What has our President done to us! It’s a crime! It may seem insignificant to many people, but it’s an affront to this language-loving person’s ears. It began with Candidate Obama and has permeated his Presidency, affecting politicians, commentators, and persons on the street. It invades our parties and pastors’ sermons, our instructors and our excuse-makers. That is, beginning sentences with the word “look.”
If you haven’t noticed, now you will. Wait until Leno does it, or your City Council member, or your dad or friend, or even Obama himself. Now that you’re aware, it may very well make you want to stick chewing gum in your ears. When someone asks why Bazooka bubbles are covering your lobes, just say, “Look, I don’t want to hear it anymore!”