You cannot expect the masses to understand acronyms.It's a sad time. I fear the horse has well and truly bolted on the new tautology, "RAT test".Yes, folks, we've got another "PIN number" or "ATM machine" scourge that'll probably be with us for years
Tom Elliot said on radio a few weeks ago that he argued with a couple of young people at the station who were adamant that "would of" and "could of", etc, is correct. FMD.
I correct my son and daughter when they text “could of”, they tell me to stop being a “boring old fart”.
If enough people use it and it’s repeated by the ensuing generation, it will come to be acceptable
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is now “rowt”. How rude! They haven’t yet rewritten the lyrics to “Route 66” but maybe that will come 
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Well language is in a constant state of change.If enough people use it and it’s repeated by the ensuing generation, it will come to be acceptable
Just like “vunnerable” is pronounced by quite well-educated people.
And “congratulations” is now “congradulations” - you hear it all the time. I’ve even seen it written on a greeting card our office was presenting to a colleague.
Most people don’t know the difference between “lie” and “lay”, either. “I was laying on the bed” - what, laying eggs?
The one that makes me laugh is “route” - “root”
/You got me started, sorry
Ye-es, but in a world full of uncertainty, it’s important to maintain as much continuity and stability with language as possible. Knowledge of language is invaluable. The modern trend seems to be to change meanings of words and to manipulate language in order to pursue a narrative… I’m thinking the media here, of course. Many people don’t read, which is a great pity.
A product of the information age. Technology has provided an abundance of information with a reduced understanding.
'Twas ever thus.
was it in reference to a near one or a far one?
I'll say it again: the real pandemic is the prevalence of inappropriate upward inflection, or, as the Yanks call it, "upspeak" or "uptalk".
FMD, it's excruciating.
Read a story in a UK newspaper quite a few years ago which said a lot of young English women were speaking with an upward inflection.
I think I've posted this on here before. There's an American voice coach who's prominent on Youtube, who also blames us for it, which annoys me, because there's no way it's more of an Aussie thing than it is an American thing.
I remember many years ago hearing that it was an Australian thing, and comedians sending us up. I’m thinking someone similar to Michael McIntyre but that style.
Same with bloody Garry Lyon "If I may ask an ancillary question..." just say "follow-up"; economical, real-world
Whately doesn't say "Warne wore a helmet when trying to calm Bay 13" but instead says "Warne wore a helmet when trying to becalm Bay 13.."
I was under the impression people say that ironically/tongue in cheek.
www.news.com.au
You might know that the “ancillary question” is a running joke with Wispy and Garry Loinchop. I dunno how it started; maybe one of them was trying to be fancy.Whately doesn't say "Warne wore a helmet when trying to calm Bay 13" but instead says "Warne wore a helmet when trying to becalm Bay 13.."
