Witty and grammatically sound – not often the case these days.
Rocco Lee:
March 23rd, 2022 at 4:59 am
This article, succinct and intelligent, is both informative and a pleasure to read. I too, an old guy, notice sudden spates of buzz-words by our so undereducated and unimaginative journalistic hoard. Spending most of the year in non-English speaking places, I am from time to time, returning to the USA, befuddled and gobsmacked by ubiquitous neologisms — some of which may have revealed a glimmer of creativity in their infancy, but soon beaten to near-death; alas, they die hard
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Patricia n:
March 8th, 2020 at 4:20 am
Witty and grammatically sound – not often the case these days.
Rocco Lee:
March 23rd, 2022 at 4:59 am
This article, succinct and intelligent, is both informative and a pleasure to read. I too, an old guy, notice sudden spates of buzz-words by our so undereducated and unimaginative journalistic hoard. Spending most of the year in non-English speaking places, I am from time to time, returning to the USA, befuddled and gobsmacked by ubiquitous neologisms — some of which may have revealed a glimmer of creativity in their infancy, but soon beaten to near-death; alas, they die hard