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| America is bludgeoning the English language! | Views: 93 |
| Oct 23, 2009 12:23 am | | America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
Bobbi Jo Woods | | Do you cringe every time someone types something erroneous, whether it’s on Facebook, a blog, or even an e-mail? I know I do. Even when it’s something so simple, you’d think they’d know the difference!
That's just the tip of the iceberg.
Well, folks. The gloves are off. I've been meaning to post a series that talks about the increasing decline of folks using proper English these days, and finally started the first of many...
Enjoy!
http://www.webprospeak.com
If you have comments, they are welcome here:
http://webprospeak.com/?p=304#comments
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| Oct 23, 2009 8:02 am | | re: America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
Scott Wolpow | | Do you mean irregardless? Erroneous is a proper word and has been for a long time.
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| Oct 23, 2009 8:35 am | | re: re: America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
Eileen Brown | |
The word you are looking for is "improper."
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| Oct 23, 2009 9:22 am | | re: re: re: America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
Scott Wolpow | | How is the word improper?
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| Oct 23, 2009 10:02 am | | re: re: re: re: America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
John Snyder | | There is one word in the English Language that every American pronounces Wrong. Any idea what it is?
John
Prof Wordsearch
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| Oct 23, 2009 10:32 am | | Re: America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
Teddy Towncrier | |
Hey, John! ... I'll take a shot at your question.
IMHO it's the past tense of "Dive" ... Which is increasingly mangled to "Dove".
I wouldn't go so far as to say every American does it, though.
Let me know which colour star I get.
Bestest.
Teddy Towncrier CPP Towncrier-Media.com Supercharging Your Visions.
 
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| Oct 23, 2009 10:38 am | | re: Re: America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
Scott Wolpow | | Yes the word "Wrong"
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| Oct 23, 2009 12:19 pm | | re: re: Re: America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
Bobbi Jo Woods | | You guys kill me! :P
In the next part of the series, I'll be posting a list of words that do not exist, or are improper.
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| Oct 23, 2009 12:38 pm | | re: re: re: Re: America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
Scott Wolpow | | I was not trying to be funny, but I see that the jokes is on me. Serves me right for answering before I woke. :)
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| Oct 23, 2009 5:15 pm | | re: re: re: re: Re: America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
John Snyder | | No Scott, you were absoletly Correct. This was designed to make People think. Answer is so simple but gets you thinking about all the words that are mis-pronounced, used wrongly, or as Bobbi Jo has pointed out, Just do not exist.
John
Prof Wordsearch
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| Oct 23, 2009 5:39 pm | | re: re: re: re: re: Re: America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
Scott Wolpow | | No I thought Bobby Jo was saying erronious was not a word. I did not read it carefully. So I was erroniously replying.
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| Oct 23, 2009 5:53 pm | | re: re: re: re: re: re: Re: America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
John Snyder | | And I mis-spelled absolutely. LMAO
John
Prof Wordsearch
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| Oct 24, 2009 11:00 am | | re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Re: America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
Eileen Brown | | Hey Folks.
It's funny actually, when you get right down to it... that
our comments in networks are dashed off, miss-spelled,
have typos, bad grammer and bad sentence structure,
incorrect word usage and all... and people STILL hire us
when they have need of our services. In spite of all our
flaws, we can still make a living.
Ain't life grand?
LOL
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| Oct 24, 2009 11:11 am | | America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
Mike Fesler | | Americans do not speak English.
We speak American.
The melting pot of the world.
Blessings.
M.
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| Oct 24, 2009 11:17 am | | re: America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
Eileen Brown | | Right you are Mike - Americanese IS our language!
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| Oct 24, 2009 11:20 am | | re: America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
Bobbi Jo Woods | | Yah, Eileen, kinda funny...
I'm sure I'm guilty of a few blunders, myself... as you will read in the blog post, but as I mentioned before, I wouldn't HIRE ME if I saw some of the stuff I typed! That's how much of a snob I am when it comes to stuff like this.
Now, turn the tables and read some of the emails I get requesting a bid or quote on services? I'd be flat broke if I turned any of those away :P
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| Oct 24, 2009 11:39 am | | re: re: America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
John Snyder | | My Wordsearch Adz Puzzles have to be Letter Perfect due to the Nature of their construction, Yet in Posting to the forums, I make some God-Awful Mistakes. I have even put a $100 Bounty to anyone who can find a Typo I made in any of my Puzzles. My Proofreaders are not eligible. Now you know my secret, LOL. It is always wise when you have an important piece, to have someone else read it first before publication, even Newspapers do this. I have always said that a Newspaper is only as good as it;s Proofreaders. Don't be so Vain to think you are above making mistakes.
Take Care,
John
Prof Wordsearch
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| Oct 24, 2009 5:05 pm | | re: re: re: America is bludgeoning the English language! | # |
Kurt Schweitzer | | "a Newspaper is only as good as it;s Proofreaders" should read "a Newspaper is only as good as its Proofreaders."
Possessive, not a mis-typed contraction. ;-)
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