YOUNG people today are often condemned and criticised for their misuse of the English language, but I believe that TV must shoulder the blame for this.
In Brookside, Christmas is referred to as 'Crimbo'. This word has no resemblance to the original work. In the Bill, a burglary is a a 'burgulry'.
Whoever taught these people? Australian TV shows refer to a hospital and an afternoon as 'the ozzie', 'this aahvo', some performers also use the word 'sor' instead of 'saw', and the constant word in general use is 'dead' as in 'dead lucky', 'dead happy', how on earth can anyone be lucky or happy and be dead?
I dread to think what will have happened to good and genuine English within the next two decades, also some soaps seem to glorify crime, deceit, deception and fraud. Family entertainment should be viewable without resorting to expletives, and the activities of some types of low life. So come on TV, get your act together and teach the young correct English and a modicum of decency.
John Higson
Radcliffe Road, Darcy Lever
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