Okay, here's the deal. When did people become "that" instead of "who?" I hear this on the radio on the TV ( and shouldn't news reporters know better )? and unless my memory is wrong, have even read it in places. Why? How hard is it to remember that people require a "who"? And here's another--myself instead of me. My boss did this all this time and it drove me crazy. Are we so afraid to be in the spotlight that we have to say, "So-and-so and myself did such-and-so?"
J. S. Marlo BWL Author Page Like I said last month, I'm fascinated by expressions & idioms. In my October blog, I covered some criminal expressions, but since I write romantic suspense, not just suspense, there's also a romantic side to my stories. So, here are some expressions about love and romance, their meanings, and their origins: - To fall head over heels in love (late 1700s): to fall deeply and completely in love. "Heels over head" used to describe a bad fall, but then in the late 1700s, it changed to "Head over heels" to describe falling in love. - Sugar Daddy (early 1900s): a rich older man who lavishes gifts on a young woman in return for her company or sexual favors . In 1908, Adolph Spreckels, heir to the Spreckel's sugar fortune, married a woman who was 24 years younger than him. She called him "Sugar Daddy". - On the rocks (late 1800s): a relationship experiencing problems. It was o riginally used for ships which ran agr...
