The legendary George Carlin made a career out of calling attention to the difference between how words and phrases are perceived as opposed to what they’re ‘actually’ saying …
He would ask wonderfully rhetorical questions, my favorite of which was this:
– Would you really get on a non-stop flight?
And yet, that term is not only used on a daily basis, but with a straight face every time. How does this happen, where nonsense actually becomes an understandable phrase?
There are two schools of thought when it comes to the use of the English language. The conservative view is that its integrity must be maintained, perhaps grudgingly at times. The liberal view is that, in order to be a lively, vibrant language, it needs to adapt to the times. Of course, there’s also my view, which is that the English language defies definition.
My case could be started by citing the classic instance where it can be argued that ‘ghoti’ is a homonym of ‘fish’ by nature of the following logic:
– ‘gh’ sounds like ‘f’ in words like ‘enough’ and...
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