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18th September 13, 02:17 AM
#17
 Originally Posted by Calgacus
Hi John,
I'm not Mr. Perfect either, so pardon me for correcting you, but I think that should be "I'm sometimes embarrassed by them."
You can be ashamed of someone, or shamed by someone, but I am reasonably sure you can only be embarrassed by someone.
Being embarrassed of someone may however be an Americanism that I am unaware of, in which case I shall forgive you and bask in a mild glow of cultural superiority 
Well, I am a Kentuckian! I've read that there are some Scots (not Gaidhlig nor Gaeilge) vocabulary, etc., that have found their way into the dialects of rural Kentucky and West Virginia. Perhaps that's where I picked it up??
Last edited by EagleJCS; 18th September 13 at 02:26 AM.
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