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Language trends you dislike?
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"Bleeding out" where we used to say bleeding to death.
"Paramedic" for ambulanceman.
"Paramedic" for ambulanceman.
"Passed" instead of "passed away". It's the death of proper English. Are people in such a hurry to get back to their Twitter that they have to leave words out?
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My Dad taught English as a foreign language all over the world.
He of all people understood that languages are fluid; they morph and change over the decades.
But he hated Americanisms creeping in to English.
He said when he was young (b 1935), shopkeepers would give him his ice lolly (or whatever) or change and they would say "Here you are."
Now people tend to say "There you go."
He also disliked the phrase "at the end of the day".
He said, "Why use 6 words, when you can use 1?"
He hated the use of "So......" at the beginning of every sentence.
"Why would you?"
He of all people understood that languages are fluid; they morph and change over the decades.
But he hated Americanisms creeping in to English.
He said when he was young (b 1935), shopkeepers would give him his ice lolly (or whatever) or change and they would say "Here you are."
Now people tend to say "There you go."
He also disliked the phrase "at the end of the day".
He said, "Why use 6 words, when you can use 1?"
He hated the use of "So......" at the beginning of every sentence.
"Why would you?"
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He cared a lot about the English Language and all things academic.
He left his vast collection of books to two prominent libraries in Manchester and another University library in Myanmar where he last taught and he has supported financially (and will continue to support after his death) students in that country.
Learning was everything to him.
He left his vast collection of books to two prominent libraries in Manchester and another University library in Myanmar where he last taught and he has supported financially (and will continue to support after his death) students in that country.
Learning was everything to him.
Bruv.
I hate it when people:
Start sentences with 'So'
Say 'can i get' rather than 'i would like' or 'may i have'
Say 'Reaching out' rather than 'getting in contact with'
Respond with 'perfect'' when you order something in a restaurant
Use 'they' for a singular person instead of 'he' or 'she'
Sign their emails with 'he/him' or the other versions.
Don't say please or thank you.
Start sentences with 'So'
Say 'can i get' rather than 'i would like' or 'may i have'
Say 'Reaching out' rather than 'getting in contact with'
Respond with 'perfect'' when you order something in a restaurant
Use 'they' for a singular person instead of 'he' or 'she'
Sign their emails with 'he/him' or the other versions.
Don't say please or thank you.
That weird "innit bruv" London accent from Top Boy and shows like that.
I've not come across this. What does it mean?
It means the author is up their own bahooky.
It's what woke warriors use as part of their email signatures so that people know what gender they identify as.
Men are he/him, women are she/her and those don't want to identify as either gender sign as they/them.
"Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God!!!" - repeated incessantly in an over dramatic voice to exaggerate some non-event/occurrence. 
Hysterical millennials are the worst offenders.
Hysterical millennials are the worst offenders.
