Burt,

Amen. You can count me in, too.

There are a number of other irritants along these lines, number one among
them being the incorrect use of "myself," instead of "me" or "I."

As in, "If you have any questions, be sure to call *myself*." WRONG.
Correct would be *ME*

Or, in, "John and *myself *saw a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher." WRONG.
Correct would be *I*

Scott


Scott R a y
Yakima, WA
mryakima at gmail dot com


On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Guttman,Burton <GuttmanB at evergreen.edu>wrote:

> Oh, I know I'm gonna get my ass rapped for this, and people are going to
> call me a snob and a jerk and all kinds of other things. But, friends, I
> think of the good folks on Tweeters as intelligent and well-educated, and
> mistakes in language are beneath them. And, also, I can't stand to let
> English go down the drain any more than it has already.
>
> Friends and colleagues, there are three homophones in English that we must
> not keep confusing:
> 1. sight: as a verb, to see something; as a noun, something one
> has seen. "I sighted a Merlin overhead."
> 2. site: as a noun, a certain place, such as the place where
> building stands; as a verb, to place something on a site, as, "We are going
> to site the memorial on this site."
> 3. cite: only a verb, meaning (1) to call on someone to appear, as
> before a court; (2) to quote or mention as an example or authority; (3) to
> mention formally for commendation or praise; or (4) to call to someone's
> attention.
>
> Okay, go ahead and shoot. But it's really distressing to have intelligent
> people tell us that they've "sited" an interesting bird. If we don't
> maintain some standards for our language, pretty soon we'll have like people
> y'know like saying that they saw this like interesting bird.
>
> Cheers,
> Burt
>
> Burt Guttman
> The Evergreen State College
> Olympia, WA 98505 guttmanb at evergreen.edu
> Home: 7334 Holmes Island Road S. E., Olympia, 98503
>
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