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Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: Rain Dog Date: 19 Aug 24 - 03:54 AM I agree that it is an odd usage and I am glad to see that not many are using it. |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: Thompson Date: 20 Aug 24 - 04:28 AM The ubiquity of incorrect "…and I" usage - eg "He gave my mother and I a lift" - should be "my mother and me", as in "He gave me a lift". |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: Doug Chadwick Date: 20 Aug 24 - 04:51 AM The ubiquity of incorrect "…and I" Just as bad is the incorrect "Me and ...". e.g. - "Me and my wife stayed at home". It should be "My wife and I ...", as in "I stayed at home". DC |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: Lighter Date: 20 Aug 24 - 10:16 AM Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (1600): "All debts are cleerd betweene you and I." And dig that crazy spelling. |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: meself Date: 20 Aug 24 - 10:52 AM When you're Shakespeare, you can do what you want ... ! |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: Doug Chadwick Date: 20 Aug 24 - 11:07 AM Meself, should you really be Iself? ;-) DC |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: meself Date: 20 Aug 24 - 01:44 PM Do I look like an elf?? A gnome, maybe - but I ain't no elf! |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: Thompson Date: 27 Aug 24 - 02:22 AM Farther seems to be disappearing, on this side of the Atlantic anyway - further has won and has colonised farther's meaning. Not a biggie… |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: MaJoC the Filk Date: 28 Aug 24 - 11:51 AM I can't remember whether this has been covered: The word "app" drives Herself to blasphemy, especially when intoned on the recorded space-fillers on automated helplines (which themselves are a blight, but that's a separate rant). I know it's supposed to be short for "application", which is short for "user-facing software"; but I share her annoyance that everybody is assumed to have an Internet-connected phone, which neither of us have, and are willing to spill Argh, with brass knobs on. |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: Bill D Date: 29 Aug 24 - 09:50 AM I shudder every time I read on a menu.."Roast Beef with 'au jus'" |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: Thompson Date: 30 Aug 24 - 11:31 AM Increasingly common is the horror "Between 5 to 10 kilometres". "5 to 10 kilometres" is fine. "Between 5 and 10 kilometres" is fine. but the crossbreeding of the two is wommitworthy. |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: The Sandman Date: 12 Sep 24 - 02:59 AM Carbs instead of carbohydrates, is this a reflection of an instant society, where people are too lazy to utter long words |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: Doug Chadwick Date: 12 Sep 24 - 05:36 AM ... is this a reflection of an instant society, ... It was ever thus. How many people wait for an omnibus or push their babies in perambulators? People keep fit at the gym; They get sick if they catch flu; If their pet gets sick, they will take to the vet but they might have to phone for an appointment first; A Sales Rep should be good at maths/math; If I want to sell something, I could put a small ad in the local paper; I could visit the seaside and walk along the prom. That will do for now but I am sure people could come up with plenty of other examples. DC |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: The Sandman Date: 12 Sep 24 - 05:53 AM F. O. |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: MaJoC the Filk Date: 12 Sep 24 - 09:35 AM > maths/math Grrr: When will left-Pondians cotton on that there's more than one sort of mathematic :-) ? But to add to your list, Doug: People with upset stomachs take bicarb. |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: Doug Chadwick Date: 12 Sep 24 - 09:38 AM I love you too, Sandman. |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: Backwoodsman Date: 12 Sep 24 - 11:10 AM As a former regular here was wont to say - absolutely correctly, I may add - “Language evolves”. Most of us manage to adapt to that evolution but, apparently, there are still a few who remain, leaden-footed, firmly entrenched in the past. |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: Thompson Date: 12 Sep 24 - 12:38 PM Everyone's suddenly cross here. What's on? |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: Backwoodsman Date: 12 Sep 24 - 02:30 PM Not everyone is cross, Thommo- I’m perfectly happy and relaxed! ;-) |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: Mrrzy Date: 14 Sep 24 - 06:52 PM Fancy restaurant... bone-in filet? Um...? |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: meself Date: 14 Sep 24 - 08:45 PM TV journalist: "Trump repeated a conspiracy that immigrants are eating pets". Sigh ... where to begin ... ? |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: Lighter Date: 16 Sep 24 - 10:04 AM "Conspiracy" for "conspiracy theory" is now pretty common. Of course, the "theory" in question is a simple falsehood, not a "conspiracy" theory. |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: meself Date: 21 Sep 24 - 04:27 PM Here's an old one, just for the fun of it: "I KNEW I was going die!!" No, you didn't: you were CERTAIN you were going to die; you were SURE you were going to die; you BELIEVED you were going to die ... ! |
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II From: Mrrzy Date: 24 Sep 24 - 07:34 PM Ok, headline about My son almost died in childbirth. Checked... Her son was almost stillborn. Nobody almost dhed in childbirth, at least not in this story. |