Re: observable language change - "off of" makes it to the NY Times
- From: analyst41@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:40:40 -0700 (PDT)
On Aug 10, 10:18 am, analys...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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Overnight, Russia landed ground troops off of warships into the
disputed territory of Abkhazia and broadened its bombing campaign to
the Georgian capital’s airport.
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Whats next - "I'm like" for "I said" ?
This is a prime example of the socio-linguistic tug of war between
dignified language and dumb, ignorant, illiterate language and having
to survive commercially, the NY Times has given up and has decided to
use language it thinks is appropriately dumb for its readers.
Here is another example of how "reductive sound change" gets started:
from the comments section of the NYT:
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No wonder, that outside of his puppets Germany, France, Great Britan,
and Poland, America's influence (and bank account) wanes by the day.
Bush labels as Terrorist, just about anyone that opposes US hegomy
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