A mild rant about the English language as practiced in the US
Note the first: this rant is based on recent occurrences in pro-fic.
The past tense of shine is shone. The past tense of kneel is knelt. And, no, alright is not all right. Don't even start me on Microsoft Word's spell checker thinking that just because it's analog that it should then be dialog and monolog. The words are dialogue and monologue, honest.
All that said, I will now retreat to my Curmudgeon Dudgeon Dungeon, and resist strenuously the urge to yell about "You whippersnappers get off of my language!" *
Note the second: I probably shouldn't have asked
samjohnsson to tell me not to write a rant on English usage. What the heck, though, it was fun.
* There will be no shouting, but that's pretty much because I'm now playing with my new tech.
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The past tense of shine is shone. The past tense of kneel is knelt. And, no, alright is not all right. Don't even start me on Microsoft Word's spell checker thinking that just because it's analog that it should then be dialog and monolog. The words are dialogue and monologue, honest.
All that said, I will now retreat to my Curmudgeon Dudgeon Dungeon, and resist strenuously the urge to yell about "You whippersnappers get off of my language!" *
Note the second: I probably shouldn't have asked
samjohnsson to tell me not to write a rant on English usage. What the heck, though, it was fun.
* There will be no shouting, but that's pretty much because I'm now playing with my new tech.
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