And here I thought this thread was going to be a silly discussion about who would win: a gorilla vs. an elephant!

(Just for the record, I think the elephant would win.)

As for the steady decline of the English language, here are some chestnuts I always hear:

- double negatives of any kind
- people using "supposably" when they mean supposedly!
- "real" instead of "really"
- "taunt" instead of "taut"