Hey, Janice!!! Where have I heard that complaint before???
My children were raised to say, "It is I," and "This is he," when answering the phone. They know they sound weird, but they also know they are correct and choose to continue. I thought Jack had an interesting point about c'est moi, although I don't particularly want to use the French as my linguistic role models; they're too damn arrogant already. Plus, they only have 100,000 words in common use, as opposed to our rich English language, which boasts half a million.
I have stopped using the word "forte", referring to a quality in which someone excels, because I pronounce it with the preferred 'fort' and not 'for-tay' and I'm tired of people looking at me as if I were stupid.
Once someone posts in a forum such as this, has she set herself up to be read very critically? Scary! |
