Aarrgh!

Sometimes I really detest the young. They will inherit the world. And all the things that we have fought for, they will not care one whit about. To them it is boring, old-fashioned, worthless. English Grammar for example.

 

The bright young things over at the product team for Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger had an idea. Instruction manuals are boring. So, the bright young things decided to make an instructional video for Windows Live Messenger. "Sarah", their video avatar, is also a bright young thing, and she introduces the various features of Windows Live Messenger in a bright, perky, up-to-the-minute way.

 

As you can imagine, I am metamorphosing into Victor Meldrew at the very thought. However, I did try to keep my negative thoughts at bay. Oh, I really did. But then, when Sarah started talking about the socialisation features of Windows Live Messenger, I regret to say that I completely lost it. She types in a personalised invitation, and what does she type?

 

 

Dear god, is there no-one in the long chain, from the lowly web developer in Microsoft through the marketing hordes to the head honcho responsible for releasing this to the world, capable of recognising a schoolboy howler in simple English grammar?

 

Apparently not. It’s "you’re", not "your" you stupid, stupid people.

 

May you all rot in grammar hell.