bbc/news/blogs-trending-29449028 This smart young woman has a really strong case. I can testify from my own experience that speaking articulately can be a social liability. Ive been criticized many times for speaking precisely with good grammar. The first time was when I was 12. A friend asked me if the weather forecast was wrong, and it wasnt going to rain as predicted. I said, Apparently. He mocked me. He said it sounded snobbish. It was downhill from there. Now, 57 years later, an acquaintance, a professional man, corrected me when I talked about going hunting. He said, Allen, its huntin.
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 02:16:24 +0000
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