40 Banned Words and Phrases

As a country we are becoming quite lazy. I’m sure that is no surprise to anyone. The least physical or mental work that we have to do, the happier we are. I read through this list of 40 banned words and phrases that the Hour Detroit Magazine published. It was published shortly after a nearby university put out their list of banned words. As I read, I laughed thinking how many times I have heard these being used. Below I have listed a few of them along with my comments.

1.      1. "Male nurse. Why the need for a modifier?" -George Bulanda and Rebecca Powers

·         This is something that I never thought of before my media writing class. Many professions are excluding people who perform it. For instance instead of mailman, they want you to say mail carrier. So in certain cases I can see why they would be specific and say male nurse because the nurse was actually a man. 

2.  "All’s, as in “All’s I know is …” This substandard abomination sounds like something out of Green Acres. The word is “all.”- George Bulanda and Rebecca Powers

·         This sounds like it could be intrusion. People are adding the “s” sound instead of going straight to the [aI] sound. 

3. " Pronunciation problem No. 1: Ex-specially. (Like the common expresso/espresso confusion, forget the x.)" -George Bulanda and Rebecca Powers

·         This could be a dialect or it too could be intrusion of bringing in the sound of x.

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http://www.hourdetroit.com/Hour-Detroit/December-2010/40-Different-Words-and-Phrases-Not-to-Use/
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