Does anyone else find substitutions for familiar words very jarring?
For example, we no longer leave somewhere, we 'exit' it (and I always read 'exiting' as 'exciting'
because for me, the final t should be doubled before adding the 'ing'). 'Change' becomes 'transition,' 'given' becomes 'gifted' and 'because' becomes 'due to' (which is a dubious synonym, anyway).
And I loathe 'utilised' instead of 'used' 
When I read articles using words like this I find it really hard to concentrate on what is being 'said' as I'm so distracted by the 'wrongness' of the words...
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.



