Ok, here we go again with the big confessions. I am a language bully. There, I’m glad I got that off my back. I’m hoping a new chapter of LBA (Language Bullies Anonymous) will open up in my neighbourhood as bullying is something up with which I shall not put.
For years I have corrected people who end their sentences with prepositions. I have pronounced ‘schedule’ with a soft ‘ch’, the way it should be pronounced. I take pride that when I say tissue or issue it sounds like i’m using a real ‘s’ instead of an ‘sh.’ Tuesday sounds exotic.
These are immaterial things but symptoms of a bigger problem, and that problem is an inability to tolerate mistakes in others. For some reason I have an innate desire to correct people when they make mistakes. (You should hear my son and I when we get together and attempt to out-correct each other.)
Part of being a leader is tolerating honest mistakes as learning experiences. While I seem to be able to do this on larger scale issues, (please imagine how I would have said that word), I become very pedantic regarding immaterial errors. I must drive people nuts.
We have weeks throughout the year dedicated to special issues such as National Love Your Dog Week. I think we should have a week called ‘Just Let It Go Week.’ We could all practice not being irritated by things which in the grand scheme of things are not material. And we could practice tolerance in the failures of others.
Hopefully we can skedjool a “Proper Pronunciation Week” for those with ishues in this matter.
I always knew they pronounced things differently in Hamilton. Now I know that they’ve changed the way they spell things to match the pronunciation.
This is all very nice, but you’re wrong.
Even in your “Leave a Reply” section you say “Please use your real name instead of YOU company name or keyword spam.” What in the name of Sir Wintson is this supposed to mean? If I was me company name or keyword spam, wouldn’t it?
OMG, I am at a loss to even interpret this missive. Try again Greg.
“You should hear my son and ME …”
Ha. You discovered my trap and fell right into it. Congrats.
In actual fact my grammar and spelling are terrible. I just like being pedantic.