What the hell is a Grammar Anarchist? You can be one! Since we don’t have a U.S. language, feel FREE to set your own rules -- interpret grammar YOUR WAY. You’re not in England anymore. Join the anarchy of U.S. grammar! Make your choices and preserve them in YOUR STYLE MANUAL. —The Grammar Anarchist
Friday, March 16, 2012
Word Madness
With March Madness (basketball) and Spring Training (baseball) underway, here’s a warning to sports fans with connections to Australia. DO NOT tell an Aussie that you’re “rooting” for your team. That word translates into Australian-English as the U.S.-English version of the f-word. Not nice! Now do you understand why grammar anarchy makes sense? All English speakers do not speak E-N-G-L-I-S-H?
Same trouble with the word "table". In America, you table something you want to put off talking about. In England, you table something to discuss it now, as "put on the table". Life is funny; grammar is funnier.
ReplyDeleteRighto, Stephen. You sussed out that one!
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