Caught on CBC Newsworld morning weather forecast Thursday October 13: "the rain has not arrived "as of yet."
Caught on same Wednesday October 12: a different weather person but she managed to insert "at this point in time" three times in one forecast.
Same program same day, interview with the newly elected premier of Newfoundland - premier said "at this point in time" twice!
Regularly on CBC News weather from the most amiable and dependable meteorologist: the rain blew in "Off of" the lake.
It doesn't really matter except that an organization as important as the CBC is giving licence to massacre the language.
This is the first in a series of "who cares anyway" on the misuse and degradation of language. The generation of text-messagers needs no more encouragement. They are already deeply into the massacre of language and the end of person-to-person communication.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
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