THE VIOLENCE OF THE RAMS

'Net gnashing the lingo. I agree and lament. I just feel sorry for those who didnt have my education and can't enjoy bending the language while at the same time knowing that they're actually bending.

I worry for my girls, of course, who are growing up being fed the rubbish - hence my writing/emailing them in my purest correctest dinosaur mode.

But each generation laments the debasement. It's a thrillingly adaptable gift, is language, and there'll always be some word wizard backlashing.