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Originally Posted by tonyharker
Its not a consist its a f*****g train!!! I HATE this americanism when there are equivalent better English words .
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In some ways I share your dislike of words from other languages becoming part of our language, but it's been happening since time began, and it's unlikely to stop .
The important thing is that we use words to make others understand what we wish to convey.
So, whether (as an example) a station on a railway line is a "train station" or a "railway station" we all know what both phrases mean.
The way young people communicate seems to have a large influence on how our language is changing, and there is not a lot us "old farts" can do about it except to bemoan that things were better in our day.
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