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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Class and language #21268 03/07/2001 3:41 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Dunno where your upper classes come from This is getting quite common among US'ns. It grates on me harder than the "me and him are..." one. "Me and him are..." is just ignorance and, to me, forgivable. "...with Jack and I" is pretentious hypercorrectness. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Class and language jmh 03/06/2001 8:59 AM Re: Nancy Mitford - U and non U jmh 03/06/2001 9:02 AM Re: U and non U examples jmh 03/06/2001 9:07 AM Re: Class and language tsuwm 03/07/2001 2:18 AM Re: Class and language wwh 03/07/2001 3:36 AM Re: Class and language Sparteye 03/07/2001 1:50 PM Re: Class and language Faldage 03/07/2001 2:20 PM Re: Class and language shanks 03/07/2001 3:22 PM Re: Class and language Faldage 03/07/2001 3:41 PM Re: Class and language shanks 03/09/2001 11:50 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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