Queen's English n. English speech or usage that is considered standard or accepted; Received Standard English.
vul·gar adj. Spoken by or expressed in language spoken by the common people; vernacular:
Somewhere in my 20 years of school, someone taught me that Queen Victoria was responsible for this divergence of the language into two forms. In America, we are still profoundly affected by our Puritan forbearers, and yet vulgar usage is ubiquitous. We seem to be a society afflicted with MPD.
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"The cordial quality of pear or plum
Rises as gladly in the single tree
As in the whole orchards resonant with bees."
- Emerson
22 Jul 2006, 9:20 am
