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My early memories of hearing Tennessee Ernie Ford was at my Grandma and Grandpa Morris's house, first on their huge old wooden Philco radio and then on their small-screened Dumont television set when they first got one. To those two old folks, he was "Ernie" whose deep baritone voice was as familiar to them as any of the rest of us in the family. Grandma especially liked to hear him sing her favorite hymns, like The Old Rugged Cross and the like.
BORN ON THIS DAY
February 13 1919 - October 17, 1991
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Is everything all right? Or is it alright?
Most dictionaries and some grammarians agree that "alright" as one word is currently not acceptable English, though it may become so in the future.
Grammar Girl offers her answer:
The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style seems to contradict itself. It states that "alright" as one word "has never been accepted as standard" but it then goes on to explain that "all right" as two words and "alright" as one word have two distinct meanings. It gives the example of the sentence "The figures are all right." When you use "all right" as two words, the sentence means "the figures are all accurate." When you write "The figures are alright," with "alright" as one word, this source explains that the sentence means "the figures are satisfactory."
Gee whiz! How's a guy to know what's correct or not correct?
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This morning I read in The Washington Post the following paragraph:
"A year ago, the {Obama} administration issued a white paper outlining three options for replacing Fannie and Freddie. They include creating a new government agency that would continue to insure mortgages or one that would intervene only during a crisis."
Why had I not known about this until now? I try to keep abreast of the current news stories, but evidently I don't always succeed. Oh well, it probably doesn't matter as much as I would have thought. But keeping an eye on what follows in that area might be a good idea.
Or not . . .
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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
--Napoleon Bonaparte
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