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Big Brother's Pronouns
OK, I admit it. I am watching Big Brother 4 (US version).
I am struck by the incarcerated hamsters -- who may not be highly educated, but do seem to be fairly intelligent -- starting every other sentence, "Him and I... " or "Her and me... " (It goes without saying that "between you and I" is routine).
Have I just not been paying attention out in the real world, or is this rampant personal pronoun confusion getting out of control in American English vernacular? Is it on its way to becoming standard? Does anyone care?
I am struck by the incarcerated hamsters -- who may not be highly educated, but do seem to be fairly intelligent -- starting every other sentence, "Him and I... " or "Her and me... " (It goes without saying that "between you and I" is routine).
Have I just not been paying attention out in the real world, or is this rampant personal pronoun confusion getting out of control in American English vernacular? Is it on its way to becoming standard? Does anyone care?
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[nq:1]OK, I admit it. I am watching Big Brother 4 (US version). I am struck by the incarcerated hamsters -- ...
- [nq:1]OK, I admit it.
- I am watching Big Brother 4 (US version).
- I am struck by the incarcerated hamsters -- ...
- guessing it's so old that it's accepted.
- )[/nq] If you don't believe in prescriptive grammar, then you classify this as a class distinction.
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[nq:1]OK, I admit it. I am watching Big Brother 4 (US version). I am struck by the incarcerated hamsters -- ... guessing it's so old that it's accepted. (I know that it's old, as in common when I was a child.)[/nq]
If you don't believe in prescriptive grammar, then you classify this as a class distinction. If you believe in prescriptivism, you classify it as wrong. (As in, "There are even pla
If you don't believe in prescriptive grammar, then you classify this as a class distinction. If you believe in prescriptivism, you classify it as wrong. (As in, "There are even pla
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[nq:1]OK, I admit it. I am watching Big Brother 4 (US version). I am struck by the incarcerated hamsters -- ... confusion getting out of control in American English vernacular? Is it on its way to becoming standard? Does anyone care?[/nq]
Yes. Both are abominations. My question is why watch Big Brother, any version, assuming you are not a *********? -- Charles Riggs
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Yes. Both are abominations. My question is why watch Big Brother, any version, assuming you are not a *********? -- Charles Riggs
For email, take t
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[nq:2]OK, I admit it. I am watching Big Brother 4 ... it on its way to becoming standard? Does anyone care?[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes. Both are abominations. My question is why watch Big Brother, any version, assuming you are not a *********?[/nq]
Why eat McDonalds hamburgers? Why look at train wrecks and car crashes? Why get drunk? Why smoke?
Damned if I know.
(Not that I do any o
[nq:1]Yes. Both are abominations. My question is why watch Big Brother, any version, assuming you are not a *********?[/nq]
Why eat McDonalds hamburgers? Why look at train wrecks and car crashes? Why get drunk? Why smoke?
Damned if I know.
(Not that I do any o
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[nq:1]Yes. Both are abominations. My question is why watch Big Brother, any version, assuming you are not a *********?[/nq]
People who haven't got a life find it comforting to watch other people who are further from getting one than they are.
-- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
People who haven't got a life find it comforting to watch other people who are further from getting one than they are.
-- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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[nq:2]Yes. Both are abominations. My question is why watch Big Brother, any version, assuming you are not a *********?[/nq]
[nq:1]People who haven't got a life find it comforting to watch other people who are further from getting one than they are.[/nq]
...to say nothing of speculating about it with all the other like-minded anoraks in news groups.
Watching BB and writing
[nq:1]People who haven't got a life find it comforting to watch other people who are further from getting one than they are.[/nq]
...to say nothing of speculating about it with all the other like-minded anoraks in news groups.
Watching BB and writing
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[nq:2]People who haven't got a life find it comforting to watch other people who are further from getting one than they are.[/nq]
[nq:1]...to say nothing of speculating about it with all the other like-minded anoraks in news groups. Watching BB and writing ... entirely. I do enjoy the show, in large part because I am interested in a wide range of human behaviour.[/nq]
In the first
[nq:1]...to say nothing of speculating about it with all the other like-minded anoraks in news groups. Watching BB and writing ... entirely. I do enjoy the show, in large part because I am interested in a wide range of human behaviour.[/nq]
In the first
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