27-11-2021, 11:10 AM
(This post was last modified: 27-11-2021, 11:12 AM by andrew34ruby.)
(27-11-2021, 10:26 AM)Duncan Grimmond Wrote: When did "outage " cross the Atlantic to poison the language of Shakespeare and Milton. IT'S A BL**DY POWER CUT!!!!
Maybe 'outage' arrived here at the same time as things stopped being swapped and had to be 'swapped out'. Or maybe it was when petrol pipes became fuel lines. Brake lines. And what are 'headers'? It used to be something in soccer.
When 'have' was replaced by 'of'.
Have you noticed how the word 'an' is disappearing? People seem to write 'a Austin' and 'a experience'.
Bring back the 1950s. Outage? No such word.
(27-11-2021, 10:26 AM)Duncan Grimmond Wrote: When did "outage " cross the Atlantic to poison the language of Shakespeare and Milton. IT'S A BL**DY POWER CUT!!!!
Maybe 'outage' arrived here at the same time as things stopped being swapped and had to be 'swapped out'. Or maybe it was when petrol pipes became fuel lines. Brake lines. And what are 'headers'? It used to be something in soccer.
When 'have' was replaced by 'of'.
Have you noticed how the word 'an' is disappearing? People seem to write 'a Austin' and 'a experience'.
Bring back the 1950s. Outage? No such word.