Caught a Seinfeld episode, one of my all-time favorite shows.Also caught the show's favorite failure George in this grammar flub during a conversation with Elaine:
"No one drives better than me,'' George announces.
Actually, George, I'd say I do.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Time to say I do
Caught a Seinfeld episode, one of my all-time favorite shows.Also caught the show's favorite failure George in this grammar flub during a conversation with Elaine:
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
The grammar losers
And the first bad grammar award goes to ... The Biggest Loser reality show.They seem like nice people working their asses off to lose weight. They're also people who've lost the ability to speak English correctly
During an endurance challenge involving falling up and down in mud, contestant Helen laments, "It's down to between Kristen and I."
As the contestants watch a coin toss to see which training team they'll land on, contestant Mike implores the coin: "There's enough spots for both my dad and I, please come up blue."
They should be more selfish. Think me, me, me. "It's down to Kristen and me," and "There's enough spots for both my dad and me."
Leave out dad in the last sentence and see how smart it sounds to say "there's enough spots for I."
Got that losers?
Monday, February 23, 2009
Why we're here
This isn't going to be pretty.
We might live in one of the wealthiest, most successful countries in the world. But we can scratch smartest off the list, unless it's on a day when most people have been struck mute.
When America opens its collective maw, I react like I do when my alarm blares first thing in the morning. Make it stop! Make it stop!
So few know when to say me not I, good not fine; lie not lay.
The problem is particularly bad on television and made excruciating by reality TV. Even the hosts -- who are speaking from scripts -- make egregious errors. On the thankfully now-defunct True Beauty on ABC, Host Vanessa Minnillo would intone "one of you will meet Cheryl, Nole and I in the Hall of Beauty." If true beauty includes good grammar, Miss Minnillo has rendered herself cringe-worthy.
So consider this blog a rap sheet. When I hear or read someone mangling the mother tongue, I'm posting it here. Presidents and TV show hosts alike are fair game.
Think you know better? Join me! It's tough living in the land of those who know when to say me.
We might live in one of the wealthiest, most successful countries in the world. But we can scratch smartest off the list, unless it's on a day when most people have been struck mute.
When America opens its collective maw, I react like I do when my alarm blares first thing in the morning. Make it stop! Make it stop!
So few know when to say me not I, good not fine; lie not lay.
The problem is particularly bad on television and made excruciating by reality TV. Even the hosts -- who are speaking from scripts -- make egregious errors. On the thankfully now-defunct True Beauty on ABC, Host Vanessa Minnillo would intone "one of you will meet Cheryl, Nole and I in the Hall of Beauty." If true beauty includes good grammar, Miss Minnillo has rendered herself cringe-worthy.
So consider this blog a rap sheet. When I hear or read someone mangling the mother tongue, I'm posting it here. Presidents and TV show hosts alike are fair game.
Think you know better? Join me! It's tough living in the land of those who know when to say me.
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