tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post5993831541043612409..comments2024-03-27T15:41:01.956-04:00Comments on rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague: Comparing apples and orangesrhymeswithplaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-78420825152392193702010-11-18T10:22:57.531-05:002010-11-18T10:22:57.531-05:00Putz, your teachers must be so proud.<b>Putz</b>, your teachers must be so proud.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-60062914349718261312010-11-18T10:13:24.509-05:002010-11-18T10:13:24.509-05:00i second yorkshire's opuddings's comment&g...i second yorkshire's opuddings's comment>>>i have always tried to be carefull in my grammer spelling puncuation etc and because of my carefullness i now have a reputation of being a scholar here in ephraim utarPutzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480109111920196513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-51719535341309197102010-11-17T16:06:58.273-05:002010-11-17T16:06:58.273-05:00Pat, the morning may be gone, but there's stil...<b>Pat</b>, the morning may be gone, but there's still the afternoon and evening.<br /><br /><b>YP</b>, whatever.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-49208447042449361292010-11-17T14:57:22.068-05:002010-11-17T14:57:22.068-05:00Having spent much of my adult life in conversation...Having spent much of my adult life in conversation with teenagers, I endorse John Humphrys's view that many modern English teenagers (...and American teenagers come to that)use our wonderful language lazily, failing to express themselves with individualistic flair or grammatical precision, preferring instead to follow the peer group crowd and adopt a clipped, estuarine version of English as subtly promoted by dubious media "stars". Hence, I wasn't sure what you were getting at with regard to that thoughtful and thought-provoking piece.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-48215205397143022092010-11-17T10:56:13.292-05:002010-11-17T10:56:13.292-05:00I read with interest both of Humphreys' articl...I read with interest both of Humphreys' articles. Thanks for the links. <br /> <br />I'd comment further, but I'm not living up to my full linguistic potential this morning.Pat - Arkansashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11623638376731374600noreply@blogger.com