I’m going to have myself cremated, and my ashes mixed in with the chemicals used to make plasma TV screens. Then I’m going to have my screens used to display the Mad magazine website for one full issue.
There’s no such word as “alright.” It’s an ignorant corruption of the phrase “all right.” Why would an intelligent, educated, experienced writer put “alright” into dialog? Using it in prose to highlight or mock someone’s ignorance is fine, but to use it in dialog, where, supposedly, it’s heard but not seen, makes no sense UNLESS the writer actually believes that “alright” is a legitimate word, which it isn’t, thus making the writer’s intelligence, education, and experience suspect.
“Similar ‘merged’ words such as altogether and already have been accepted in standard English for a very long time, so there is no logical reason to object to the one-word form alright.” – http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/
Ida No over 8 years ago
I’m going to have myself cremated, and my ashes mixed in with the chemicals used to make plasma TV screens. Then I’m going to have my screens used to display the Mad magazine website for one full issue.
cocavan11 over 8 years ago
There’s no such word as “alright.” It’s an ignorant corruption of the phrase “all right.” Why would an intelligent, educated, experienced writer put “alright” into dialog? Using it in prose to highlight or mock someone’s ignorance is fine, but to use it in dialog, where, supposedly, it’s heard but not seen, makes no sense UNLESS the writer actually believes that “alright” is a legitimate word, which it isn’t, thus making the writer’s intelligence, education, and experience suspect.
joshschr Premium Member over 8 years ago
“Similar ‘merged’ words such as altogether and already have been accepted in standard English for a very long time, so there is no logical reason to object to the one-word form alright.” – http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/
How them poo bugs tastin’, Cavan?
ryanqnorth Premium Member over 8 years ago
t-rex nobody spoke like that in the 1920s or ever, come on, let’s be SERIOUS
hablano over 8 years ago
Here lies Edd,Once alive, but now he’s Dead.And his name’s not Edd.