| frau kaleun |
04-01-10 03:06 PM |
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Originally Posted by Platapus
(Post 1343913)
Those are pretty funny. One would think that if a person of either side is willing to make a sign they would take just a little time to make sure the spelling is correct.
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You are forgetting that for some of these people, having been educated to use, pronounce, and spell words correctly (not to mention form them together into an intelligible sentence) and then daring to show evidence of it in public is the mark of an "elitist" - i.e., someone who is to be despised for having achieved what they themselves did not or could not achieve. Being ignorant and apparently devoid of any of that pretentious "book learnin'," on the other hand, is the mark of the true "common man" and something to be proud of.*
I know, I grew up with a few of those types. Thank heavens they were not my only influence.
*Yes, I realize I ended that sentence with a preposition. Sometimes doing so is the lesser of two inelegant evils. And in response to any complaints regarding this egregious violation of the rules of English grammar, I can only quote Mr. Churchill's reply to a similarly offended aide: "This is arrant pedantry, up with which I shall not put." |
