the standards taught all over the place have dropped to piss poor over the last 20 years

Right? My 3rd-grade teacher once accused me of having my parents do my HW since I'd had the audacity to use a hyphen. Her 'proof' was 'We don't teach that until next year'. So I told her the truth: I saw it in books when they split a word from one into syllables from one line to the next. She glared, not believing me,…

And coffee was just coffee - no need for words like 'cappuccino', 'machiatto', 'latte', etc

Right? Whenever a sentence ends w/an ellipsis, I'm all 'and?'

Patti Smith talked about Pasolini and 'Salo' in the olden days (late 1970s) so naturally, I had to see it, and did. Yup, 'Taxi Driver' is almost like children's pablum compared to 'Salo'. Almost.

THIS in its entirety, thank you!

+1/LOL. In truth, if I hadn't moved here, I'd have no idea what the hell you were saying. 'English — it's for frustrating those who aren't Brits.' ;-)