From: ThePhantomPiper@comcast.net   
      
   On Monday, April 24, 2017 at 6:44:23 PM UTC-7, Charles Ellson wrote:   
   > On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 10:45:10 -0700 (PDT), David Edmunds   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Whosoever uses one of these words must be really old   
   >>   
   >   
   > Or at least in the case of the last word speak English properly.   
      
   I lament the passing of words such as 'whence', 'whither',   
   and 'withal' from current usage.  (And that's just a few of   
   the 'W's!)  Not only are most younger speakers of English   
   (which, as I have long maintained, is one of the few great   
   things given to us by the Anglistanis, along with Shakespeare   
   and the Cadbury Creme Egg and so forth) not conversant with   
   the good old words, they live in in a Hell of "hella"s and   
   "how r u"s.   
      
   It's bad enough that we don't see 'weasand' and 'maugre'   
   anymore, must we also be reduced to hearing 'drownded',   
   'nookewlur', and yes, even '[dis]orientate[d]' - which   
   folk from the UK are disproportionately prone to using   
   in their daily speech.  (It's not 'Orientated' - it's   
   'Oriented': look up the etymology of the word, as it   
   relates to Cathedrals.   
      
   Truly, the collapse of what remains of Civilisation   
   progresses at an alarming rate.   
      
      
   Peeved,   
      
   The Phantom Piper   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)