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YouTube has become ridiculous in its attemps to be PC or woke or call it whatever you like.

Often late at night I like to watch a true crime show, be it police interviewing a suspect or a lawyer commenting on an ongoing trial (I usually watch US ones), but the dialogue has become absurd. People are now 'unalived' and any crime that has dialogue related to sex is now bleeped out entirely. Oh, and it's not just the shows host that has to do this, anyone sending in comments has to write them in this bizarre new speak or else they won't get shown. Some of the more courageous legal YouTubers commentators like The Emily Show and Nate the Lawyer still include these words but they are demonetised because 'it violates YT's advertiser-friendly content guidelines'.

It really has become farcical and, if you think I'm exaggerating, spend an hour or so watching The Lawyer You Know or any host of others and you'll see that, if anything, I've understated it.

It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings!

Just been listening to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlG-vN8i9Qc

A nice version but, it just occurred to me:

If I was in LA?

Lovely performance, swarbrules, but do you want "were" rather than "was"?

RT36
Generous packed amount, say (7)
Chambers strongly disagrees with the definition but, sadly, Google AI doesn't!

It was irritating on Saturday morning TV that 2 chefs used "marinade" correctly as a noun, but then used the word as a verb instead of "marinate".

Is it just an extreme example of D replacing T in so many words*

So many seem to spread budder on their toast and drink bidder.

* No it isn't, but it lets me get it off my chest.

It's the other way round, but David Wilcocks (and probably other choral conductors) always got his choir to voice their Ds as Ts, as it sounds more crisp.

...mostly at the ends of words, though.

Grunger, I'm perfectly happy with 'marinade' as a verb - because Chambers is perfectly happy with 'marinade' as a verb! The definition says ' to steep in a marinade (also marinate)'. And 'marinate' doesn't get a listing on its own, so I don't feel it's been usurped!

Malone
You have to remember that Chambers is descriptive, not prescriptive, so it includes all sorts of usages that are just plain wrong! I wish they were more ready to add "incorrect" or similar.