Location: Forest of Dean
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I'm Gary.
Marantz CD63 KI Signature
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Epos M5s
Atacama Stands
Maplin speaker cable cos I can't hear a difference
Various interconnects as above
Location: Seaford UK
Posts: 1,861
I'm Dennis.
"Lol... We can laugh, but what's behind and has promoted shit like that, to the status of becoming 'the norm' among, say, the sub-30s, is partly why our society is in such a state"
Probably more of an index/correlate than causal.
"Language evolves, English isnt a static fixed thing, its organic. I am sure there were those cried about the good old days when thee, thou etc died. "
Yes, but surely evolution and progression not retrogression.
"As soon as you get into the above apathetic mindset, it manifests itself on your life in many different ways - none of it good!"
Yes, it is a sloppiness which can become embedded in the person's character, and can wreak havoc on their whole lives.
Regrettably this error is now widespread. No idea how it started but it winds me up something chronic. Especially when you've pointed out that not only is it incorrect but makes them sound like a total idiot, and then they carry on doing it! I have to put up with it every day at work, both with people on the phone and in e-mails. 'have you sent it to ourselves?' - One woman advised that it is 'The formal way' to say 'Have you sent it to us?'
When I told her that was utter bollocks she got quite sniffy.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
Location: Grimsby
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I'm David.
English as we know it is a forgotten language.
Ah-So
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Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse
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“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
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Location: Seaford UK
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I'm Dennis.
The usage of "ourselves" as cited above has to me certain connotations.
It sounds like a Dickensian attempt to ingratiate the listener into an intimacy, as though the spoken to is being recruited into a clique.
Location: Forest of Dean
Posts: 643
I'm Gary.
Marantz CD63 KI Signature
Project Debut II
Pioneer A656 Reference
Epos M5s
Atacama Stands
Maplin speaker cable cos I can't hear a difference
Various interconnects as above