tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post6248279147372597370..comments2024-03-29T10:02:55.374+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Meades etc.Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-82947218408211478522014-02-22T22:18:05.966+00:002014-02-22T22:18:05.966+00:00And more. Watched the Meades on your advice. He ho...And more. Watched the Meades on your advice. He holds a strange fascination and I too love watching him. He is often hilariously ridiculous. I think the fascination comes from the fact that, in truth, he is a poet manqué. He is in love with words more than he is with architecture. His eye is always on the effect that the juxtapositions of the recherchés words he uses will have rather than on the buildings.Guy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-31505404643188548612014-02-21T19:39:44.329+00:002014-02-21T19:39:44.329+00:00I'm concerned Nige, that you've picked up ...I'm concerned Nige, that you've picked up a regrettable American linguistic tic equivalent to saying 'Can I get a camel latte?" It's the 'get' used by English kids which I object too. You started the post above with the word 'So'. In this case there is no tone of condescension but so often the prefacing of an explanation with this word communicates the sense that the speaker is addressing an idiot who has to have things explained and enunciated very very slowly. Guess (Americanism) that this sounds retrograde and reactionary in the global village but I can't help it if it raises my heckles…especially when you hear Brits aping it. What say you?Guy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.com