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Here’s one I made earlier. The rubric below is obviusly not by me: I would rather saw off my legs than use ‘around’ in that way.
Collins Dictionary celebrates Her Majesty the Queen’s 70-year reign by looking into the etymology around the Platinum Jubilee.
Source: The Platinum Jubilee: Celebrating Her Majesty the Queen’s 70-year reign – Collins Dictionary Language Blog
Oh thank you so much for saying that! I absolutely loathe the trendy new use of “around” and I see it EVERYWHERE—even the New York Times. I hear it on NPR. I just hate it, but it’s so common, I think I’m going to have to learn to tolerate it. At least I know I’m not the only one!
Christina Cary
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There’s nothing one can do. I was almost parodying myself in saying I hate it, but it is now firmly established and is pushing other prepositions aside. I think I blogged about it ages ago. I will see if I can find what I wrote.
Insiteful as ever, Jeremy – English has borrowed (stolen?) from so many languages, hasn't it ? I was aware, as a bit of a Biblical scholar, of quite a number from Hebrew, but not of all those cited by Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Hebrew_origin
Best regards,
William.
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2022 at 1:18 PM