My family hasn't spoken properly for generations, but it hasn't hurt us any! :)
Kidding aside, one of my daughters brought up an interesting question about English the other day;
If one uses a vacuum to vacuum and a mop to mop,
why, when one uses a broom, isn't it called 'brooming'?
;^)
Because it is actually a sweep for sweeping. (I really, you know, don't know. I bet it's a British thing.) You know. :)
Convention. It can be called 'brooming'
Why do we ship things by truck, but never truck things by ship?
Why can noses run and feet smell?
Why are a slim chance and a fat chance the same?
If my teacher has taught, has my preacher praught?
A writer once wrote; has the biter once bote?
Finally, boxing rings are square, quicksand kills you slowly and Guinea Pigs aren't from Guinea and aren't pigs!
If it's Hillary using the broom it's called "driving to work."
Because a "broom" used to be called a "besom", and one does properly speak of "besoming".
If one uses a vacuum to vacuum and a mop to mop,
why, when one uses a broom, isn't it called 'brooming'?>>>>>
If using a hammer is called "hammering" why isn't the use of a screw driver called, aw just forget it.