS: Transatlantic Idioms
Grab, because a word is commonly mis used does not make it right. My dictionary says it is considered "loosely" used. Hopefully, I wont hear this abomination more than a dozen times today. Another thing that drives me nuts, so many people butchering the language, such as (notice I didnt say LIKE) ..me and her went to the show...first prize was given to her and I.Even AOL has that idiotic voice that says "You've got mail"! American english is a poor substitute for the real thing. Why, people outside New England put an "R" in words such as Barn, and Park. In the midwest, they put an "r" in wash.