tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post116964763682157356..comments2024-03-28T14:03:05.228-07:00Comments on Execupundit.com: Bad WordsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-1169763640445813902007-01-25T15:20:00.000-07:002007-01-25T15:20:00.000-07:00Two great comments. It can be exciting and frighte...Two great comments. It can be exciting and frightening to see how words slip into common usage. (I still cringe at "parenting.")"Envision" has a bureaucratic whiff.<BR/><BR/>I haven't heard "try and do" although one manager told me that he wanted an erring employee "hurt and punished."Michael Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08762773757535724585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-1169741292214710922007-01-25T09:08:00.000-07:002007-01-25T09:08:00.000-07:00Oh, yes, Michael! Perhaps I'll never understand w...Oh, yes, Michael! Perhaps I'll never understand why people refuse to properly use their native tongue. The misuse that aggravates me the most is "try and do"; either you try or you do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-1169679254990454742007-01-24T15:54:00.000-07:002007-01-24T15:54:00.000-07:00Envision. I just HATE it! And the lousy, clumsy wo...Envision. I just HATE it! And the lousy, clumsy word has made its way into the OED and other dictionaries. The lovely word 'envisage' was already there in the lexicon. Why did some klutz have to go and louse it up? <BR/><BR/>Envision sounds to my ear like a corruption of envisage - perhaps its first use was by an inarticulate, but important person and the word was taken up by his fearful acolytes and moved into common parlance? Yuck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com