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Actually, my grandmother told me that when she was still alive (she overheard my friend saying "flint.") And I read the part about the play on "In like Flynn" from a search of the 1966 & 1967 movies.
Your grandmother was hearing the kind of thing this thread is about...people mis-using words and phrases.
I was mulling over the apostrophe problem. It's true that English rules about pluralization shift when it comes to apostrophes. I hate the misuse but I guess I can at least see the confusion. So that brought me to conjugation where I likewise tried to understand all the misuse.
It's all speak and say. I saw, you saw, he saw, etc. Why, then, do people use "seen" so much? I understand how in some environments speak and say makes all verb tenses interchangeable. There just doesn't seem to be a need to choose the wrong one over the right one, and it doesn't make me angry or frustrated. It just makes me sad.
It's sad because these same people will add "had" to all their past tenses. "I had went to the park and had took my phone with me." It's clear, and touching really, that they're trying to speak more formally but screwing up. They really do want to sound correct, but I in general wouldn't think to correct a passing stranger. Still, they'll always be branded by their speech patterns when it's so easy to fix. Does that sadden anyone else?
OK, yesterday on the radio, a female advertising voice was describing where something was and she said it was "kitty-corner" from somewhere. I about died laughing. Catty-corner is typically used when someone means catercorner, but I've never heard it called kitty-corner. Sorry, I just can't imagine someone actually used that in a radio ad!
OK, yesterday on the radio, a female advertising voice was describing where something was and she said it was "kitty-corner" from somewhere. I about died laughing. Catty-corner is typically used when someone means catercorner, but I've never heard it called kitty-corner. Sorry, I just can't imagine someone actually used that in a radio ad!
I like, "kitty-corner" much better and commend her for her literacy.
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