Stop saying "Demond" !!!
Discussion
bingybongy said:
A British presenter on the BBC referred to a British army officer as a lootenant the other evening. He then repeated this several times.
This seems to be happening more and more frequently.
I hate it.
It annoys me also, but strictly speaking the Americans are nearer the truth than we are - it's a French word which would be pronounced lee-er-ten-on. Not leftennant .This seems to be happening more and more frequently.
I hate it.
Toyoda said:
Not wading through 41 pages but has 'sicth' instead of 'sixth' been mentioned yet?
A very "British" expression. I've never heard Irish people say "sicth" but I've heard lots of English people say it.Another word people seem to have forgotten how to say properly is "deteriorate".
Many people, including newsreaders and reporters, who should know better, pronounce it "detereeate".
RichB said:
What about albeit being all one word?
Out of interest and not trying to be clever but shouldn't it either be:'What about 'all be it' being all one word?'
Or
'What about albeit being one word?'
As the 'all' is relating to the erroneous element and it being more than one word?
DonkeyApple said:
As the 'all' is relating to the erroneous element and it being more than one word?
You are of course correct however I used the second 'all' to give the sentence a sense of rhythmical meter while attempting to referencing the words I was parodying. Oops. However…
DonkeyApple said:
Out of interest and not trying to be clever but shouldn't it either be:
…because one should never end a sentence with a preposition shouldn’t it be, ‘shouldn’t it be either:’ rather than ‘shouldn’t it either be:’? RichB said:
…because one should never end a sentence with a preposition shouldn’t it be, ‘shouldn’t it be either:’ rather than ‘shouldn’t it either be:’?
That sounds about right as well. It was a thought that cropped up as I read the post and I wasn't 100% sure.
Only another ten years of having to help with English homework and I can revert to by historical norm of not worrying about these things.
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