>>>>>>>>>Or where. That's where I'd likely want to be - though not at the centre itself, maybe a little to the side.
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>>>>>>>>Of course, yes! Where is my English head today? far less stunted.
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>>>>>>>>BTW, are you acquainted with the words, somewhat antiquated nowadays, unfortunately: whither-hither-thither (to where, to here, to there), whence-hence-thence (from where/when, from here/now, from there/then)
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>>>>>>>>"Whence" is the only one you may hear occasionally, but people wrongly say "Send him back to the place from whence he came", which is saying "Send him back to the place from from where he came"
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>>>>>>>Now these are all perfectly usable and good words - how could they be left to rust like that? It seems that most of the rants about English language can be blamed on language democracy, i.e. the language falling into hands of those who wouldn't be bothered to maintain it.
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>>>>>>Oh, I disagree. The English language has been changing and evolving for hundreds of years. It's only fussbudgets who want it to remain exactly the same. (No offense).
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>>>>>Change is inevitable. It's just the few of us who don't like its direction into more ambiguity, less meaning and fewer words. (no defense either)
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>>>>Is "elections are Tuesday" more ambiguous than "elections are on Tuesday"?
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>>>Not as much as Toys R Us!
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>>Well, that's a horse of a different color. That is a company name / brand name intended to be memorable. Personally intentionally misspelled company names (Tastee Freez et al) set my teeth on edge, but I know why they do it. It's a lot more important to them to grab the attention of prospective customers than to be linguistically correct.
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>What's worse is company logos of food companies depicting a cartoon representation of the animal that they slaughter winking and/or smiling - usually a pig or a chicken.


LOL. Good point.

In the very near future we in the U.S. will see the annual array of ads depicting turkeys spreading their tail feathers and looking proud and happy. Chop!