I am not normally bothered by such things well at least not as some
other listees ;-) but I understand their view and in the case of till,
well that just sounds awful to my ear a bit like the grating feeling
that sand does in a zuiko dropped on the beach. As part of coping with
being a step parent to two teenage boys I am trying to learn to forgive
more, but some things are easier than others
On 14/03/2011 15:44, Ken Norton wrote:
> The people on this list, for whom English is not the native tongue,
> they must be laughing or are disgusted at our pedantic insistence on
> the arcane nuances of our language which have little importance.
>
> American-English is my native tongue, but as is seen frequently on
> this list, I can butcher it pretty good. Does it matter? Not
> really--as long as the message of what I wanted to say is understood.
>
> AG (noun-verb-noun) Schnozz
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