Another BA crime
Jan 5, 2022, 9:36 am
#3
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Morbihan, France
Programs: Reine des Muccis de Pucci; Foreign Elitist (according to others)
Posts: 19,170
I had this email. It is full of grammatical errors and appaling English... I assume that by inspo they mean inspiation.. This text-speak that passes for English I detest wholeheartedly. The whole thing reads as though someone's adolescent offspring was made to write this rubbish during the Christmas break. Along with "Defo" it has entered the Top Ten Hate List
Jan 5, 2022, 10:17 am
#8
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: EDI/GLA
Programs: DL 2 MM Unobtainum | UA 1.1MM Gold | MR Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 2,268
Jan 5, 2022, 10:19 am
#9
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: US/UK - and elsewhere
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 2,554
Jan 5, 2022, 10:59 am
#14
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: Some
Posts: 5,249
Jan 5, 2022, 11:25 am
#15
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 7,233
I actually think that whoever penned that little gem was British born, raised and schooled. These days I work mostly with non-native speakers (as I am), generally from the Netherlands or the Nordics, and they are all pretty surprised by how bad native British speakers are at spelling. And not just that, errors like it's instead of its, your instead of you're, their instead of there extremely common these days not just amongst the youngsters, but from anyone aged 50 down. Just today I read an email from an (allegedly) Oxbridge-educated client of ours and sweet Jesus riding a wheelbarrow it was bad. It doesn't seem to affect other English native speakers, like the Aussies, Canadians or (I know, I know) Americans.