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Should we just give in ?

My car radio is often turned to radio 5, started up yesterday when 606 was on. Usual thing a guy was ranting about his team's lack of results. He wanted the whole team to "step up to the plate" !

Surely some mistake. So yes Bob maybe we should.
 
More annoying to me is the use of "me" instead of "I" and phrases such as "Me and Edd..." instead of "Edd and I..." to quote Mike Brewer.
(My other bugbear is the missuse of the apostophe.)

Bob, your lucky you don't have to watch the Disney Channel and see the resulting effect on our youngsters. What hope have we got ?


Yes, definatley with you on that one, the Disney channel has a lot to answer for, bring back Saturday Swap Shop!!!!!!


There's apparently no hope! And these were the obvious ones in the first few replies!
 
Oh how one loves the logic, similar to that commonly reproduced within all of our dress code threads, that one can judge the "goodness" of a person by their spelling, grammar, syntax, or even their level of apparent education.

One thinks that, it is the behaviour of the person, and not one's (presumed and assumed) errors in the application of the english language, in either written or spoken form, nor the cut of their cloth, which maketh the person.

Simples
 
Oh how one loves the logic, similar to that commonly reproduced within all of our dress code threads, that one can judge the "goodness" of a person by their spelling, grammar, syntax, or even their level of apparent education.

One thinks that, it is the behaviour of the person, and not one's (presumed and assumed) errors in the application of the english language, in either written or spoken form, nor the cut of their cloth, which maketh the person.

Simples

H'mm! I think it is actually you that is making the assumption about 'the goodness'!

I agree with your second point though.

I acquired a family with wife #2. I was most impressed with the elder step-son's ability to modify his language and enunciation to fit in with the particular company he was in - anything from travellers to Chief Execs of FTSE 100 companies!

His younger brother, however, correctly argued that the sole purpose of language was to effect communication so, as long as that was achieved, it didn't matter how it was done.

I think the elder has a better approach, as the same one - getting the level of communication correct for the recipient(s) - applies to so much of the rest of human interaction.
 
Bob, your lucky you don't have to watch the Disney Channel and see the resulting effect on our youngsters. What hope have we got ?

Just about sums it up. Also whats this current trend of starting sentences with the word "so" "So, I went to AG to get a new hybrid today".
 
My 7 year old grandson asked me to put some rubbish in the 'trash can' the other day.

I greatly dislike hearing folk say: sand trap, back 9, double eagle etc. No sense of history.
And any one who mentions PAIRS competition has no understanding about golf whatsoever.

AHHHHHH that's better.

I've never called it anything else but back 9:confused:
 
Couple of (older than me) guys I was out with today didn't know what a stymie was!

Nothing wrong with 'back 9' or 'sand trap' imo. Bit iffy about Mulligans though - as much as the'd come in handy occasionally!

For a game that can't even trace its roots or name (apart from all the other 4-letter words being taken!) it seems a bit snobbish to criticise differing terminology.
 
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