I don't think that sloppy speech helps either. Where has "th" disappeared to, to be replaced by "v". Every time I ring my doctor I get a recorded message - "please stay on the line and we will be WIV you shortly". My blood pressure has spiked before I even get to speak to the receptionist! I was asked recently by a young man on a part-time course at a local college to read through the draft of an essay he had written (about fishing, which is probably why he asked me!). I had to tell him that, with the poor spelling, punctuation and grammar, he would probably lose a lot of marks, and I offered to help him re-write it. "Oh, it's ok", he said, "it's the content we're marked on, not the spelling and the grammar." Well that's alright then!
Ha! Ha! Haaaaaaaaa! An OBE in exchange for the State Pension?
I Shall Be a Weather Forecaster In My Next Life Or...
"Old fashioned" expressions that young people have never heard.

