Was just reading a comment on another site by an obvious moron, who used the phrase 'sort-after' when he should have said 'sought-after'. Just where do these cretins come from? I could crush a grape! (So it's handy I have a pack of them in my fridge.)
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Unfortunately that sort of thing is indicative of the current state of the world, what I call The Culture of Stupidity, where the advent of the internet has provided a forum for everyone and their dog to get heard. I often think the dog would do a better job than the owner!
ReplyDeleteMore than that though is the ample evidence such gaffs provide of the failure of the educational system in regard to the current generation.
Very true, PC, though previous generations don't seem immune from also making such gaffs. Is it ever going to get better or will it only ever get worse? Place your bets.
DeleteI regularly encounter atrocious spelling and grammar when reading online comments including comments at The Guardian website where you'd assume the readers are a bit more educated. But YouTube comments are the worst and some are so bad they are unintelligible.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't surprise me, CJ. And you should see some of the reviews on the Corgi Model Club site. Some of these people shouldn't be allowed out on their own (and perhaps they aren't).
DeleteDunno if this one's real, but someone told me he heard a guy rant, "I really hate pseudo-intellectuals." Only he pronounced "pseudo" as "pah-swedd-oh."
ReplyDeleteSomeone's bound to have pronounced it that way at some time, GP. A bloke I knew once said he loved Oscar Wilde's 'The Ballad Of Reading Gaol', though he pronounced it as 'Reeding Gayol' (hard g), not Redding Jail (phonetically speaking).
DeleteFunnily enough, Kid, I heard an extract from 'The Ballad Of Reading Gaol' only yesterday on Radio 4.
ReplyDeleteMy father too had a bee in his bonnet about "pseudo-intellectuals" but at least he knew the correct pronunciation. He assumed that genuine intellectuals were university professors etc while "pseudo-intellectuals" were the sort of clever-dicks you'd see on BBC2 like Joan Bakewell.
You never know, though, CJ - Joan Bakewell might be an intellectual. Going by her name, she at least makes good cakes. (Something that she has in common with Mr. Kipling.)
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