WOE IS I

Friday, December 28, 2007

I watch too much television. I must. I find myself sitting around listening to people butcher the King’s English, who should know better. Let’s face it, English is screwy. Bright, educated, savvy people, who report the news, make speeches and interview the Queen can’t get it right. Some of their flubs have become so common that they’re starting to sound right to our ears.

Grammar has never been one of my strong points. I can mess it up with the best of them. I preached for fifty years and never did get it right. But still I hate to hear these “professional” media people and speech makers tripping over words worst than George W. Bush does.

Life might be easier if we spoke just any old way—but we don’t. The point is that no one is exempt from having his words second-guessed.