Grammar, Pronunciation. Food for thought while I'm away.

[Yorks]

OK, no doubt this has been done countless times before, but don't you find it increasingly annoying that we are inventing a new language with new meanings and pronunciations that really ought to be laughed out of the English language, rather than adopted by it? - I certainly do. I am no English graduate, and only had a basic education, but when people suddenly start using phrases such as:-

“It’s a big ask,” where “It’s a difficult target,” or “It’s a big thing to ask,” would be far better English – it’s makes my blood boil. When I was at school ‘ask’ was a verb – not a noun!

The infuriating thing is that these ‘buzz words and phrases’ are being endorsed and used by the very people in the media and advertising, who have had the education to know better and who should be maintaining the standards and setting an example to us all.

I turn on the TV to hear ‘minimum spend’ where I used to hear ‘minimum purchase’. I do know what the word purchase means.

I don’t know whether you have noticed recently, but there seems to be a current metamorphosis of the word ‘sixth’, which it would appear, is now acceptably pronounced - sickth. Just put ITV’s F1 on, on a Sunday afternoon and you will here James Allen (a keen exponent of this slicker version of the word), describing several of the drivers throughout the afternoon as being ‘down in sickth’! If he tries to pronounce it correctly, will the driver be in fifth by the time he’s said it?

You used to be kidding me, or joking. Now all of a sudden you’re joking me. What?

I could go on – but I won’t. Yes, words have been invented over the years to facilitate our ever changing society – I don’t have a problem with that. Nor is this a dig at the informal blogger. We are all members of that liberating clan. But if I worked in the media industry, I would take a little more care to ensure that what I was writing or saying was correct. It’s time that these people put a stop to their casual desecration of the English language, or we will all soon be speaking a foreign language.

Please contribute any material that you think has no place in our language.

Regards,

Yorks.

[BGonaSTICK]

I know where you're coming from. I also think that completely different bastardisations will annoy different people and others will be gladly accepted. I'm sure I've used ask as a noun before now and thought it was acceptable, if not grammatically correct ops:

I'll look out for things that get on my wick though.

I'm sure that people just get bored using the same language and need some variety or want to be different

[madrat]

I do agree with you, I cant stand bad English and I'm dyslexic.

The thing that really drives me mad is text talk. its bad enough in a text but when you get letters written in it >

[Unknown user #1]

Ekskooze mee - not everyone got perfect English skills, ya know, whatever

On a more serious note - why is that seems to be perfectly normal these days to use "brought" instead of "bought"?

[Mship]

Not really much I can say on this topic - as my grammar is total crap ops:

It would be a bit like the kettle calling the pan black arse :?

What I will say though is how much I hate the amount of American words we seem to have adopted Words like 'Garbage' are, well, just rubbish

Kev

[madrat]

On a similar topic don't you just hate white people that talk as if they a black and grew up in the hood >

[barr6868]

Originally Posted by madrat

On a similar topic don't you just hate white people that talk as if they a black and grew up in the hood >

Don't see the fascination in that ****, awite. :?