Phatic speech and language bullies

Posted by TheFallen on April 01, 2003

In Reply to: Phatic speech and language bullies posted by ESC on April 01, 2003

: : Here's a link to an interesting article about language from the Canadian National Post. It ponders split infinitives, phatic speech and other sins of non-strandard English.

: : "I used to be a language bully. When I was in university, my friends and I thought attacking everything that came out of people's mouths..."

: I've also heard "language snot."

You say this like it's a bad thing? *grin*

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