[Magdalen] Invites

[Jay Weigel]

What grates on me the most is "between you and I". Grrrrr.

On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 3/13/2016 12:21:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> michaudme at gmail.com writes:
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> So-sha
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> Each time she asked louder, as if I were  old&deaf.
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> Wassya SOsha?
> Ya SOsha?
> YOUR SO-SHA  ???>>>>>>
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> Maybe an African American teller?
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> Anyway, the shorthand, "social" for Social Security in the USA
> is firmly entrenched.
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> I am bothered more by obvious grammatical/spelling mistakes such
> as "Febuary" for February, the use of adjectives as adverbs, and
> the complete USA atrophy of "whom" in the direction of "who."
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> But, as others are quick to put out, changes in the language are
> inevitable and cannot be stopped, much as we might like.
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> After all, the USA is in the midst of a major language transformation
> with the "Northern Cities Vowel Shift" (Labov).  Who could have
> predicted that?
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> David Strang.
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