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Do you notice the poor English on the TV these days? The BBC was once a stronghold of correct English. Nowadays, the newsreaders and link people use split infinitives and poor grammar without a thought. Then there are the fashionable words and phrases that they feel obliged to adopt. The...

You mean Tinglish? By the way, I should have said also that Tinglish as used by foreigners includes a mix of Thai words as well as modified English ones.'I go poo yai ban' - 'I'm gong to see the village head man/woman'. 'I go shopping' could mean, 'I went shopping', 'I am going shopping now'...

Any language! Leaving aside Western languages, there are three where I live. The main ones are Thai and Isaan, the latter being peculiar to our region and, I believe, a result of migration from Laos many generations ago. My neighbours mix the two in their conversations. The third language we...

Google Images has some good tattoo errors. Here's one:

Isn't that rubbish a by-product of cell 'phone texting? The laziness of it is offensive, even in a text message.

I have friends here from all over the Western world and also meet others on expat. community forums. If they wish to talk with other expats., they must be able to speak English. Some conversations are quite difficult but we are all rubbing along together and the patience shown is quite...

I don't think that there is any animosity on the thread, so far at least. Your OP point is valid and we are discussing different points of view. I hope that is what RR is for. I enjoy discussions like this while others like to write about cup cakes. Each to his or her own. In retirement, I like...

Quite so. There is a problem, though, when the shortcomings are so great that the intended meaning isn't clear. English is such a powerful tool of communication that we should respect it as far as we are individually able.

I could claim that I meant 'pint' but I would be lying. Many thanks for the correction, especially as I made the scanning error of which I have complained. I take your point about language and grammar, at least for higher education. On the other hand, readers for pleasure can usually...

Good pints, but English literature is not the same as English grammar. 'Proffesionally' may have just one 'f' but two 's's. Let's live and let live.

I understand your frustration but none of us is perfect. Oh, do avoid beginning a sentence with 'And' when commenting on grammatical accuracy. I try to overlook irritating grammatical and spelling errors because I'm not perfect myself, even though I was taught original English. What does...