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In reply to the discussion: Liberal Arts? What the fuck are they good for? [View all]Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)And I get bent out of shape at the abuse of the English language, grammar and spelling and sentence construction, going on these days.
I call it "The Verbification of America".
It started with "parenting". Now it's "tasked" given a task) and "helmed" directed a movie) and "lensed" was the cinematographer on a movie). Furthermore, "grow the economy" and the adverb shortage get me.
I was in spelling bees in junior high and took 2 years of Latin in high school.
I've been told by several well-educated people (people with a master's degree or a doctorate) that I have a bigger vocabulary than anyone they've ever seen.
My husband first pointed this out many years ago when I used the word "egregious".
Brigid, somebody has to be a pain in the tokus, or tuchis, or tush or however you want to spell it. Where would we be without all those useful Yiddish words?