I don’t know what gets the blame—political correctness, pop culture, declining understanding of the subtleties of language, or just time—but I miss some words. I wish people used them more often. Spat—and the past of other verbs that end with “-it.” Instead of “spat,” I hear only “spit” used for any tense. “He spat on me,” lends an air of dignity that “he spit on me” lacks.
Words I Miss
Words I Miss
Words I Miss
I don’t know what gets the blame—political correctness, pop culture, declining understanding of the subtleties of language, or just time—but I miss some words. I wish people used them more often. Spat—and the past of other verbs that end with “-it.” Instead of “spat,” I hear only “spit” used for any tense. “He spat on me,” lends an air of dignity that “he spit on me” lacks.