AJ Kerrigan

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Dictionaries, as Emily Brewster says, are aspirational texts, but the way we talk has always been a problem for the person aspiring to just the right social level. One must steer a steady path through a narrow strait: vulgarity, low, and classless speech on one side; prissy, overreaching affectation on the other.
AJ Kerrigan
Well put, again reminds me of "How You Say It"
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
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