Stand aside! Grammar Police coming through!

[willowtreewren]

The phase that gets me going is " for all intensive purposes".   What?   It is "for all intents and purposes".   The first way doesn't even make sense!!    Funny what little words or phrases catch our attention.

Oh, that is FUNNY!

Another one that gets me here in the South is "wondering" as in "the children were just wondering around."    Yes, I guess they sometimes wander when they wonder.

I have also heard "flusterated." I, too, thought it was a spin on "flustered" but I discovered that it is simply an adulteration of "frustrated."

Working with kids I hear all sorts of misunderstood sayings. I'll have to start writing them down!

[MooseMom]

I've just seen a video clip of Sen. Rand Paul say on the Senate floor today that the Egyptian Army has "disappeared" members of the Muslim Brotherhood.  "They've disappeared them!" 

[Rerun]

This makes me tired....     

[cariad]

I think "aggressiveness" is incorrect.  I had never heard this word spoken until just recently.  I had never seen it in print.  But I do realize that what I judge to be incorrect today may well be viewed as correct as language evolves.

I would be stunned if it's incorrect. It's in the dictionary and it takes years for a word to go from colloquial usage to the dictionary.

Your parenting style is of no interest to me which is why I don't understand your need to attack.

Perhaps you see attack where there is none. How did you expect me to respond? My reply clarified why I made the choices I do and really did not make a remark about you one way or the other beyond saying that if you thought I was going to change my approach over anxiety about their CVs, you'd be mistaken. If my parenting is of no interest to you, as it shouldn't be, then why remark on that part of my reply? This did not have to be about my parenting at all.

I do not understand your defensiveness in this regard.  Perhaps you see insult where there is none.  My husband can be like that, and he'll be the first to admit it.

I have seen you get your back up with me over things I've said that you interpreted differently to how I meant - I like to think that in the majority of those instances I took the time to try to see it from your point of view and did not try to make it about any possible character flaws in you. Sheesh, I don't "see insult where there is none". Seriously? What is the purpose of saying this to me?
Whenever possible I run a reply that strikes me as snide past Gwyn to get his take on it. His response to your CV remark was "Who wrote that?" He didn't think it was very nice, either, and was genuinely surprised that it was you.

You have always made it very clear how highly you regard knowledge and education and intellectual investigation, so to see you post that you don't pay much attention to spelling came as a surprise as the printed word is such an important conduit through which knowledge passes.

Perhaps saying it this way initially would have been the less insulting choice.
What I said was that I cannot be bothered when it comes to correcting my children's spelling. It doesn't work and it would make writing a chore for all of us. We are obviously not going to agree that your reply made it sound like I would rue the day that I ever found kid-spelling cute because it was going to lead to a laughable CV. Bit of an over-the-top reaction in my opinion, but there it is.

I never made reference to your boys.  I merely repeated your phrase "kid-spelling", yet somehow this conversation has become about your children and you as their parent.

Since I used 'kid-spelling' in reference to my boys, it sorta follows that I would take it as commenting on my personal situation.

[cariad]

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[Poppylicious]

I hate 'gotten' with a passion so deep that it makes me feel genuinely nauseous whenever I hear or read it.  The fact that it's now becoming more popular over here is horrifying for me.

Wow, how on earth do you stand any of the American authors then? Nauseous?

Umm, with great difficulty (but knowing that it's in regular use in the US does make it easier with American authors ... what's far far worse is when British authors start using it). Yes, nauseous. I passionately hate it that much. Sorry.

 

[Desert Dancer]

As long as we are playing grammar police,  I should point out that saying you are nauseous means you are a source of nausea in others.  If you find something to be nauseous then you are nauseated.

Just sayin'. 

[Poppylicious]

I find the use of the word 'gotten' to be particularly nauseous.

I am nauseated by the use of the word 'gotten'.

Better?

 

My dictionary says that nauseous can mean 'affected by nausea' so 'the word 'gotten' makes me feel nauseous' is fine and all is now right with the world ...

 

Incidentally,

I should point out that saying you are nauseous means you are a source of nausea in others.

I probably am.

[MooseMom]

LOL @ Poppy.

Cariad, no worries.  Just so you know, I mentioned CVs because my own son had recently completed his, and as you know about his particular challenges, I'm sure you'll appreciate what a meaningful occasion that was.  So, far from being a comment about your children, it was a comment about my own.

Also, my husband has been receiving CVs by the shedload as they are trying to fill a position within the legal department.  He has been loudly lamenting the quality of said documents and in convinced that no one under the age of 30 is fully literate.  CVs have been a hot topic in my household for a while now.

Perhaps I should have explained the context of my comment, but I am making a concerted effort to be less wordy here on IHD.  It's obviously not working!  LOL!

[renalwife]

What are CV's?

[PatDowns]

What are CV's?

Curriculum Vitae - basically, a fancy name for a person's résumé.  While a résumé is limited to 1 or 2 pages at the most, a CV is longer and contains more details including educational and academic backgrounds as well as teaching and research experience, publications, presentations, awards, honors, affiliations, etc.  It is used primarily when applying for international, academic, education, scientific or research positions and fellowships or grants.

[Jean]

Thank you for asking renalwife.

[noahvale]

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[MooseMom]

Curriculum Vitae - basically, a fancy name for a person's résumé.  While a résumé is limited to 1 or 2 pages at the most, a CV is longer and contains more details including educational and academic backgrounds as well as teaching and research experience, publications, presentations, awards, honors, affiliations, etc.  It is used primarily when applying for international, academic, education, scientific or research positions and fellowships or grants.

Technically this may be correct, but in England, "CV" is universally used. 

[PatDowns]

Technically this may be correct, but in England, "CV" is universally used.

In the U.S. it is more than technically correct and we are in the U.S., as are Jean and Renalwife.  Get over your pretentiousness.

[MooseMom]

Technically this may be correct, but in England, "CV" is universally used.

In the U.S. it is more than technically correct and we are in the U.S., as are Jean and Renalwife.  Get over your pretentiousness.

You know what, PatDowns?  Sometimes you can be a truly helpful and informative member of IHD, and sometimes you can be a right snarky sod with a pretentious cherry on top.

Cariad and her family now live in England where the term "CV" is used.  I lived in England for almost 20 years, and my son still lives there, so for me, the term "CV" still comes naturally.  So in a conversation between myself and Cariad in which we both have ties to England, using "CV" is not pretentious.  She and I understand our shared use of the term.  I would have been happy to explain this to Jean and Renalwife, but fortunately for the entire planet, you jumped in first and regaled us with your superior knowledge that, in this case at least, lacked context. 

[PatDowns]

You know what, PatDowns?  Sometimes you can be a truly helpful and informative member of IHD, and sometimes you can be a right snarky sod with a pretentious cherry on top.

Cariad and her family now live in England where the term "CV" is used.  I lived in England for almost 20 years, and my son still lives there, so for me, the term "CV" still comes naturally.  So in a conversation between myself and Cariad in which we both have ties to England, using "CV" is not pretentious.  She and I understand our shared use of the term.  I would have been happy to explain this to Jean and Renalwife, but fortunately for the entire planet, you jumped in first and regaled us with your superior knowledge that, in this case at least, lacked context.

Keep proving my point.  Good day.

[MooseMom]

I heard someone on the radio today say "brutalness" instead of "brutality".   

[monrein]

I use  CV also.  I live in Canada and for whatever reason it is the term I use.  I also use resume if someone uses it first. Moose Mom pretentious?   She is not at all uppity, she's lovely.  In linguistic terms why is a french term less pretentious than a Latin  one.....just a question of usage and no reason to get one's knickers in a twist.

[MooseMom]

However, "knickers in a twist" is a pretentious form of "panties in a bunch".  Come join me at the Pretentious Table, monrein.  Tea?   

[monrein]

Tea, of course...fine bone china only please and thank you.   

[Riki]

Tea, of course...fine bone china only please and thank you.   

do you have biscuits and cucumber sandwiches?? 

[willowtreewren]

I had my printed invitation to the pretentious table....

When callers asked for me on the phone I used to say, "This is she." Then I was told I was "hoity-toity" 

Now I just say, "Speaking." I surely don't want any callers to get their knickers in a wad! 

[MooseMom]

Tea, of course...fine bone china only please and thank you.   

[pretentious] I have quite the assortment of teas, from Darjeeling to Earl Grey (my son's favorite, especially when taken at the tearoom in Harrods) to various jasmines.  Fine bone china is the only sort I have.[/pretentious]

[MooseMom]

do you have biscuits and cucumber sandwiches?? 

Naturellement!