tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post8320668200924870018..comments2024-02-25T20:07:56.114-06:00Comments on Mr. Verb: Add these to your trolleyMr. Verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-44614704742345609432011-09-15T09:58:23.323-05:002011-09-15T09:58:23.323-05:00But now I'm at the top of the list...so maybe ...But now I'm at the top of the list...so maybe it's not a bad thing to be a late addition! :)lynneguisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-11148342228665560542011-09-15T09:56:41.695-05:002011-09-15T09:56:41.695-05:00I'm alarmed that you weren't already ON ou...I'm alarmed that you weren't already ON our blog roll!Mr. Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-89905887786518746542011-09-14T17:30:58.074-05:002011-09-14T17:30:58.074-05:00Odd that my post was removed by me, but the post I...Odd that my post was removed by me, but the post I put in its place wasn't here!<br /><br />At any rate, I was to thank you for adding me to your blog roll and to point out that I did write a multi-part response to this silliness, which can be found in <a href="http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2011_07_01_archive.html" rel="nofollow">the July archives</a>.lynneguisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-8487717684165383112011-09-09T15:45:08.877-05:002011-09-09T15:45:08.877-05:00Ouch. Why can't the BBC EVER get anything righ...Ouch. Why can't the BBC EVER get anything right about language?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-15845232922949374742011-09-09T15:42:02.675-05:002011-09-09T15:42:02.675-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.lynneguisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-91040754560473711322011-09-09T05:41:27.024-05:002011-09-09T05:41:27.024-05:00Nice. I just discovered, to my horror, that Separa...Nice. I just discovered, to my horror, that Separated by a Common Language is not on our blog roll. That will be fixed!Mr. Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-34163924565678430712011-09-09T05:35:56.158-05:002011-09-09T05:35:56.158-05:00Oh dear! If only they'd take time out (!) to r...Oh dear! If only they'd take time out (!) to read Jean Aitchison, the former, dare I say it, Rupert Murdoch Professor of of Language and Communication at the University of Oxford. <br />She wrote, quoting Wilhelm von Humbolt: 'There can never be a moment of true standstill in language, just as little as in the ceaseless flaming thought of men (sic). By nature it is a continuous process.' And, as we say over here, you'd have to be off your trolley not to recognise it!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315146014179526480noreply@blogger.com