On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:29:55 -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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) > > And there are oh-so-many others! > > -- > Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Simpaticus.com > > When speaking of language destruction, I think one just has to mention the "verbing" of nouns (and I use that phrase deliberately). Is being "tasked" with something supposed to sound more important than being given an assignment? -- Keith Hunt keith@xxxxxxxxxx
