David H. Bailey wrote:
Fly Me to the Moon is a great song for starting a new life -- my niece and her new husband danced to it as the final dance at their reception before departing on their honeymoon.
Some years ago (many, actually!), I played in a review of Bart Howard songs (He also wrote the lovely, 'Tis Autumn.) and Bart insisted that the name of that song is "In Other Words", but no one calls it that (except perhaps in his presence). I guess it's like many things about language, they change by consensus. Like the fact that the sign at the grocery checkout says "9 items or less", instead of "9 items or fewer". I miss that nuance, but it doesn't seem to matter to the rest of the English speaking world in it's headlong rush towards efficiency of expression. On the other hand, if I never hear another reporter or TV anchor use "I" in the objective case, it will be too soon. (A Florida newspaper reporter: "They took a picture of Jeb Bush and I.") And it is beyond me how "I couldn't care less" has turned into "I could care less," completely reversing it's meaning while being used in the sense of the original expression. End of Rant.
Sorry,
Chuck
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