Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/31

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Subject: [Leica] re: 'merican language
From: raimo.m.korhonen at uusikaupunki.fi (Raimo K)
Date: Tue Jan 31 10:32:34 2006
References: <f8932802cbe3c42298d56e4f4543f4c7@cshore.com> <000e01c62682$4e74cfc0$3368010a@tci.toledoclinic.com>

Languages change - or develop, if you will - even American English.
All the best!
Raimo K
Personal photography homepage at:
http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard L Ritter, Jr" <hlritter@mindspring.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] re: 'merican language


> 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
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from dnygr at cshore.com (Douglas Nygren) ([Leica] re: 'merican language)
Message from hlritter at mindspring.com (Howard L Ritter, Jr) ([Leica] re: 'merican language)