Well, it seems that even two year olds are at it - blogging that is, so as I am some 51 years older than that, perhaps I should have a go too. Why anyone should devote more than a passing second to read through the irrelevant ramblings of the average blogger is beyond me, but there you go. It's sort of addictive in a guilty-pleasure kind of way, a bit like QVC. No one owns up to either blogging, or reading other people's blogs, but you just know that they do it anyway.
Well, I'm reaching that time of life when I like to have a good grumble about the younger generation/state of the nation/how much better things were when God was a lad etc. Let me share one of my most fervent distastes - poor spelling and bad grammar. The abuse of the apostrophe practically needs an Act of Parliament to protect the species, I mean how difficult is it to understand the rule of possession??? The other main threats to civilization as I see it are the totally heinous use of "could of", "would of" etc. FOR GOD'S SAKE "could HAVE", "would HAVE" -just get a grip and buckle down to some good old fashioned English lessons (okay, I admit it, I'm a teacher, but somebody's got to do the job). My final ramble of the day is this: pay attention at the back, this is fairly challenging, but not quantum physics: the present tense of the word "choose" as in "I choose to wear my blue coat" rhymes with "shoes". The past tense: "chose", as in "I chose to write this ridiculous blog" should rhyme with "nose". Furthermore, the word "lose" as in "you lose, sucker" also rhymes with "shoes" and the word "loose" (which is in no way related to the verb meaning "not to win") rhymes with "noose" - which should probably be the punishment for such crimes against the English language. There, now I can sleep soundly having relieved myself of many years of pent-up fury at the perpetrators of linguistic felony. Thank you and good night from the Queen of the Fairies (yes, there is a story behind that name, which you may be treated to in a future ramble.)
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2 comments:
jst bcos kidz r doin blogs dunt meen u av 2 nok em'. nt every1 is perfct nd peepl r allowd 2make mistaks. hpe u cn read ths perfctli.
I certainly can, and I defend anyone's right to speak, write and express themselves as they see fit - doesn't mean I have to like it!!
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