oomis1105: Your biggest pet peeves are also mine. Whenever I hear “between you and I,” I cringe. And you got the “fish and chips” on the first try.
I used to hear a commercial on the radio for a place which I think was called “The Language Institute.” It began, “People judge you by the way you speak . . . ” It was geared toward people in business who need to sound professional if they want to get ahead.