"generous people tell you how to annoy them" Topic
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 20thmaine  | 20 Jul 2011 9:18 a.m. PST |
I'm going to get right on this ! link |
| kallman | 20 Jul 2011 9:26 a.m. PST |
It is simple, the British just need to learn how to speak American. |
| Pictors Studio | 20 Jul 2011 9:53 a.m. PST |
Some of us already do. It is kind of people to point out their buttons so you know where they are when you need to push them. |
| Black Cavalier | 20 Jul 2011 11:29 a.m. PST |
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| Cerdic | 20 Jul 2011 1:20 p.m. PST |
I'm British but I don't mind a lot of Americanisms. Evolution of the language and all that. The thing that IS irritating is the illogical stuff. The example of 'alternate' and 'alternative' in the article is a good one. As someone commented, it is usefull to have the two words with clear and separate meanings. The use of the word 'alternate' when you mean 'alternative' doesn't suggest a dynamic evolution of the language. It just sounds ignorant. Like you have never been taught the difference. Before anyone takes offence, I'm not using the word ignorant in a pejorative way. I'm intending the literal meaning of 'lack of knowledge'. |
| Last Hussar | 20 Jul 2011 5:13 p.m. PST |
We only say it annoys us so you do it more, then we all point and laugh. |
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