Post AUkPMOY8EntJgsP7YG by aglisson@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AUkPE8cLaZ2dxgRG2S by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-04-17T15:45:05Z
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I'm reading a usage guide from 1884 (as one does) and some of the entries are making me laugh:"Don’t say 'gents' for 'gentlemen,' nor 'pants' for 'pantaloons.' These are inexcusable vulgarisms. Don’t say 'vest' for 'waistcoat.'"#Grammar #History #Usage
(DIR) Post #AUkPLeCwXFbrxq8Y8e by pootriarch@sfba.social
2023-04-17T15:46:25Z
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@grammargirl while doing Important Research on buffy i ran across the word 'transvestite', which i don't think i've heard in 20 years
(DIR) Post #AUkPMOY8EntJgsP7YG by aglisson@mastodon.social
2023-04-17T15:46:37Z
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@grammargirl I would guess "Ladies and germs" is right out.
(DIR) Post #AUkPbjk3j9V1lGIZfs by danciruli@hachyderm.io
2023-04-17T15:49:22Z
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@grammargirl I'm adding "inexcusable vulgarism" to my rotation *immediately*.
(DIR) Post #AUkPnSG4YaU30mrOMq by xahteiwi@mastodon.social
2023-04-17T15:51:29Z
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@grammargirl But they condone writing "don't", rather than "do not"?
(DIR) Post #AUkQIpihNQ4CkoDDWK by Jon6705@mastodon.world
2023-04-17T15:57:03Z
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@grammargirl You have to laugh when you look back now on such things.
(DIR) Post #AUkQQD0ZBqtv0Z5RJo by evoterra@home.social
2023-04-17T15:58:25Z
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@grammargirl Editing my auto correct to change “pants” to “pantaloons” and think everyone should follow suit.
(DIR) Post #AUkQnA3GLfZyV0IBaC by Logophilius@indieauthors.social
2023-04-17T16:02:38Z
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@grammargirl What guide is that?
(DIR) Post #AUkSkIuR9wQN0gvh7A by darrelplant@mstdn.social
2023-04-17T16:24:31Z
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@grammargirl See my waistcoat!https://youtu.be/TyWVaZsUQjc
(DIR) Post #AUkT0fBs5Os4kOsw4G by smudgiesmom@universeodon.com
2023-04-17T16:27:26Z
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@grammargirl lol! I say “pantaloons” all the time (to my cats) because it’s hilarious!
(DIR) Post #AUkUHDNcpzwTN7q5Vw by eliotedits@romancelandia.club
2023-04-17T16:41:33Z
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@grammargirl Inexcusable, I say!!
(DIR) Post #AUkZBCwM3lHQ2c2RlY by happy@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-04-17T17:36:37Z
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@grammargirlWaistcoat is still in common usage for British English, with vest normally being reserved for undergarments.
(DIR) Post #AUkbTSWn2lWJVRuZRQ by pattykimura@mastodon.lol
2023-04-17T18:02:16Z
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@grammargirl My old dad, born in the early 1900s, could not say "girls' under garments" when my mother would discuss shopping for us girls, he could only say "ladies pantaloons".
(DIR) Post #AUkcEbgmnfJNWu4KKu by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-04-17T18:10:52Z
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@Logophilius It's called "Don't: A Manual of Mistakes and Improprieties."
(DIR) Post #AUkcGx1MSYvUGhoJ2O by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-04-17T18:11:19Z
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@xahteiwi I know! I thought that was funny too.
(DIR) Post #AUkde7DeoC2sVqAgFc by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-04-17T18:26:41Z
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@evoterra Agreed!
(DIR) Post #AUkeLjsEy3B4qjxGuu by xahteiwi@mastodon.social
2023-04-17T18:34:32Z
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@grammargirl At any rate, I will now don my pantaloons and my Mackintosh, and head out to the motor omnibus so I can save on gasoline for my automobile.
(DIR) Post #AUkjCy2xP4hbyEbXV2 by irenes@mastodon.social
2023-04-17T19:28:59Z
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@grammargirl well, that seems to have worked out for them
(DIR) Post #AUklrKS7iZYKx8kWS8 by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2023-04-17T19:58:40Z
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@grammargirl "Excuse me, I have to use the gentlemen."
(DIR) Post #AUkq6YX23OXOmMYst6 by nix@social.stlouist.com
2023-04-17T20:46:14Z
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@grammargirl going to start using gentloon and pantsmen.
(DIR) Post #AUkq7jzavdlCc5UE2i by smellsofbikes@mastodon.social
2023-04-17T20:46:29Z
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@grammargirl I was reading one of those recently (as one does) and particularly liked the serene lack of explanation behind their instructions that young women, and only young women, should always eat a banana with a knife and fork, cut into tiny pieces before eating.
(DIR) Post #AUkx7zMAVLzbwY6uZs by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-04-17T22:04:57Z
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@smellsofbikes 🤣
(DIR) Post #AUl2XF9RPuUPwM1FYm by Eamon1916@mastodon.ie
2023-04-17T23:05:33Z
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@grammargirl "Don't say 'peen' for 'penis'. Inexcusable vulgarism."
(DIR) Post #AUlJ8Sak0WhrbcYZnc by tw@writing.exchange
2023-04-18T02:11:34Z
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@grammargirl Future us will wonder why we were so cringe over bru . . . and cringe. ;)
(DIR) Post #AUmV0mDyWSRUmryFcW by patxi@mastodon.nu
2023-04-18T15:59:17Z
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@grammargirl I have never said it either.
(DIR) Post #AUoWpTDRRbDss8NSlc by underthestars@hachyderm.io
2023-04-19T15:29:01Z
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@grammargirl Which begs the question: what would be an "excusable vulgarism"?
(DIR) Post #AUoYltGQr5mWPRCGy8 by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-04-19T15:50:53Z
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@underthestars Good point!
(DIR) Post #AUpMiy03mo0zw9L2rw by underthestars@hachyderm.io
2023-04-20T01:10:37Z
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@grammargirl I'm going with "Poppycock!"