Does anyone remember my post "Where have rd, th and st gone?" - well, I'm sorry to say that I have to report yet ANOTHER defilement of the great language that we call English.
I sent a document to a client, who shall remain nameless, which included a schedule of dates for a campaign. His job was to sign it and send it back to me. That's all - just sign... and send back. Simple? Apparently not. Apparently he was UNABLE to do just this, and he felt a compulsion to go in and ALTER my spreadsheet.
That's right folks - somebody in this world has the balls to assume that their data entry is superior to mine. FOOLS. What, I hear you ask, did he alter...? The DATE FORMAT.
He changed all of the dates, in MY spreadsheet, to the AMERICAN date format.
(For example: instead of the correct 23/08/07 it was changed to the incorrect 08/23/07)
It's a perfect example of the degradation we are witnessing every day - the decline of our language into the pits of Americanisms. Readers, this is a sad, sad day for the English Language. Made even sadder by the fact that he turned the spreadsheet into a PDF so I can't go in and change it back. Fucker.
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I would print out the PDF and then change all the dates by hand with a black marker pen, san it back into your computer and send it back like that.
Fucker.
Obviously that should read SCAN..
Forgive me, I have severe burns on my right wrist which is impeding my typing.
I did however manage to use the word corporeal in an email to a client this morning, of which I am very proud.
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