[pianotech] OT: Grammar

[Mike Kurta]

    Another two that wrankles me are those who say "I could care less," when they really mean they COULD'NT care less.  And waitresses who ask me and my wife, "What will youse have?"  
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  From: Euphonious Thumpe 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 4:41 AM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] OT: Grammar


        Oops! That should have read "Grady College of Journalism", whence from the Peabody Awards arise.

        (As it's 4:30 A.M., I hope that I may be forgiven.)

        Thumpe

        P.S. The late, great, Harvey N. Roehl ( publisher of Reblitz's books, and piano historian) had a hobby late in life of photographing misspelled signs and such. He compiled them (some of which were quite funny!) into a book. (That's ONE way of dealing with the stress of seeing your fellow Americans --- and possible future nursing home attendants --- becoming less literate.) 




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  From: Euphonious Thumpe <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>; 
  To: <pianotech at ptg.org>; 
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] OT: Grammar 
  Sent: Thu, Dec 6, 2012 9:15:49 AM 

              Oh, yes, I did....... but HE didn't! He actually spelled it "acedemic" on the press release!

              I am frequently calling up the student newspaper to point out "peaked his curiosity" (instead of "piqued") and other such errors, too. (Pretty pathetic for a bunch of grads from the vaunted Peabody School of Journalism!) 
              Yes, language is always "evolving"; but misuses are misuses,* and with them dies the subtlety of meaning which makes a language articulate. The disdain for precise speaking which we encounter among so many souls today is a symptom of a wider disdain of precision, IMHO, and with that goes a society's collapse. (So, yes, it DOES matter!)

              Thumpe


              * I suspect that the crowd that condones sloppy word usage the same bunch encouraging everyone to quit bathing, so that we will all "develop our immune systems"! 




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        From: Rob McCall <rob at mccallpiano.com>; 
        To: <pianotech at ptg.org>; 
        Subject: Re: [pianotech] OT: Grammar 
        Sent: Thu, Dec 6, 2012 5:48:03 AM 

              I know you meant to say "academic", too...  :-)


              Regards,


              Rob McCall


              McCall Piano Service, LLC
              www.mccallpiano.com
              Murrieta, CA
              951-698-1875



              On Dec 05, 2012, at 20:50 , Euphonious Thumpe <lclgcnp at yahoo.com> wrote:


                      A few years ago, the head of the entire University of Georgia system, in response to criticism claiming that the system put more emphasis on sports than learning, sent a memo out reading: "Though we at the University of Georgia love our athletic program, we will never allow it to stand in the way of acedemic excellence." 
                      (Or something to that affect!)*

                      Thumpe

                      *Yes, I know that should have read "effect". ( Just joshing you!) 


             
       
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