There’s a very bizarre trend I notice – People making up rules that have never been the case, somehow in the effort to appear superior or distinguished, a strange kind of distinction.
And, okay, I am inspired by having watched certain podcasts listening closely, as I do, to how people pronounce words.
The infraction that prompted this post is hearing someone pronounce ‘proven’ as pro-ven rather than the form proo-ven, which has always been the case, never been anything else. And, you know what, it just makes the person sound really, fucking stupid!
We have a sense of what’s right and this is a pernickety example, I admit but there’s nothing wrong with being relatable. You do this by simplifying things as much as possible. I think we’re all craving a more straightforward approach to life. It starts with you.
I know I correct people on grammar but I’m doing it less and less (a challenge I must confess!). I am trying on a daily basis to find the humanity in things. I have a choice of what I engage with and sometimes I will succumb to correcting people, some situations just call for it.
But, for goodness, don’t make yourself sound pompous for the sake of it. Do the right thing.