[mythtv-users] seagate giving refunds out

[David Brodbeck]

On Dec 7, 2007, at 7:25 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> I even get upset when I hear the  Joan Osborne song, "One of Us" (and
> not just because I'm hearing the song) because the chorus line,  
> "What if
> God was one of us?" fails to use the subjunctive mood--which is dying
> away due to the "evolving language" folks out there.

The one that really ticks me off is 'Ironic.'  Nothing in that song  
is actually ironic.

> Oh, and don't get me started on, "Hopefully,"--which is almost never
> used properly in modern English (this time I'm not talking about a
> singing group, though).  Again, its current usage is become accepted.

Sort of like "incredible," which used to be a pejorative term.  It  
meant, literally, "not credible."  The modern usage is, I suppose,  
"wrong" from a historical perspective -- but language evolves.