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<blockquote data-quote="Yorks" data-source="post: 412812" data-attributes="member: 191461"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">Grammar, Pronunciation - Time for a rant.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">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:-</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">“<strong>It’s a big ask,</strong>” where “<strong>It’s a difficult target,</strong>” <em>or</em> “It’s a big <strong>thing</strong> 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! </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">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. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I turn on the TV to hear ‘<strong>minimum spend</strong>’ where I used to hear ‘<strong>minimum purchase</strong>’. I do <strong><em>know</em></strong> what the word <strong>purchase</strong> means. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I don’t know whether you have noticed recently, but there seems to be a current metamorphosis of the word ‘<strong>sixth</strong>’, which it would appear, is now acceptably pronounced - <strong>sickth</strong>. 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 ‘<strong>down in sickth</strong>’! If he tries to pronounce it correctly, will the driver be in fifth by the time he’s said it? </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">You used to be <strong>kidding me</strong>, or <strong>joking</strong>. Now all of a sudden you’re <strong>joking me. </strong>What?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">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.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Please contribute any material that <em>you</em> think has no place in our language. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Regards,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Yorks</span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">.<img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yorks, post: 412812, member: 191461"] [COLOR=black][COLOR=black]Grammar, Pronunciation - Time for a rant.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]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:-[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]“[B]It’s a big ask,[/B]” where “[B]It’s a difficult target,[/B]” [I]or[/I] “It’s a big [B]thing[/B] 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! [/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana]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. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]I turn on the TV to hear ‘[B]minimum spend[/B]’ where I used to hear ‘[B]minimum purchase[/B]’. I do [B][I]know[/I][/B] what the word [B]purchase[/B] means. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]I don’t know whether you have noticed recently, but there seems to be a current metamorphosis of the word ‘[B]sixth[/B]’, which it would appear, is now acceptably pronounced - [B]sickth[/B]. 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 ‘[B]down in sickth[/B]’! If he tries to pronounce it correctly, will the driver be in fifth by the time he’s said it? [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]You used to be [B]kidding me[/B], or [B]joking[/B]. Now all of a sudden you’re [B]joking me. [/B]What?[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]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.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Please contribute any material that [I]you[/I] think has no place in our language. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Regards,[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Yorks[/FONT][FONT=Verdana].:)[/FONT] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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