Jan 29
The Lily Ledbetter Act Makes Me Cry (and not in a good way)
Posted by editor at 5:33 pm in decline of civilization
God, here’s some evidence that I’m a snob, and will burn in hell. I don’t have perfect grammar, but I was reading Lily Ledbetter’s remarks, feeling quite teary already, thinking how this was such a divine piece of legislation, and then I stumbled on this:
MRS. LEDBETTER: Thank you. And thank you, Mrs. Obama.
I fell in love with those people campaigning with them. I have to tell you that. And that’s not on my prepared speech — (laughter) — but I have to tell you I love she and the President.
Lily, Lily! It’s “I love her.”
January 29th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
I support the legislation as well but cringe at those kinds of slip-ups too!
January 29th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
I’ve noticed that when people become really self-aware (public speaking), they can make more of them. I’m sure that’s what happened.
January 30th, 2009 at 6:23 am
Cringe! Still better than Bush.
My most recent pet peeve is the overuse/misuse of “myself.”
“President Obama and myself went to the meeting.”
AAAARGHHHHHHH!
January 30th, 2009 at 9:20 am
I think it’s that weird thing people do when they speak formally and start to use constructions that they think are right, but are not.
Here’s my gift to you: Myself and Mrs. Obama, us like she.
What’s that I feel? The flames of hell.
January 30th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
“Hypercorrection” is the technical term for that. The most common example is changing the case from objective to nominative: “The priest blessed my wife and I.” “I” sounds more formal, for some reason.
January 30th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Oh, good vocabulary term! Yes, I hear that sort of construction all the time.
February 9th, 2009 at 1:38 am
Ack - that totally doesn’t even sound right!