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AJB Temple wrote:Carol Klein is also a word and sentence mangler of similar ability. I am forced to watch gardening programmes and Ms Klein therefore attacks my ears quite often.
AJB Temple wrote:Carol Klein is also a word and sentence mangler of similar ability. I am forced to watch gardening programmes and Ms Klein therefore attacks my ears quite often.
Doug71 wrote:Not quite what this thread is about but kind of related and I feel the need to share in the hope it will help me calm down after something my son yesterday.
I have 2 sons aged 10 and 12, same as other kids their age they often use Americanisms like diaper or sidewalk, It does annoy me, I sometimes try to correct them but they don't see the problem.
Yesterday I was left with my head in my hands when my eldest son who has a cold announced "My nose is running like a faucet."
I think a YouTube ban is in order for them.
Doug71 wrote:Not quite what this thread is about but kind of related and I feel the need to share in the hope it will help me calm down after something my son yesterday.
I have 2 sons aged 10 and 12, same as other kids their age they often use Americanisms like diaper or sidewalk, It does annoy me, I sometimes try to correct them but they don't see the problem.
Yesterday I was left with my head in my hands when my eldest son who has a cold announced "My nose is running like a faucet."
I think a YouTube ban is in order for them.
John Brown wrote:Some Americans say "aks". Just like some Brits say "free" instead of "three". I find the latter more painful, maybe because I'm British.
If you want weird phrasing and pauses, check out William F Buckley Jr.
Phil Pascoe wrote:I didn't think it too bad, it just sounded to me as if he had only been given two minutes warning he had to read it out and it was his first attempt at reading it.
Fortunately, maybe, I have no idea who Carol Klein is.
tracerman wrote:
Who started this trend of starting a scentence with " so" ?
Annoyed of Southampton .
tracerman wrote:
Who started this trend of starting a scentence with " so" ?
Annoyed of Southampton .
Andy Kev. wrote:....Am I being over sensitive?
RogerS wrote:Andy Kev. wrote:....Am I being over sensitive?
In a word....possibly ! I didn't find anything out of the ordinary in the way that he spoke TBH.
What I find much more grating is the way a lot of women speak these days ...either with the Aussie interrogative rise at the end of each sentence..
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