Heckler on Language
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Language ladies did themselves a disservice
Heckler I called into a pub the other afternoon (not my usual local) for a refreshing ale.
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Word to the wise, if that's OK
Heckler I WANT to change the English language - well, the use of it - but I'm going to need your help and your consensus to do it. Are you prepared to try? Yes or no?
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Hint of pain but little to gain in book
Heckler AFTER seeing the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy dominating all Top 10 booklists for the past month I finally succumbed and read the first book.
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New Google offering has my mind boggling
Heckler I READ the other day that Google have invented ''Google glasses''. They are like spectacle frames with built-in smart things like cameras, microphones, communication systems, computing power and a...
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Toot much to ask for variations?
Heckler CLEARLY cars can be pimped with all sorts of bells and whistles these days, but the horn remains as a bog-standard given.
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Seize the day by all means, but don't grab
Heckler I'VE always taught my children not to grab; that grabbing is rude. This has become increasingly difficult since the word has taken off.
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Being vague is in vogue
Heckler I'VE had enough of coded language. To put it bluntly, it's time we called a spade a spade.
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The gift that keeps getting my goat
Heckler At the bottom of the Heckler column it states ''Readers are invited to send 450 words on what makes their blood boil.'' My problem is that so many things make my blood boil.
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Life's a pain in the neck
Heckler ALTHOUGH tall, I am accustomed to moving through the day without drawing attention to myself. My usual interaction with strangers is to gladly reach for items on the higher shelves of supermarkets or...
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Pardonnez moi, please excuse my English
Heckler I've just read Harriet Veitch's Heckler column ''Mon dieu! It's a nightmare'' (October 4). I am French, but I fully agree that French is hard to learn as a second language.
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Mon dieu! It's a nightmare
Heckler Have you ever considered learning French? Don't do it, OK? Save yourself hours of despair and do something useful instead.
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Just answer the question
Heckler TWO words, two tiny, loaded English words, are rapidly becoming obsolete. Two important words treading the path of extinction are on my barometer for declining standards in civilisation.
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English for dummies
Heckler Living abroad for more than a decade, I have observed with voyeuristic fascination the creeping bastardisation of the English language in Australia.
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Please don't talk around the subject
Heckler CALL out the word police. Our language is under attack, again. This latest spree of linguistic violence is by the people that want to talk to us ''around'' things.
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Stop the boat shoe people
Heckler THE federal election had a focus on the huge numbers of boat people on our shores. And rightly so. They're everywhere. And their numbers are increasing.
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Wake up and sniff the roses fragrance
Heckler IN LIFE there are certain topics that are beyond criticism: your religion, your wife's dress-sense, Mosman and the like. Another is Column 8.
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Plug, play, and then lose a day
Heckler I have just spent an entire day (Saturday, of course) stuffing up my computer, panicking, doing serious damage to my blood pressure, panicking, having a nervous breakdown, and finally weaseling...
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Boomer upsets the app-le cart
Heckler SO YET another Gen Y'er has a cheap shot at the fuddy-duddy baby boomers (''Generation Y bother'' - Heckler, July 7) who apparently have failed to grasp the significance of social media networks, the...
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The nanna stripped bare
Heckler A MODERN woman of 63 years, I consider myself to be broad minded. I don't flinch at hearing occasional ''colourful'' language, as long as it is not used in a threatening or abusive manner and not...
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No rest for the wicked
Heckler SLEEPOVERS - don't you love them? There is nothing your average 10-year-old girl enjoys more than a sleepover with a selection of her best friends and/or mortal enemies.
