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Language evolves, Mishap. I too dislike the use of 'like' instead of 'as if' but I think we may have lost that battle. We've discussed 'sat' and 'stood' where most of us would say 'sitting' and 'standing'. These are regional usages which seem to be gaining wider currency. I'd say that they're acceptable in speech but not in writing.

Here I go again ranting about the way language is used. I got an email the other day which began,
'This is to let you all know that ..... has went live this morning.'
The blood went over my brain and I had to stop reading.

Why hasn't anyone started a thread about hated Ozzyisms, or Kiwi-isms?

Just askin'

"Like" used instead of "as if" - how that grates! - as in "It looks like he's lost his head." - as if, as if please!!

And sat instead of sitting - "He was sat in his chair" - no, no, no!

I could go on, but won't.....except to say that "on a daily basis" makes my skin creep! Why not daily?

Just heard a chap in the show jumping team on our local news saying how great it is that the team had meddled in show jumping. I feel sure it isn't legal!

It really doesn't fit the context.

Well, if you give someone or something a 'referral' it's a recommendation. They're asking you to give the Kindle a reference!
Perhaps it's another example of US and British English being used in a different way.

But none of the 10 usages of "refer" in the Concise Oxford dicttionary is to recommend or endorse!
And even shipping as opposed to dispatching, again the correct usage must be "has been shipped/dispatched" it is not correct to use the active voice,
Well, it is pedants' corner!!!

gracesmum I agree! It should be recommend!

Hospitalise.

I suppose they're using 'refer' in the sense of personally recommending, endorsing.

I recently got this email from Amazon and surely they have used a word which is the opposite of what they mean.See what you think;

"We are thrilled that you have helped make Kindle the world's bestselling e-reader.
To say thank you, we'd like to offer a special promotion to share the joy of Kindle with another reader in your life. Simply refer Kindle to a friend and they can save £10 when buying Kindle for themselves.

They clearly mean recommend as while I could refer a friend to Kindle i.e. as a jolly good idea, the word doesn't work the other way, does it?

Burglarization....[sigh]

How about the very strange americanism, 'burglarize' - ie burgle. I don't know if they have yet got round to calling burglars 'burglarizers', but it will happen.

Bags, I definitely agree with bemedal, etc. But I wonder how long it take before it became bemedalise!

My real hate is - "lessons have been learnt" (learned?) when they patently haven't.

Aarrrgggghhhh to all the above what are we doing to our beautiful language?
Has anyone else been driven mad by, not only the 24-7 already mentioned but by August 5 (instead of August the fifth) and during Wimbledon the 'Here at SW19' - SW19 was even used during the Olympic tennis matches.
At this moment in time it is like driving me up the wall 24/7 yeah but you know where I'm coming from, laters!

You and I "sing from the same hymnsheet"!!! another groan about that one of course

ooer .. I thought it would only be me who objected to 'medalling'..its on a par with 'pitting' which is what they do when they have their tyres changed in formula 1 grrrr!

IsN"t Amazon american ? so shipping and handling are what is normally said , when dispatching orders , where as we say Post and package ??

And being asked if I want a Regular coffee!

My current big gripe is about the people who ask to 'get' things...as in 'Can I get a skinny latte and a non-dairy cappuccino please' the answer should always be, from the barrista, 'No i will get it for you, that's my job!'

I heard someone say "It is likely he'll podium!!" Never knew that was a verb now along with medalled! AAAAAAAAAH emoticon

have we done the transitive/intransitive verb thingy?
I refer of course to Amazon "Your order has shipped" - what has it shipped? How much water?

Yes! We could witness the bemedallification of our top sportspersons! Why hasn't the BBC latched on to this?

Bemedallify?