(February 12, 2017 at 8:36 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Firstly, this isn't about slang or dialect, and only barely about grammar. It's about using words stupidly.Do you mean to tell me that if I say I'm going to google for the information I need, you won't like me anymore? (sniff sniff bwaaaaahh)
This morning, a neighbour came to the door and asked me if I would help him load something into his car. I'm nothing if not helpful, so we walked over to his place. It turns out he had a cement birdbath he was giving to a friend. He had the car backed up to it with the boot open, all ready to go. As we were getting ready to load the basin part, he said, 'Be careful, this thing has some serious weight to it.' We got it up and in, and had to work it round so we could fit in the pedestal as well. While jockeying it about, he said, 'Good thing this boot has some serious space.' After we got both bits in, he thanked me and said, 'You helped me out of a serious jam.' Unable to keep me gob shut any longer, I said, 'Well, if you ever need help with a flippant jam, just call.'
Another peeve is people using nouns as verbs. I recently overheard someone say, 'We're going to weekend at Ripiro Beach.'
And while I'm at it, the correct response to 'Thank you' is 'You're welcome', not 'No problem'.
Boru
What I positively don't like is when people insist on tripping up their prose with he or she, his or her. It's clumsy and when used several times in one paragraph, it's comical. The kind of unintentional comical that makes me groan.
If someone is set on pc language he or she should come up with a gender neutral indefinite pronoun. Me, myself and I would be the first to champion it.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.