In a local paper recently I came across the word "emceed" used regarding a celebratory function in an outback village. Before writing on an expletive to that paper I thought I'd perhaps better Google the offending word just to make sure I didn't come out with egg on my face.
To my absolute horror that word "emceed" is the acceptable version of M.C.'d, meaning conducted by a Master of Ceremonies.
I accept that language changes and I'm happy to comply with those changes but surely there has to be a bottom limit to the acceptable standards. I'm now going to check on the word in both the Macquarie and Oxford dictionaries. No wonder we lose the meaning of words of generations.
Now I've been an Australian resident for over 30 years and a citizen for about half that, I decided I'd like to record some tidbits that cross my path from time to time.
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