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To: rhema

My pet peeve is the constant use of the word "bring" instead of "take".

I first noticed this misuse in the late 70s during the play "Seven" when Maureen McGovern exclaimed to Raul Julia's character, "Bring her some clothes!"

In the dark, I actually let out a gasp that the people seated around me heard. I often wonder what response I might have received had I written to the producers and asked them to correct the phrases to "Take her some clothes!" :)


58 posted on 02/24/2007 12:22:06 PM PST by crabbie
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To: crabbie
I often wonder what response I might have received had I written to the producers and asked them to correct the phrases to "Take her some clothes!" :)

They'd have muttered some dark imprecations about "grammar purists."

63 posted on 02/24/2007 12:24:45 PM PST by rhema ("Break the conventions; keep the commandments." -- G. K. Chesterton)
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To: crabbie

At the risk of getting kicked off here, your post reminded of one of my first experiences in the south, in Florida in 1960.

While waiting to talk to a mechanic I heard him tell the customer, "Wait a minute and I'll have my niggger carry you home."

Shrinking in shame, I turned my head in time to see this young black fellow walking up with a big smile on his face.

That was my first experience with what is now casually called, culture shock.

"Carry" was routinely used in place of "drive."

Expletives and slurs were as common as black-eyed peas.


79 posted on 02/24/2007 12:35:04 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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