Hello Tony! On Thursday, June 23, 2005, 2:06 PM, you wrote:
>> those words don't disturb you? > They do me, seeing them in print does anyway. I can and do use them in > every day language, I'm a Bricklayer so it's hard to get away from them. > Seeing them in print when other words will do is another matter though. > Maybe I'm getting old :) And they disturb me, too. I don't even use them in everyday speech. My late husband, of working-class background, would sometimes use certain of them when he became overly exasperated. Perhaps it is, indeed, a generational thing. Certainly it is for me. But I do think that the forms of polite public discourse are valuable and worth an effort to preserve. :) So I will sometimes speak up about them if they turn up on TB! mailing lists. -- Best regards, Mary The Bat 3.5.30 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.5.30 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
