Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]ROFLOL! On 1/31/06 12:11 PM, "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote: > > > B. D. Colen wrote: > >> Hey - who you talkin' bout - Man went to Andover, Yale, and Harvard >> Business >> School. ;-) >> >> > On a sightseeing trip?? > >> >> On 1/31/06 11:40 AM, "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote: >> >> >> >>> B.D., >>> Howard wrote, ".......educated individuals........" >>> Douglas >>> >>> B. D. Colen wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> And then there's our President... ;-) >>>> >>>> >>>> On 1/31/06 11:20 AM, "Howard L Ritter, Jr" <hlritter@mindspring.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> In my field, medicine, I am appalled at how many educated individuals >>>>> commit >>>>> so many crude, and flagrantly ungrammatical, errors in speech. I hear >>>>> registered nurses, BSNs with college bachelor's degrees, saying things >>>>> like >>>>> "I seen her yesterday" or "I been there twice already" or "He don't do >>>>> that >>>>> any more". I even know a thoughtful and cultured radiation oncologist >>>>> who >>>>> regularly commits mis-usages like "I discussed the plan with he and his >>>>> wife". >>>>> >>>>> So much fun, being a language curmudgeon! >>>>> >>>>> --howard >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Douglas Nygren" <dnygr@cshore.com> >>>>> To: <lug@leica-users.org> >>>>> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 8:44 PM >>>>> Subject: [Leica] re: 'merican language >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Seth, between you and I, people don't speak so good as they used to. >>>>>> It >>>>>> amazes me how many "educated" people use a subject instead of an >>>>>> object >>>>>> with the preposition "between." >>>>>> >>>>>> I make my share of mistakes. I guess I shouldn't complain. >>>>>> >>>>>> Doug >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information