tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917384750832944926.post9113783467093034654..comments2023-10-20T20:25:51.350+11:00Comments on Absent Proof: Here Are Some I Made Earlierzmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917384750832944926.post-22105363290200971212011-01-19T08:33:59.738+11:002011-01-19T08:33:59.738+11:00One problem is I see these mistakes so often that ...One problem is I see these mistakes so often that I begin to wonder if in fact there's nothing wrong with them and I am just getting early onset dementia, seeing things that aren't really there. No-one else seems to mind so perhaps it's me that's in a muddle, not the papers.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917384750832944926.post-80086400164443193462011-01-16T17:55:55.297+11:002011-01-16T17:55:55.297+11:00You're right, I know you're right, you kno...You're right, I know you're right, you know you're right, and so do all other right-thinking people. But there'll always be some character (probably, hem hem, with a Media Studies degree) who will say that Shakespeare roughed up English grammar so why shouldn't we.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917384750832944926.post-7638004180691136372011-01-16T10:14:21.066+11:002011-01-16T10:14:21.066+11:00Blub blub blubBlub blub blubzmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917384750832944926.post-67651004543182012292011-01-16T10:14:06.499+11:002011-01-16T10:14:06.499+11:00I should do that. The trouble is, every time I dec...I should do that. The trouble is, every time I decide to, I get a crusading urge to remind people that, if you don't use language properly, you don't convey thought clearly. Of course, Orwell said it better than anyone a long time ago and still no-one cares.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917384750832944926.post-73918846763390515042011-01-15T19:22:04.621+11:002011-01-15T19:22:04.621+11:00'Bomb happy' is a soldiers term that was (...'Bomb happy' is a soldiers term that was (and maybe still is) used to describe chaps who've had so many bombs falling about them, e.g. in WW1, that they've become oblivious to the dangers and will get out of the trenchs and start dancing around amongst the poppies when the next artillery barrage comes in. Probably more accurately termed 'post traumatic shock disorder' these days. I was implying, unwisely, that you might have reached the stage of thinking "Oh, sod it, if The Australian really wants to make a new version of the English language then we might just as well all enjoy it".Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917384750832944926.post-10547474534158673372011-01-15T07:51:59.440+11:002011-01-15T07:51:59.440+11:00M-H - Many thanks, I shall take a look
Gadjo -I...M-H - Many thanks, I shall take a look<br />Gadjo -I'm being thick: please explain, as a notorious Oz politician used to say.<br />Mithra - I think so too.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917384750832944926.post-44767694021755303242011-01-14T21:15:20.371+11:002011-01-14T21:15:20.371+11:00I think the phrase is 'forewarned is forearmed...I think the phrase is 'forewarned is forearmed'.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14850546332024974248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917384750832944926.post-68627081754448689722011-01-14T17:08:29.410+11:002011-01-14T17:08:29.410+11:00Blimey. I imagine you've become almost 'bo...Blimey. I imagine you've become almost 'bomb happy' about this sort of thing by now :-)Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6917384750832944926.post-7744670810652575172011-01-14T14:31:03.534+11:002011-01-14T14:31:03.534+11:00Here's a post you might enjoy. The blogger is ...Here's a post you might enjoy. The blogger is a lecturer in English at an Aus Uni: http://allordinary2.blogspot.com/2011/01/so-much-fail-for-such-little-t-shirt.htmlM-Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409916623998907121noreply@blogger.com