tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post3232789259756272546..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: Boredom for DummiesMacheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-16068200160052423472011-08-16T19:39:24.022+01:002011-08-16T19:39:24.022+01:00Thanks, AKH; some things, once seen or heard, are ...Thanks, AKH; some things, once seen or heard, are never forgotten, alas.<br /><br />Demetrius, a generation of indulgence - 'Don't correct their English' and 'Never criticise: praise them enough and they'll get it right sooner or later' - has meant youngsters growing up unable to hold a coherent conversation in their own language.<br /><br />The interviews with rioters - some even subtitled, so incomprehensible is what comes out of their mouths - display a paucity of vocabulary and grammar that would have been unthinkable to the teachers of previous generations.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-88423129671434975122011-08-16T13:02:48.596+01:002011-08-16T13:02:48.596+01:00What is very worrying is how incoherent and limite...What is very worrying is how incoherent and limited many of those at the bottom end are I do not remember it being anywhere near as bad as this amongst the labouring classes of decades ago.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-53068006586301816912011-08-16T11:19:10.563+01:002011-08-16T11:19:10.563+01:00Good post - sounds like the voice of experience.Good post - sounds like the voice of experience.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.com