On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 14:31, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > > > On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 11:33, Steven W. Orr wrote: > >> And a pet peeve of mine is misuse of Latin in general, e.g., the biggest > >> of which are confusing i.e. and e.g., and mispronouncing etc (i.e., et > >> cetera) as ex cetera. > >> > > > > Hey, Steve! Good to read you again. > > > > I thought this thread would die, but since it refuses I'll just *have* > > to pitch in. Generally spelling and grammar are going downhill fast... > > English is my second language and I still find that most of the > > "natives" speak/write/think in simply deplorable fashion. Examples: > > > > Misuse of similar words: complimentary/complementary or affect/effect > > Language destruction: walla! (voilà!) and expresso (espresso) > > "its" versus "it's". grrrr ..... > > rday > http://www.angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif ________________________________________________________________________ and "irregardless" puts my knickers *right* into a knot -- Tony Placilla, RHCT anthony_placilla@xxxxxxxx J.O.A.T. perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5, (41*2), sqrt(7056), (unpack(c,H)-2), oct(115), 10);'
