"Whenever" and "Seen"

[pomtzu]

By the bye is just another way to say "by the way" - not a big deal Just a colloquialism!

It is funny, I have always paid very close attention to language, pronunciation and grammar - product of my upbringing.

Sorry - but I never heard "by the bye" before.

And I too have always paid close attention to language, etc - and it's use and misuse. Perhaps it was part of our more structured New England teaching??? - not to mention the fact that we had parents and teachers that saw to it that we didn't murder the King's English!


ETA:
I just went back and scanned the posts in this thread, and NO ONE took offense and accused anyone of being critical - until recently of course. Everyone seemed to find what others had posted, to be interesting and informative. Yes - this is a forum dedicated to pets, but MANY other subjects are discussed also. Why all of a sudden, do some find this practice of posting about other subjects, to be offensive and inappropriate???