On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 13:28:59 -0800, Michael (michka) Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Kenneth Whistler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On the other hand, for many English speakers, "RSVP" is simply > > learned as an unanalyzed verb, pronounced "aressveepee", meaning > > "send a response to this message". And to castigate such speakers > > for politely prepending a "please" to that verb is a little > > too much, don't you think? > > We actually know of a person here who used to refer to a bigwig guest as a > "Very VIP person". I don't think she was corrected for some time -- its > entertaining to let them find out on their own, sometimes....
There are always the classics: "ATM Machine" and "PIN Number" -- Clark S. Cox III [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.livejournal.com/users/clarkcox3/ http://homepage.mac.com/clarkcox3/
