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  1. Selleri

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    I once listened a recording of a customer service call (yes, one of those "your call may be recorded for training purposes" things) where the customer was quite rude and the agent very polite.

    The agent apologised for everything the customer had suffered and finally the customer shouted "and will you just stop that annoying apologising for a moment". You might guess what the agent said next.
     
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    • pete

      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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      Go on Go on.:biggrin:
       
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        I'm happy for language to evolve. I just think AI parroting Americanisms as though these are immutable laws is annoying.
         
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          You'll have to get your own AI and educate it on English literature and language.
           
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          • Tidemark

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            As long as the listener understands the speaker, it’s fine. But when language evolves at such a speed that people can’t keep up, there’s a problem. Here is a taste of modern English as spoken by a young person. Not for me, thank you.

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            @Tidemark How do you pronounce IYKYK or is it an unpronounceable abbreviation?
            I wouldn't have associated Ohio with a "cursed version of reality" Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas yes, but not Ohio.
             
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              I still use what are now called almost, or sometimes fully, archaic words. That is mainly because I enjoy being bloody awkward :loll:.

              As I have come late to this topic I shall only put in a groat's worth of comments and particularly eschew any modern terminology.

              With regard to using 'in' and 'un' in prefixes of words it can also be the difference between whether it is being used as an adjective or adverb - as is the case with the original question posed by @ViewAhead. Nowadays most of those words are considered interchangeable.

              There are times when having to write or respond to officious officials I tend to use overly long words or shorter archaic ones. In those sort of situations I particularly enjoy using words such as shew instead of show.

              Many years ago I received what I considered an overly officious missive from the DHSS. So I replied using extremely long and little used words which elicited a polite request for me to translate it for them. :heehee: They ended up by demanding that I send them copies of some papers from three years previous because they were unable to find their copies. They became quite threatening over it. So I complained to my MP (a customer of mine) and ended up with an apology from the Minister. :old: :biggrin:
               

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