Language abuse par excellence

Taking a couple of the children to their piano lesson we ended up listening to the radio and one of the presenters (announcers, musicianists, summerisers, autumnisers ???) told us that tomorrow was going to be a great day as Amy Winehouse's record company were releasing a new record she'd made, "Post Humus-ly".

Wondered whether it might have been made pre-Tzatziki-ly?

Changed channel, despairing for the English Language, only to be told that a gig being held in Birmingham promised to be the 'funnest' event in town!

Is it any wonder the kids I meet find the English Language so extremely hard to use?

Aaaaargh!

Wordification of the UK

I was appalled at the person who wittered on about the 'pornification' of the UK with the opening of a new Bunny club in London's Park Lane. Now as much as I'm not into Bunnys (although I think those one of our Wardens had are cute) I think the language abuse the woman railing against them exhibited was more concern-making!

Not since I struggled with the moronic language abuse that was 'gayification' have I been so appalled. Why, oh why, do people feel that they can take such liberties with our language, especially when they're British? After all, even though I don't like it, I do understand that Americans, not having English as their first language, feel they have the right to be creatively grammatically (and etymologically and linguistically) wrong as part of their culture (think that's the right word).

Wasn't my 'funnest' experience, that's for sure!

Pax