When Did....Become...?

Yes that's what I thought too Tweedle24

Our language, as we know it, will die if we don't use it. If it's lost its out fault for not using our traditional vocabulary and pronunciation.
Just keep using the words WE want.

When I was little those who said Haitch for H were considered badly taught and we're corrected.
When did the term ’passed away’ take over from died.
Why do we have an abundance of Teaching Assistants in each class?
When did tattoos become acceptable for some?

‘vulnerable’ as ‘vunerable’

Well, I think it’s the first pronunciation, could be wrong.

‘Passed ‘instead of died .

Invite instead of invitation.
Train station instead of railway station.

My bugbear is ashume and conshume.

Every time I hear it on the radio I listen for it to be followed with ashumpshun or conshumpshun. I have heard conshumer being slipped in now so it's only a matter of time.

You no longer train people for something. You train them up. As if training down would be an option. ?

I queried blue sky thinking and cancer pathways at a Macmillan conference and nearly started a punch up as there were opinions from opinionated people.

I can well believe this. I was a nurse in the voluntary sector and would be invited to meetings with the local NHS trust. I gave up going. Apart from the fact they were all a shocking waste of time I couldn’t bear all the jargon and management speak. You no longer distribute or circulate information, you cascade. Nobody has skills any more. They all have a skill set. I got sick to death of everything being a pathway, many of which were signposted. This is ‘key’. That’s ‘key’. I had to leave before I resorted to violence. ?

Disinterested does NOT mean uninterested.

It's Aitch, not Haitch.

And don't get me going on Curvy (hides).

What's wrong with ' teaching assistant '? They became more available as SEN children were placed in mainstream schools.

Curvy has always meant just that - curvy roads, curvy railway lines, curvy patterns, curvy edges . I’m a curvy gran, as opposed to a straight up and down one ! ( You can come out of hiding now, oldgimmer)

I agree with most of the ones already suggested and would like to draw your attention to these -

Why did ‘gifted’ replace ‘gave ?
Why is ‘twice’ becoming redundant, especially in sports reports ?
I hardly dare start on the misuse of ‘sat’ instead of sitting.

Invitation become 'invite', yet another Americanism that has insinuated itself into the English language!

Expecting was often used for pregnant and big in the way for heavily pregnant. I remember being ticked off by a distant relative for using the word pregnant as it was vulgar.
Less instead of fewer.
Deadline becoming ultimatum.

Amount instead of number.

For less/fewer and amount/number it of course depends on the context. If there are separate items then it’s fewer and. Number. If it’s one mass of something like flour you should say less and amount.
Eg there are fewer people here (not less people)
But there is less wine in the bottle.

That’s why ‘6 items or less’ is wrong . It should be fewer.

Same with amount and number. The ‘amount of money he Spent’ is correct. But the amount of coins in her purse is wrong - it’s the number of coins.

Here Endeth the Lesson. Sorry! Only it annoys me when it’s wrong!

Also ‘very unique’ annoys me. It’s either unique (there is only one) or not!

Who are you trying to teach polyperkins? This thread is not necessarily about whether the use of a word or term is correct or incorrect in its usage. I do, however, find an inconsistency in your statement 'it annoys me when it's wrong' and yet earlier in this thread you incorrectly attributed a condition as a state of being. Is that not wrong or is it a case that it doesn't annoy you so therefore it is immaterial?

I agree with all the above and I would like to add ‘presently’.
I will do it presently, after I have finished what I am doing at the moment. Not, I am presently writing

Someone mentioned why the word ‘gay’ earlier. It was explained to me when I was in Greenwich village standing in a very short, narrow street called Gay Street. In the early 60s many homosexual men used to live in that street. When Marilyn M died there was a lot of mourning in the bars near there and fights broke out. The call went out that is was the people from Gay Street which got shortened to the gays. I am sorry if I have offended anyone.

Feeling for myself, my eldest son has a new partner, they just started living together, they both have children, been on phone today and they went to see her mum and dad, (in the garden) self distancing, but my son hasn't been seen me for 4 weeks,, wished they would at least chat to me from a distance, mother of son and suddenly forgotten???

Lyndag52

Think you’re on the wrong thread.

When did I incorrectly attribute a condition as a state of being?
And I only went on about using fewer or less than in the correct book text because some one put when did less become fewer and number become amount, or words to that effect.
Sorry if I offended!

Tone polyperkins - " Here Endeth the Lesson ".
Maybe neither I or the poster who followed clarified but I don't think either of our posts meant we required a teaching lesson. I think the vast majority of people know the correct usage of all four words. There may be less wine in the bottle but that also means there are fewer units of alcohol.
As to the matter of your question see:
--Friday 03 -April 20 14:14:54
PS. your last "sentence" is not a sentence since it lacks a definer.