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Re: English usage rant
[Re: barnacle]
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23/10/2014 12:01
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Just make sure that you have your ducks in a row and everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet
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Re: English usage rant
[Re: barnacle]
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23/10/2014 12:02
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Because it makes the individual sound intellectual - Its the kind of mistake I would make coming from an education system that didn't really teach the basics of appropriate sentence construction. It's been a long hard slog, and will continue to be for quite some time.
Last edited by samsite999; 23/10/2014 12:12. Reason: DAM YOU JOE
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Re: English usage rant
[Re: barnacle]
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23/10/2014 12:19
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I wouldn't have even spotted that Barnacle, my educators didn't do a very good job I'm afraid. But they did tell me to never begin a sentence with 'because'
I don't think they ever explained why though?
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Re: English usage rant
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23/10/2014 13:25
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I wouldn't have even spotted that Barnacle, my educators didn't do a very good job I'm afraid. But they did tell me to never begin a sentence with 'because'
I don't think they ever explained why though? Because they didn't know why?
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Re: English usage rant
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23/10/2014 15:08
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I always emit a superior looking-down-my-nose tut when hotels mis spell accommodation.
Last edited by Gripped; 23/10/2014 18:31. Reason: Correcting my hypocritical poor spelling!
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Re: English usage rant
[Re: barnacle]
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23/10/2014 16:54
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Whos trainers are these shoes. *Welsh accent
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Re: English usage rant
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23/10/2014 18:03
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I always emit a superior looking-down-my-nose tut when hotels miss spell accommodation. Never mind about mis-spelling "miss spell" Tut tut indeed!
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Re: English usage rant
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23/10/2014 18:32
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I always emit a superior looking-down-my-nose tut when hotels miss spell accommodation. Never mind about mis-spelling "miss spell" Tut tut indeed! I stand corrected. But don't you feel superior now too? Everyone's a winner.
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Re: English usage rant
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23/10/2014 23:59
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Spotted today whilst on a jaunt through neighbouring towns. Should be slated for that! Our daughter now in USA (and by the way expecting a sprog in May ) always used to say "Me and Kirsty", "Me and Fiona" instead of "Kirsty and I" in spite of usually being quite correct about stuff. Think she still does I suppose that while (?whilst?) language is always evolving, punctuation perhaps doesn't.
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Re: English usage rant
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24/10/2014 00:23
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always used to say
"Me and Kirsty", "Me and Fiona" instead of "Kirsty and I" in spite of usually being quite correct about stuff. While (Whilst ) I'm not the greatest at speaking and typing the correct grammar, this really annoys me, especially when I hear it at the end of the likes of ITV's News at 10. I would expect them to speak more 'proper'.
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Re: English usage rant
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24/10/2014 07:33
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Big_Muzzie
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My least favourite is.
Innit
Wtf is that all about? Usage includes:
I'm off to the shop, innit. I was watching football, innit. You can't say that, Bro, innit.
As you can see it is as versatile as a full stop, or even a birds eye potato waffle!
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Re: English usage rant
[Re: barnacle]
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24/10/2014 09:37
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Big_Muzzie
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You may add 'nartamin' to that usage, BM...
I believe this could be regional, the combination of "do you know what I mean" is lesser spotted up here, but I am hearing more of the words "ask" and "you" being turned into a sneeze - axe choo.
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Re: English usage rant
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24/10/2014 09:51
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My least favourite is.
Innit
Wtf is that all about? Usage includes:
I'm off to the shop, innit. I was watching football, innit. You can't say that, Bro, innit.
As you can see it is as versatile as a full stop, or even a birds eye potato waffle! Up here you replace innit with "ken" - but heading west by the time you've reached Glasgow it's morphed into "but" or "bu' ", even "Jim" In Falkirk you are greeted with "Your oil pressure's away doon, eh ..."
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