tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post6372604062333805316..comments2024-03-27T20:34:09.464+01:00Comments on zmkc: Words and Phrases that I'm Getting Worried Aboutzmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-32521312505401034222011-09-29T07:12:13.010+02:002011-09-29T07:12:13.010+02:00zedders, Kipling is not actually 'popular'...zedders, Kipling is not actually 'popular', but with the rather, err, 'old-school' nature of Romanian schooling it's the sort of thing that The Kids are forced to learn by rote in order to better grasp the English language. I once got talking to a hopeless drunk here and he recited the whole of <i><b>If---</b></i> to me to prove the point.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-43984762590134581512011-09-29T00:12:41.529+02:002011-09-29T00:12:41.529+02:00Thanks for flagging your interest, George (yes, I ...Thanks for flagging your interest, George (yes, I hate the word flagging too, in this sense).<br />'Hopefully' is a lost cause, I think, Gadjo. What bits of Kipling are popular there, by the way? <br />Worm - I love but, but.<br />Chris - You may have got that from here, although we go, 'Yeah, no ...' rather than the other way round. I'm ashamed to say I'm really fond of it, although I don't know why.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-26170790912878733182011-09-28T18:27:47.988+02:002011-09-28T18:27:47.988+02:00I don't know if this has made it across the wa...I don't know if this has made it across the waters, but, in the US the newest and, to me, most maddening trend is people starting positive statements with "no." An interviewer, for instance, asks an actor if his parents were encouraging to him. The actor replies: "No. Yeah, they were great." GAAAAAHHHH!!!! It's nothing short of incredulous.Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-4581325136301013992011-09-28T10:23:07.089+02:002011-09-28T10:23:07.089+02:00we shoudl ask some 'hard working families'...we shoudl ask some 'hard working families' of the 'squeezed middle' what they think about this topic<br /><br />worst thing ever is australians ending a sentence with 'but', but.wormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-71553043483613747062011-09-28T06:48:40.188+02:002011-09-28T06:48:40.188+02:00Hmm, horrid, and luckily I don't tend to hear ...Hmm, horrid, and luckily I don't tend to hear these new usages too often as where I live people have generally learn their English from texbooks, Kipling, and Tom and Jerry cartoons. 'Hopefully', of course, is nearly always used these days in a sense perverted from the original one, but it's hard to imagine not using it.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-70822249218910794852011-09-28T01:28:26.382+02:002011-09-28T01:28:26.382+02:00Sounds, well, 'problematic', but is it ...Sounds, well, 'problematic', but is it 'actionable'?Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com