Showing posts with label Poor English in Broadcasting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poor English in Broadcasting. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

What's Happened to "Who"?

Stop, look and listen, and you will neither read nor hear a "who"!

It's always "people that" now, where before, it was "people who".

One person who NEVER says "who" (unless asking a question) is a man who is on both radio and T.V., named Sean H. He is always talking about "someone that", no matter what, rather than "someone who"!

This is a symptom of the dehumanization of mankind. Who? The men, women, and children, that's who!

Sometimes it seems that only Horton hears a who*!

*A book entitled Horton Hears a Who was written by Dr. Suess. At least Horton was an elephant....