"It's been a long time coming..."

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Luke - 28 Sep 2004 11:15 GMT

Anyone else bemused by the lyrics of "Gravity" by Embrace (actually
penned by Chris Martin of Coldplay), which is getting a lot of airplay
at the moment?

Lots of "you and me" to start with. Fine.

And then, without warning, hypercorrection kicks in: we get "on you and
I" to rhyme with "sky".

Is this just a cheap rhyme or are we witnessing language change in front
of our eyes?

Any other high profile hypercorrections you can think of?

-Luke

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Einde O'Callaghan - 28 Sep 2004 14:31 GMT

> Anyone else bemused by the lyrics of "Gravity" by Embrace (actually
> penned by Chris Martin of Coldplay), which is getting a lot of airplay
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> Is this just a cheap rhyme or are we witnessing language change in front
> of our eyes?

It's a cheap rhyme - it's been happening for centuries and hasn't
cahnged the language significantly.

Einde O'Callaghan

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"It's been a long time coming..."