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| Actress Emma Thompson attacks use of sloppy language | Actress Emma Thompson attacks use of sloppy language |
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| Actress Emma Thompson has spoken out against the use of sloppy language. | Actress Emma Thompson has spoken out against the use of sloppy language. |
| The 51-year-old Oscar winner told the Radio Times that people who did not speak properly made her feel "insane". | The 51-year-old Oscar winner told the Radio Times that people who did not speak properly made her feel "insane". |
| She said: "We have to reinvest, I think, in the idea of articulacy as a form of personal human freedom and power." | She said: "We have to reinvest, I think, in the idea of articulacy as a form of personal human freedom and power." |
| Ms Thompson added that on a visit to her old school she told pupils not to use slang words "because it makes you sound stupid, and you're not stupid". | Ms Thompson added that on a visit to her old school she told pupils not to use slang words "because it makes you sound stupid, and you're not stupid". |
| She said: "There is the necessity to have two languages - one that you use with your mates and the other that you need in any official capacity. Or you're going to sound like a knob." | She said: "There is the necessity to have two languages - one that you use with your mates and the other that you need in any official capacity. Or you're going to sound like a knob." |
| The actress, who has written a new version of the musical My Fair Lady, also told the magazine that she was not interested in having plastic surgery. | The actress, who has written a new version of the musical My Fair Lady, also told the magazine that she was not interested in having plastic surgery. |
| "Maybe when you're 55 you start thinking, 'well, maybe'," she said. "But I simply cannot imagine making that decision and dealing with my own shame. | "Maybe when you're 55 you start thinking, 'well, maybe'," she said. "But I simply cannot imagine making that decision and dealing with my own shame. |
| "It really does seem to me to be quite psychologically dysfunctional and part of this ridiculous culture of perfection." | "It really does seem to me to be quite psychologically dysfunctional and part of this ridiculous culture of perfection." |
| Ms Thompson added that she felt she could not complain about this situation, only to go under the knife herself. | Ms Thompson added that she felt she could not complain about this situation, only to go under the knife herself. |
| "As Gandhi said, you've got to be the change you want to see happen," she said. | "As Gandhi said, you've got to be the change you want to see happen," she said. |
| Do you have two sets of language? Have you slipped up in a professional situation or interview and used slang words or sloppy language? Send us your comments using the form below. |