The present use of English is as shocking as Orwell said -

Have you noticed recently? It seems like everything has an 's' at the end of it. That's right, everything is plural now. 

When I was young, certain words weren't plural. As I currently train people to use different forms of language, it's evident to me that the fact is accommodation is merely an uncountable noun; not a plural noun. There is absolutely no need to put an 's' on the end of it, yet people do this again and again these days.

I've noticed different new plural forms emerging just in the past year or six months. It makes me want to throw up because they're not words. They never were words, they aren't words, and they never will be words, but it almost seems like if you are an intelligent left-wing writer — that's an oxymoron — you automatically put an 's' on the end of the word. 

Some of these are simply shocking!  Another one that I've heard recently is insurances. 

It's not a fucking word!

This is exactly like accommodations.

What is even worse, is the use of the word behaviours!  No such fucking word!  Behaviour is all that you need!

I was actually in China recently, and they use the word harms, as in harms and benefits; although it's forgivable as it's not the native language, but still, another horrible use of a non-plural word becoming plural!

But the above, from the well-heeled people of Singapore, is the prize winner.  So far, I've been unable to find the original article, though this link:

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3253923/us-envoy-singapore-threatened-staff-wasted-money-and-created-culture-fear-watchdog-finds

gives more information, about some mini-Tyrant from the USA.

Staffs?

Surely this is personnel, or the very simple, non-S word - Staff!

I've seen other examples of appalling English, which I've detailed with links, etc.

But I would really like to get into the psychology of this. Is it snobbery? Is it downright ignorance? Or is it, once again, doing everything possible to influence somebody as if to say, Look how intelligent I am?

In this, we once again footnote the great George Orwell.

Some of you people here keep going on in articles about Orwell, and literally the only thing you say is, besides '1984,' is that people who erase history and use the standard quote 

Please do some reading. This was the least of his worries. He was very shocked at the time in the 1930s and '40s, about the state of the English language, and it should be mandatory reading to actually read his Politics and the English Language. In that, he gives several rules for writing (above). 

It seems like nothing has changed.

Recht

PS - As of earlier today, for some reason Twitter has blocked my for the next week.  No idea why?

Wimbledon; globalised, woke, homogenised - EVERYTHING is the same nowadays

Years ago, it was always a joy to watch the Mixed Doubles final of Wimbledon that always occurred AFTER the Men's Final on the last Sunday of the championships.

But then, only a few years ago, I noticed that this had ended?  I don't know exactly what year, but it could only have been in the last five or so.

What a shame!  It was just so relaxing, and then I thought - They've conformed to EXACTLY like the other majors in tennis (at least to the best of my knowledge).

Then last year, the great Roger Federer, did a self-video tour of the last and final middle-Sunday, as this year, they decided to play on the first Sunday*.  But now that has ended, as the recent Wimbledon was the first (ever?) not to have the first Sunday free from play - just like the other tennis majors. . . again.

* Why it is called "middle-Sunday", I will NEVER know!  It is the "first" Sunday, not the middle one!?

More of the same, homogenised, "just like every other major tournament in tennis" type of feel; doesn't seem like "Wimbledon" then, does it?

Equally, back in 2001, the courts were slowed down, after all, Pete Sampras was dominating, and we can't have that, can we?  So the courts were now to be played slower, so "everyone" had a chance to win.  It just wasn't fair before, was it?  Just like the other majors. . .again!

More of the same; a standard product, ad nauseum.

Equally, this year, as well as last, the officials started to have on-court interviews after nearly every match played; with someone truly awful from the BBC.  You know, the same questions, answers, et al, to those great queries, such as:

* How did you play?

* Tell us your feelings?

* Are you looking forward to playing . . . in the next round?

Simply ridiculous and simply boring but to the inane crowds, divine!?

Equally, the Wimbledon committee and the agonisingly woke BBC, had a love-affair, with the runner-up, Ons Jabeur, from Tunisia - of course for their obvious, woke feelings.  If I could've earned a penny for every instance that I heard that she was Arab; I'd be retired now!

They, Wimbledon, then had the audacity, to put her first onto the first Monday's schedule, on Court No. 1, AHEAD of the current World Number 1, Iga Swiatek (who had won the French Open, and was the current Number 1 player in the world).

It was sickening and embarrassing.

But has anyone asked the question; why?

To me, Wimbledon has been around for some time, and it will be around for some time more.  There was no need whatsoever for this to occur, but it did.

And it's just so easy to see why, the graphic says it all. 

We want no competition, no variety, no individualism; everything on every continent, will be the same; full stop, period!

Recht

Crime - Again from the one and only UK - Unbelievable!

Please go here for something simply unbelievable, but shockingly quite common in our modern, multi-cultural United Kingdom. And naturally made scant headlines in ANY of our completely woke news outlets.

Please all you Americans out there - this is NOT your father's or grand father's UK!

A Can Arslan, 52, yes I know; a fine sounding English name, is on trial for butchering a neighbour to death, and trying to do the same to another neighbour of his; after more or less   (A post-mortem examination found Mr Boorman had suffered 27 serious knife injuries, as well as many more superficial cuts.) TWELVE years of threatening to do it, and with the great British police in the end, doing slightly less than fuck all!

Neighbours blocking Arslan from Escaping after the murder

UPDATE:

The piece of  filth has been found guilty, but what is shocking, is that the police and other authorities apparently did little to stop this, even AFTER Arslan had admitted to a police officer / neighbour, shortly before the murder, that he indeed would do it!

This has also led the family, to completely condemn the behaviour of the authorities.  As they called the police and other authorities "toothless".

But, wait!  One of the authorities has spoken (bold are my emphasis), 

Assistant chief constable Craig Holden said: “We understand what was heard in court raises questions over what was done by police and other agencies before the terrible events. Senior representatives from local agencies have also commissioned an independent, non-statutory partnership review, which will look at how both public and private-sector organisations worked together to address the concerns of Arslan’s neighbours.”

Oh, that magical, vomit-inducing word, "partnership"!  I could've kicked in my laptop whilst reading such drivel.

There should be an alternative headline, that would read something like this:

"After the murder of his neighbour, and after the inaction of the "partners" that should have prevented this, a mob of righteous vigilantes, surrounded Arslan, and  proceeded to string him up from the nearest Ash tree they could find, and hanged him until dead.  Afterwards, the body of Arslan was set alight, much to the happiness of the baying mob."

You KNOW I'm right.

SR

The week ahead / About last night . . . what a mess in the Euros

 

This week, will start to look at this thing called "English Culture", and will start off by looking at last night's disastrous (in more ways than one) show in the finals of Euro 2020 (European Football Championships).

Along with that, will continue to comment on all things "woke", look at the new ruling class, the Media and other things. 

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That we are the last truly British people you'll ever know - Morrissey (from 'We'll Let You Know')

The Euros:

You would have had to have been living under a rock in Europe or the UK, to not have realised that the final was taking place this week, in London as well. 

Firstly, England played all their games except one, the quarterfinal defeat of Ukraine (that power house of European sports!); it was staged in Rome.  This was interesting to say the least, as other teams, most notably the Welsh, who incidentally made the semi-finals in 2016, were treated like shit and had to travel an enormous amount in comparison.   Though this is not really the purpose of this blog, it is just interesting to note how the smaller countries are treated, in comparison with the larger ones.

Again, while not a part of this blog, it's again interesting to note, that there were many "conspiracy" theories in the Italian press, as to how easy England had it, and how easy their draw was in playing both the Ukrainians and then the Danes, in order to make the final, while they themselves (Italy), had to play Spain in their semi-final - Night in day!

The point here is not to denigrate the achievements of the English eleven, but to cut through the haze of the adoration of the British MSM the last month - who had their usual, PC, slobbering take on their beloved national side, as the expense of both the Scottish and Welsh teams.

The commentating by both the BBC and ITV was nauseating, during the championship and after the final - they simply NEVER admitted that Sterling dived in order to get the penalty, that ended up defeating the Danes - though you could tell, by their sheepish behaviour, that it simply wasn't right.  At last some honesty.

My own opinion, I'm glad they lost!  From the BLM supporting dicks on the team, to the "outrage" over a few dozen moronic, bigots, attacking the 3 black players who missed their penalties, whilst at the same time, ignoring the fighting and horrific behaviour by a sizeable portion of their support.

Clichés:

I myself just KNEW, that the extra time applied to the Italy match would result in penalties, and that the English would lose.  I knew it would happen, as if they had a script, that they were begging to follow.  A cliché, a role - that had to be conformed to (as the Morrissey song alludes to).

Equally, I knew that the behaviour of a sizeable portion of the English fans would be both appalling and comical - there has ALWAYS been a bit of both, almost knowing that the powers that be would be expecting such.  They (and I) were not disappointed. 

From the lunatic, with a stick of TNT up his arse:

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2021/07/12/so-called-fan-with-a-flare-up-his-bum/

To some nutter, dancing in a rather un-camp manner, resplendent with his George's Cross flag as accompaniment - on top of some motor:

https://publish.twitter.com/?query=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fbrexit_sham%2Fstatus%2F1414623248944336904&widget=Tweet

To the ticketless fans invading Wembley and causing havoc: 

To the scummy pieces of shit, who attacked the Italian fans in Wembley - it was magnificent and SO . . . English. 

England, a country that can simply, never be conquered.

Recht

New Year Propositions, Daily Calendars, etc

I'm like many who don't really take these things too seriously, but besides my language calendars, I've also bought one a few years ago (that I never used!), that covered outdated English words, grammar, etc.

Jeff Kacirk's Forgotten English is a gem to be read & read.  Though one of the first words, that could obviously be used today, is the term:

Jacksonize

And you'd be right, that it's not about NFL quarterbacks, or the great Reggie Jackson from a long time ago, but concerns none other than Andrew Jackson; and was in as recently as 1940, William Craigie's Dictionary of American English.

Occurring on 8 January and referencing his victory against the British on the very date, that was once known as The Glorious Eighth of January.    The definition was:

To defeat or overwhelm in battle; in allusion to Andrew Jackson

For all you Trumpites out there, your man is the first that springs to mind.  

Trumpize anybody?