escort - can we bring back the "E", please?

[+ FreshFluff]

That's one too, lol. ;-)

 

Zactly

[TallMuscl37]

I think it is the influence of English learners. I noticed in many South American countries the word "scort" is used frequently. I also noticed in this board that when the shorter form is used, the poster is probably not a native English speaker,

 

Bad news for some of you: we have no control on how language evolves, specially after the Cloud and globalization. If the "e" initial is finally dropped, I would be glad. One less character for tweets!

 

lol, it reminds me of back in the day when I used to “start up” on gay.com. Back then, the word generous wouldn’t get you banned, like the Grindr police do. Guys in Miami would frequently ask me, “are you a scort?”

[+ purplekow]

Yet one never hears of a Ford Scort. Amusingly when I tried to enter Scort, the spell check here change it to Scott.

[CuriousByNature]

To me, dropping one letter from a word that is already short ust eems tupid.

[jjkrkwood]

I put it in the same category as using "Bro". Its an attempt at being cocky or badass, and for me, my fratboy days were decades ago...... IMO, the term is useless...

[MikeBiDude]

I put it in the same category as using "Bro". Its an attempt at being cocky or badass, and for me, my fratboy days were decades ago...... IMO, the term is useless...

“brah” is worse

[+ José Soplanucas]

I just saw this headline in the Argentine forums and immediately thought of this thread, of course.

 

Compraron Pack de videos de scort !!

[Bargara Leatherboy]

The use of language is a method of communication.

 

Did the writer convey what they meant?

 

Escort or Scott - I think we all know what the meaning is.

 

While I support the use of high language, I find it impossible to maintain.

 

I lived in a number of countries growing up, every time we moved it was a different schooling system, and there are some gaps in my education.

 

Having said that I did get a graduate degree, ( I do have an essay with the comment, you use of language is 3rd rate journalise) and am employed as a communicator in emergency services.

 

grammar and correct spelling is not that important when someone is having bullets fired at them, or someone is having a cardiac arrest.

 

So Yes its great to maintain standards, but when the so called Grammar Police come out, I just find it a superior attitude looking down on the rest of us. The is not a positive experience except for the bully saying the words.

 

I am sure I am being offensive here but - honesty is always good

[lonely_john]

“brah” is worse

I hate when the Grindr guys, attempting to be cool, calling me "bruh".

Like, "DUUUDE!" You are cruising on a GAY app, who are you trying to impress?

[lonely_john]

But language constantly evolves , besides ' a rose by any other name.........................is just as hot. '

True, as in the case of "Google" becoming a verb - a sign of modern times. Let's just not go wild.

[bostonman]

It's when people get idioms wrong that I really find it interesting. Things we say as a matter of course that clearly don't always get translated well into writing. I've often seen things in personal ads or escort descriptions, like someone claiming their thicker body shape was "stalky," or someone saying that a certain attribute they liked in a guy was "not set in a stone."

 

There are misheard phrases like "for all intensive purposes" or "forcive habit"- and I once had a student write a theatre analysis paper claiming that one character "reeked havoc" with another. Or when Kramer on Seinfeld refused to believe that the phrase wasn't "statue of limitations."

[bostonman]

It's when people get idioms wrong that I really find it interesting. Things we say as a matter of course that clearly don't always get translated well into writing. I've often seen things in personal ads or escort descriptions, like someone claiming their thicker body shape was "stalky," or someone saying that a certain attribute they liked in a guy was "not set in a stone."

 

There are misheard phrases like "for all intensive purposes" or "forcive habit"- and I once had a student write a theatre analysis paper claiming that one character "reeked havoc" with another. Or when Kramer on Seinfeld refused to believe that the phrase wasn't "statue of limitations."

[+ azdr0710]

It's when people get idioms wrong that I really find it interesting. Things we say as a matter of course that clearly don't always get translated well into writing. I've often seen things in personal ads or escort descriptions, like someone claiming their thicker body shape was "stalky," or someone saying that a certain attribute they liked in a guy was "not set in a stone."

 

There are misheard phrases like "for all intensive purposes" or "forcive habit"- and I once had a student write a theatre analysis paper claiming that one character "reeked havoc" with another. Or when Kramer on Seinfeld refused to believe that the phrase wasn't "statue of limitations."

 

"far and few between"

"doggy dog world"

"I could care less"

"one in the same"

"nip it in the butt"

[+ azdr0710]

It's when people get idioms wrong that I really find it interesting. Things we say as a matter of course that clearly don't always get translated well into writing. I've often seen things in personal ads or escort descriptions, like someone claiming their thicker body shape was "stalky," or someone saying that a certain attribute they liked in a guy was "not set in a stone."

 

There are misheard phrases like "for all intensive purposes" or "forcive habit"- and I once had a student write a theatre analysis paper claiming that one character "reeked havoc" with another. Or when Kramer on Seinfeld refused to believe that the phrase wasn't "statue of limitations."

 

"far and few between"

"doggy dog world"

"I could care less"

"one in the same"

"nip it in the butt"

[down_to_business]

Doesn't bother me at all. Not even if they pronounce scort "ess-cort" or "skort".

[down_to_business]

Doesn't bother me at all. Not even if they pronounce scort "ess-cort" or "skort".

[bostonman]

"I could care less"

 

I wrestle with this one - because though it's wrong, I also think a lot of people use it in a facetious way, so that it's actually correct in their own context. But there are also surely people who don't realize it's not quite right.

 

Similar to "begs the question," which really doesn't mean what a lot of people think it does, but then again, I think that "wrong" usage of it has come to be acceptable anyway.

[bostonman]

"I could care less"

 

I wrestle with this one - because though it's wrong, I also think a lot of people use it in a facetious way, so that it's actually correct in their own context. But there are also surely people who don't realize it's not quite right.

 

Similar to "begs the question," which really doesn't mean what a lot of people think it does, but then again, I think that "wrong" usage of it has come to be acceptable anyway.

[maninsoma]

"far and few between"

"doggy dog world"

"I could care less"

"one in the same"

"nip it in the butt"

 

"Nip it in the butt" has me intrigued. Tell me more.

[+ azdr0710]

"Nip it in the butt" has me intrigued. Tell me more.

 

Ha! It's a common misrepresentation of the correct "nip it in the bud".