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Originally Posted by issybird
I was going to let this one go, but what the heck; I'm on a roll.
I persevered, but at the point where a public school, Cambridge scholar made a basic error in grammar of the "for Harry and I" type in the dialogue, I was done. Not only was the pain extreme, I could only imagine the offenses still to occur further along.
My frequent plaint is that kids aren't taught grammar anymore, and they aren't, but as noted above, the author's (even) older than I am!
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Well, the American concept of "High Tea" seems to derive from...you know, honestly,
I have no idea. I remember when the Ritz-Carlton, here in Phoenix (Scottsdale-ish) put together some "high tea" thing, mid-afternoonish, and it became the go-to for TLTL (The Ladies that Lunch) and it was laughable.
I was invited to one such event/lunch/tea/whatever-you-want-to-call-it and I asked them what they thought they'd 'get" if they went pretty much anywhere in the UK and asked for the same. Talk about deer in the headlights...
And don't get me started about "Harry and me." Just...don't. Or Harry and I in the wrong place or...it's endless. If you desire real, masochism-addressing pain, turn on any news station, cable, satellite, you name it and actually listen to what those people SAY aloud for 30 minutes. You'll reduce yourself to tears.
Hitch