>Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed Thursday... While they're at it, can they agree to outlaw the use of irritatingly illiter

>Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed Thursday... While they're at it, can they agree to outlaw the use of irritatingly illiterate American English in Europe? It makes my brain weep and the souls of all my dead English teachers wail in anguish. ASIDE: Why do Americans hate the word ON and leave it out of sentences. But love the word OF[F] so much they put it in twice? * I got a new cat Tuesday * I fell off of my bike