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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It cracks me up when a whole country can bugger around with a perfectly good language and then get peeved when people use it properly.  PP - a bit back - William and Harry always called Diana 'mummy.'  What's weird about that?  It was their dead parent, surely they could choose what to call her via a note on her coffin?  She may have been a frightful head-case but she was still their mummy.  Other PP - A mobile phone was just that until it was differently branded by Nokia for brand recognition.  Just as a vacuum cleaner is sometimes a hoover.  Not losing sleep there either and nor should you.  I think you need to chill.  I don't care if it's a money machine or an ATM or a cash-flow machine as long as it gives me money.  I'll catch a lift or an elevator as long as it gets me to the floor I want.  You don't see many English people grimacing when someone says "I'll write you" (doesn't make sense) or "I could care less" (when it means precisely the opposite of what it purports to say) but then they'd probably be too polite to comment and might also be aware that it's all part of the rich global tapestry of lnguage that allows us to watch and enjoy Downton Abbey and Two and a Half Men in one easy sitting.  Both excellent and enjoyable examples of their respective genres.

Just a little on the critical side, can I just add a special nurturing shout-out people around the world who are required to put up with the needless inane repetitive "likes" which litter the sentences of most young Americans like cigarette butts at a bus stop. That really is desperately tiresome.  If any of your children are interviewing for a job with me (lucky blighters they'd be) then do be aware I play hang-man with the word 'like' which is most excellent for making many an interview a great deal shorter.

Best Wishes
Mummy of three who frequently write to people and couldn't care less about overly sensitive moms
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Ha ha ... you sound like you're on crack!!  :lol:

Signed a fellow Brit.

On the Princess Di thing ... I guess it would be a strange sight to Americans - a casket with "mummy" (i.e. the other kind)!![/quote]

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