>>>>>>Use of these is getting worse. Some examples, not from real life, but typical of what I've experienced/heard a lot lately:
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>>>>>>"Hi Mr McDonnell. I was wondering if our offer has reached yourself yet."
>>>>>>"Could you manage to make payment to ourselves by the end of the week."
>>>>>>"We're sending the order to yourselves direct."
>>>>>>"There's just myself and yourself here."
>>>>>
>>>>>I read a comment today where the individual (who holds a Masters and several other degrees) wrote:
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>>>>>I look forward to working with yourselves and ....
>>>>>
>>>>>:o)
>>>>>
>>>>>The author of the comment is English (London area)....
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>>>>Doesn't surprise me. It's the bloody English telephone people (predominantly) from whom I hear it.
>>>>
>>>>Another thing I can't understand is:
>>>>
>>>>A script writer, writing, say, a screen or teleplay, writes dialogue like:
>>>>
>>>>MATT "That's entirely between you and I"
>>>>
>>>>and this grammatical error might be said several times in the scene
>>>>
>>>>yet neither the actors (many of whom SHOULD be grammatically well educated) involved in the scene, nor the director, nor a proof-reader, nor ancillary staff on hand, nor anyone spots it.
>>>>
>>>>Drives me mad!
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>>>I will forgive a scriptwriter. It's more important for their dialogue to be authentic, i.e. the way people really speak, than grammatically correct. It's not supposed to be an English lesson.
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>>I agree somewhat. My suspicion is that advertising companies disregard the language in the name of the bottom line. I believe that were first to coin the disgusting phrase "Healthy meal" and for that they need their collective arses kicked.
>
>George Carlin had a great routine about fanciful labeling on packaged foods. "Let me tell you something," he said. "Nothing that comes in a can is Home Made."

I think my favourite made-up word in English is 'Wellness'. What a stupid word. People go to wellness clinics I guess because they can't stand the thought of going to a health clinic.