And quite interesting the term . . . "drift of the signified"
Political labeling seems to have flip-sided into that court 🤷♂️
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And quite interesting the term . . . "drift of the signified"
Political labeling seems to have flip-sided into that court 🤷♂️
I always used grandma (and grandpa) but my cousin's daughters were calling grandma Gigi. So I said "her name is Lucy, not Gigi." and they told me that it was "G.G. for great grandma." OopsI've always used "Mee-Ma(w)" . . . colloquial absorbed from others, who absorbed it from others, who . . .
. . . and it sound cool
I despise “should of” … like I should of ordered the pasta”. The correct phrase is “I should have ordered the pasta”.
People don't pronounce and teach should've and would've correctly. For that matter, "there's" is not correct for multiple items but people don't correct it. I remember learning "there're" when I was young, but a quick check seems to show that doesn't work in American English now.
An absolutely appalling contraction that I cannot abide, either, where a contraction in the spoken word ("should've" is misheard, and thus rendered in writing as 'should of', rather than 'should have').
Yes, this one irks me, too.
Nevertheless, it remains a grammatical and linguistic horror.
reminds me of winston churchill calling an opponent in the house a 'liar' and a mangler of the king's hinglish …
"you, sir, are guilty of a terminological inexactitude up with which i will not put."
Since people tend to say shoulduv you can't often tell which form they mean.
My version is the 'rayfeened' version.
Your version is for the lower orders, like Russell Crowe...
The fare from San Francisco Airport to there is US$854 on Swiss Air. I shouldn't click links. 😆No Messin'
www.nomessinbakery.com
Hey! I told you not to call me that when we were in the office! 😁
