Look, if I won a Screen Actors Guild award, I would want to be referred to as an actress.
(Another recent addition to the vernacular…the imperative….LOOK. It seems so rude. Sorry if I sounded rude)
Also, the use of the imperative DISCUSS. Why don’t people ask, “would you discuss?” or “Kindly discuss” or “would you mind discussing?” I consider this part of the brutalization of modern discourse.
The founding fathers also believed in duels, at least some of them.
By CGar on February 1, 2011 12:02 PM
“Can’t you find someone at work to argue with?”
Can’t you find someone at work with whom to argue?
(Jussayin’. I’m not the one playing English teacher here . . . )
🙂
Thank you, you are correct.
Repeating and correcting:
Can’t you find someone at work with whom to argue????
“I had a hutch you’d like that, arkady.”
Asked and answered, Slopey. (See dave at 9:17.)
pansy poinard?? How dare you call my perfectly serviceable cheese knife a pansy poinard! The nerve. See if I let you cut cheddar in my house again.
dona…
OMG, LOL u r sooo right.
By etson on February 1, 2011 11:58 AM
Is ‘waitress’ disappearing? What is the alternative? Server? I couldn’t imagine calling a woman a waiter.
I have noticed people using actor for actress increasingly.
Yes, server.
“Can’t you find someone at work to argue with?”
Can’t you find someone at work with whom to argue?
(Jussayin’. I’m not the one playing English teacher here . . . )
🙂
By daveinbedstuy on February 1, 2011 12:00 PM
Arkady & Dona….no more teaching of cursive handwriting as well.
Yes, Dibs, this is the beginning of the end of Western Civilization. Next we will be doing little scratch marks….no we are ALREADY doing this.
Look, if I won a Screen Actors Guild award, I would want to be referred to as an actress.
(Another recent addition to the vernacular…the imperative….LOOK. It seems so rude. Sorry if I sounded rude)
Also, the use of the imperative DISCUSS. Why don’t people ask, “would you discuss?” or “Kindly discuss” or “would you mind discussing?” I consider this part of the brutalization of modern discourse.