News

Mini User Center

 
Advanced search

148637 Posts in 8103 Topics- by 953 Members - Latest Member: wakethenight

May 25, 2013, 12:41:56 AM
you are here: Raoul's China Saloon (V3.0) » The Bar Room » The Champagne Cabana » Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit?
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
Print
Author Topic: Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit?  (Read 186 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
old34
Barfly

*
Gender: Male
Posts: 2039
« on: June 05, 2012, 12:13:54 AM »
Quote
The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.

For 40 years the society has championed good English – and hasn't been above the occasional criticism of the Queen's own standards of English – but it has finally conceded it cannot survive in the era of textspeak and Twitter.

More here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jun/04/queens-english-society-enuf-innit
Logged
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad. - B. O'Driscoll
ericthered
Global Moderator

*****
Gender: Male
Posts: 5681
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2012, 10:29:56 AM »
Hmm...and soon there will be the Linguistic Revolution and we will all talk like the cast of Trainspotting...oh frabjous day th_ag th_ag
Logged
"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination." Oscar Wilde.

"It's all oojah cum spiffy". Bertie Wooster.
"The stars are God's daisy chain" Madeleine Bassett.
NATO
Barfly

*
Gender: Male
Posts: 837
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2012, 07:58:46 AM »
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Logged
Pages: [1]
Print
« previous next »
 
Jump to: