Thanks for the feedback! I edited the title of the thread. Hopefully, it does a better job of communicating what I was hoping for with this conversation.
Remember how easy to learn my ABCs? You mean, Dame Judy, how from three years old to third grade how I was drilled with rote memorization how to organize, recognize, and write four orthographic versions: small, caps, cursive small, and cursive caps? And learn how that, not only do different cultures pronounce the same symbol in different ways, but also how in my own native language there are freakin' six different ways to pronounce 'ough' which means that this "Phoenician" invention isn't really that "phonetic" after all. Oh, yeah, real "easy" your ladyship, it's frellin' "brilliant."
From the beginning, my education was initially well-rounded.
Yes?
First off, I sincerely doubt that "Dame Judy" wrote the script since it seems that everything has to be written for the lowest common denominator and second is everyone on the Disney boards unable to see beyond literal words and understand deeper meanings of the words spoken. The bigger picture, as it were! Did no one understand that if the Phoenicians did indeed invent the alphabet it was a Phoenician alphabet not american english. The Alphabet, in this case, is a generic term indicating a procedure not a specific language. Some may have found it easier to learn then others even though it wasn't all that easy until they put it to music.
Well, they can’t assume anyone is a king, Queen, prince, or princess now can they? They may misgender you and face god knows what punishments.
Or that the whole damn place is built and designed as fantasy. That is part of the fantasy why get bothered by it? Yes, it does seem silly and is indeed improper grammar but if one didn't want fantasy why did they go to a theme park to begin with.
First off, I sincerely doubt that "Dame Judy" wrote the script since it seems that everything has to be written for the lowest common denominator and second is everyone on the Disney boards unable to see beyond literal words and understand deeper meanings of the words spoken. The bigger picture, as it were! Did no one understand that if the Phoenicians did indeed invent the alphabet it was a Phoenician alphabet not american english. The Alphabet, in this case, is a generic term indicating a procedure not a specific language. Some may have found it easier to learn then others even though it wasn't all that easy until they put it to music.
Why make this political? My point had to with how unidiomatic it sounded, nothing else.
To be clear, I wasn’t bothered by it. I found it highly amusing and still smile about it to this day.
You forgot to mention how the nuns would wack you on your hands (with their blackboard pointer) when your writing looked like “chicken scratch” and then they would make you write dictionary pages as punishment.
One you rarely hear nowadays....."Automagic"
I’m pretty sure all jargon began as normal words. When adopted by fans, they often take on specific or shorthand meanings.
Whereas Europeans "queue up" no matter where they are.
Are you sure it was sarcasm? Nothing in the post indicted it was just sarcastic and nothing more. However, either way it was going to be interpreted by many as a serious post and what I said in my post was more to expand the meanings then to correct them.
In today's world the way you worded it sure did sound like it really did upset you. Sorry, I misread it!
I wrote “It sounded totally bizarre to us!”, complete with exclamation mark. I’m not sure how you read that as my being upset, but at any rate, I’m glad it’s sorted.