It's your language. You use it every day. You should strive to master it. My late mother, a 27-year, graduate-level professor of English, embedded that in my brain once upon a time. I’m not nearly as smart as she was, but I’m sharp enough to recognize that the vast majority of native-born Americans can’t speak or write English worth a lick.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Axident
"Deadly Cycle Ax" -- Subtitle during a story about a motorcycle accident, WOAI morning news, August 8, 2006
Are we getting so lazy as a culture that we can't use complete words?
4 comments:
Anonymous
said...
You say lazy like it's a bad thing. Um... yes. [sheepish grin] I tend to use 'cuz and 'course, 'cuz I'm just that lazy. ;)
However, this subtitle would have conjured up visions in my mind of Vikings weilding some sort of archaic Cycle Ax. You know, 'cuz they're such a deadly weapon.
4 comments:
You say lazy like it's a bad thing. Um... yes. [sheepish grin] I tend to use 'cuz and 'course, 'cuz I'm just that lazy. ;)
However, this subtitle would have conjured up visions in my mind of Vikings weilding some sort of archaic Cycle Ax. You know, 'cuz they're such a deadly weapon.
maybe cuz we b dum?
Editor needs to look in his style book for a correct abreviation.
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