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I like to correct my mate's English in our WhatsApp group to piss them off
and you wonder why you never get invited to drinks anymore.....
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I like to correct my mate's English in our WhatsApp group to piss them off
Closely related to its cousin, the one that actually really shits me ...Nah it's getting really bad.
I was reading something related to horse racing on one of the Murdoch publications online, and I saw a "could of"; not in the comments but in the article itself.
I understand there's people out there that for whatever reason don't realise that is wrong but to get a job in print media and not know that? Shithouse.
I'm sure this is about the third time I've shared this on BF but it's worth doing again:Closely related to its cousin, the one that actually really shits me ...
"I could care less", when you are actually trying to express how much you could not care less.
This one is absolutely everywhere now!
Newsreaders .Nah it's getting really bad.
I was reading something related to horse racing on one of the Murdoch publications online, and I saw a "could of"; not in the comments but in the article itself.
I understand there's people out there that for whatever reason don't realise that is wrong but to get a job in print media and not know that? Shithouse.
Centralisation and reduction in sub-editorial staff as a cost-cutting measure.Nah it's getting really bad.
I was reading something related to horse racing on one of the Murdoch publications online, and I saw a "could of"; not in the comments but in the article itself.
I understand there's people out there that for whatever reason don't realise that is wrong but to get a job in print media and not know that? Shithouse.
the japanese have a word for this - tsundokuwhat makes me stupider than other people who don't read or write, is that i still buy books. not often but i think of something i should be reading. not because i have a huge inherent joy of reading but the person i want to be would read these books. the william s burroughs books that i haven't read, immanuel kant, art books. i bought a second hand enid blyton brer rabbit book, at booktopia i've got other enid blyton childhood books on there. so the joy of reading is in there somewhere. or is it just some kind of mid-life crisis... just laying it all out there...
i combine the worst of all worlds, i don't read or write, but i'm pretentious enough to think i should be reading certain things... and then i don't.
it's no wonder my skills are fading like everyone else's.
I'm hearing radio sports journos saying "team A verse team b" now. Drips.
don't know how much my own experience reflects others, but i read a lot less than i used to. a lot of my reading is limited to the cesspool that is the internet.
i read a good variety of stuff. i like to read all sorts of online newspapers, left and right leaning political things but also tabloid junk. i go down rabbit holes at wikipedia, browse case studies on topics of the day. i don't need to shield myself from opposing views, i can internally disagree without needing to do anything about it.
but i don't read books anymore. and i don't have to think about my spelling, computers have taken care of my lack of effort. i sometimes know by the way a word looks that i haven't written it correctly instead of spelling rules, i've lost some knowledge there, i don't really write either. online at places like here or reddit i abandon as many posts as i post. i find disagreeing takes a lot of energy. i've become not bad at not needing a last word.
what makes me stupider than other people who don't read or write, is that i still buy books. not often but i think of something i should be reading. not because i have a huge inherent joy of reading but the person i want to be would read these books. the william s burroughs books that i haven't read, immanuel kant, art books. i bought a second hand enid blyton brer rabbit book, at booktopia i've got other enid blyton childhood books on there. so the joy of reading is in there somewhere. or is it just some kind of mid-life crisis... just laying it all out there...
i combine the worst of all worlds, i don't read or write, but i'm pretentious enough to think i should be reading certain things... and then i don't.
it's no wonder my skills are fading like everyone else's.
Yeah nah, me an my mates fink it's horrible."Team A are versing Team B this weekend" does my head in. I thought it was only a school kid thing until I heard another teacher say it the other day. Another colleague of mine always says "somethink" or "anythink".
Well I get quite a lot of corrections sent to me when I write stuff. I don't consider myself an idiot , but I do put some emotion in my words too fast and mess up punctuation but generally grammer is OK as far as language and the English language I think Aussies and probably Cockneys butcher English bdtter than anyone else, of course we tend to Amricanise lots of our English, but they are such an influencial thing for 100 years songs are sung generally in Amercian accents ( and sound better, depending on the song I guess) maybe we Australians talk lazy , not slow but lots of words not pronounced as written, we all do it, very few can imitate us, but Aussies seem to be able to imitate a English Cockney accent?
My IQ no idea not game to find out. haha.
This isn't a generational thing, nor is it an Australian thing. People in their 40s and above are just as bad as the younger gens, maybe even worse. It's just that Steve, the 54 year old who quit school at 15, didn't have the opportunity to show off his spelling skills until he discovered facebook comment sections a few years ago.
A little from column A, a little from column B. The language is always changing and older people will always bemoan those changes. But there's no question text, social media etc is having an impact on the foundations of writing. I can accept changing use/meaning of words and phrases, but less so fundamental errors in grammar such as 'could of' or 'should of'.Unpopular opinion but there's no such thing as a 'standard' of English. People from 100 years ago would think a lot of what we say is completely nonsensical and then 100 years further back would think the same. It's just a constantly evolving language, now impacted by social media and the internet.
My pet peeve, I always correct my son and his footy team. I fear this one may be a losing battle, though.I'm hearing radio sports journos saying "team A verse team b" now. Drips.
It's one of those phrases that doesn't easily come out. Linguists on teh YouTubz talk about many of these phrases that are changing to an easier form to verbalise, or getting verb forms from nouns and vice versus.My pet peeve, I always correct my son and his footy team. I fear this one may be a losing battle, though.
I hate it when people verb nounsIt's one of those phrases that doesn't easily come out. Linguists on teh YouTubz talk about many of these phrases that are changing to an easier form to verbalise, or getting verb forms from nouns and vice versa.
I think it's just simply born out of an ignorant assumption that the word 'versus' is actually 'verses'It's one of those phrases that doesn't easily come out. Linguists on teh YouTubz talk about many of these phrases that are changing to an easier form to verbalise, or getting verb forms from nouns and vice versa.