OT: Another Grammar Rant

Hi Guys, OK -- when I was growing up & in school, the word "bust" meant bosom or a statue of the upper portion of the body. That's more or less from memory and without looking it up in the dictionary for precise info. If something didn't work anymore, it was broken or if you caused it to not work any more then you broke it. You didn't BUST down a door or BUST out of a locked room. About the only time you would use the term "bust" was when gambling and you "went bust". So why now is the term "broke" never used? It seems that BUST has taken it's place. I was watching a Modern Marvels repeat about Ice Road Trucking and if a truck fell through the ice it didn't break through, it BUST through! We were watching something on PBS last week and the voice over said the same thing. Instead of breaking out some windows, the windows were busted out. I'm sorry but that's just plain WRONG! I know, I know -- language is a living thing and changes all the time. This is one of those times when I just get my back up and refuse to "go with the flow" -- LOLOL. There are loads of other language and grammar changes that don't bother MOI. Using bust instead of broke is NOT one of them ;-)!!! Rant Mode off CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

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Tia Mary
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=A0 =A0I know, I know -- language

That language changes all the time is very true. Just look at you opening salutation. "Guys" used to refer to males. Now it means everyone in general.

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Jeannette in Los Angeles, CA

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Sandy Bell

Fred

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nothing changes, nothing changes.Don't back stitch to email, just stitchit.

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Fred

Be still my heart ! I have raised that point before - I loathe being referred to as a guy, girl, lady - I am a WOMAN !

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lucretiaborgia

I loathe a commonly used one today "It was very fun" -

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lucretiaborgia

Good Morning

Lucille

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Lucille

One that makes me want to do violence is 'That's a big ask'.

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Parrotfish

Janet

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Janet

Haven't heard that one, hope I never do.... C

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Cheryl Isaak

"He hung himself"........drives me up the wall!! This one is even heard in newscasts!!

just me, Cathy from KY in CA

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Cathy from KY in CA

One that really grinds my gears is "me and the wife" or "me and him" as the subject of a sentence.

Also when "don't is used, as in "it don't seem right" rather than "doesn't" or "does not".

G
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Gillian Murray

One I've noticed lately is 'shined' instead of 'shone'. Not only that, but the US-flavoured narrators in talking books seem to pronounce 'shone' to rhyme with 'flown' instead of 'john'. Come to think of it, I've heard lots of US folk say 'scone' to rhyme with 'stone' instead of 'shone' (which ought to rhyme with 'john' but often doesn't).

Drives me insane! (NB. It's only a short journey...)

DD and I have a new theme song. It goes 'Pedant, pedant, pedantpedantpedantpedant pedaaaa-aa-aa-aa-aa-ant' to the tune of the Pink Panther theme. Kid's as pedantic as I am, bless 'er!

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Trish Brown

Well, the shone/stone v. shone/john is an accent thing. We in America would think *you* are wrong. . .

Anyway - on the topic of grammatical pet peeves -

"WE are pregnant." Drives me right around the bend. If the man is pregnant, I'd like to see the evidence tyvm! Otherwise, the husband is (possibly) expecting a baby - only the woman is pregnant!

linda

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1961girl

AND ......................... we heasr you roar :-). CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

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Tia Mary

Haven't heard that one. I also don't like "You're not the boss of me". I used to give DD a verbal smack upside the head for that one! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

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Tia Mary

I heard it several times on a cookery programme (UK, BBC2 Great British Menu) It was said by a woman who used to be the *Royal Correspondent* for the BBC!

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Parrotfish

You`d love the character in "Little Britain" who always says "How very DARE you!" when annoyed.

Pat

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Pat P

The pronunciation of Scone has always been the subject of argument! As long as the jam and clotted cream come with them I don`t CARE!!! Actually it would be a good substitute for the salad-cream versus mayo argument!

Pat

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Pat P

Yeah, "He was hung" certainly has different meaning in my book!

r,d,& h,

Sue

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Susan Hartman

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