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ollyw wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 6:32 am I would say my biggest pet hate is “I was like...”. It is absolutely everywhere. I’ve noticed if you chew gum you are particularly prone to it.

Example being “Tanyaaaaahhh kissed my boyfriend, I was like well angry..” etc

I’ve noticed the beeb news online quoting people who say it, hardly helps to educate the nation. I didn’t get an A in English but this says to me who’s illiterate.

You weren’t like anything. You were angry!

As for the bands, now you sound like old farts!

Like is now used as a comma or a 'filler' to give time to think ahead of the next word. Really annoying!!

Old Fart is ok with me

As another old fart I go along with most of the above

We had a girl in my office a few years ago who, when relating stories, would say "so I turned round and said ... " (sorry about the ellipsis!)
She must have been dizzy from the number of times she turn around in a conversation with her mates.

And another recent stupid phrase: "My Bad". Oh dear!

Peter-S wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 10:09 am "so I turned round and said ... " (sorry about the ellipsis!)

That use is correct, full marks Peter

pbar wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 10:11 am

Peter-S wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 10:09 am "so I turned round and said ... " (sorry about the ellipsis!)

That use is correct, full marks Peter

Decode this Paul
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andyd wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 1:03 pm
Decode this Paul
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Ford Capri's Are Great

pbar wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 1:08 pm

andyd wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 1:03 pm
Decode this Paul
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Ford Capri's Are Great

PMSL

https://morsecode.scphillips.com/translator.html

pbar wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 1:08 pm
Ford Capri's Are Great

Whoa , wait just one cotton-pickin` minute! All the argey-bargey about ellipsis, aposiopesis dots here dots there - and look - an apostrophe in the plural form of a noun!!! I`m... speechless.

stevemarl wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 1:33 pm

pbar wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 1:08 pm
Ford Capri's Are Great

Whoa , wait just one cotton-pickin` minute! All the argey-bargey about ellipsis, aposiopesis dots here dots there - and look - an apostrophe in the plural form of a noun!!! I`m... speechless.

That was my mistake putting the apostrophe in.

Punctuation was never a strong point

Alright, look you seem like a nice guy so, you know, we`ll just pretend it never happened. This time.

(Tell you what I`ve learnt something, I had NO idea they had punctuation in morse, never occurred to me. See, you live you learn, thanks! )

Just accidentally watched a bit of Judge Rinder and a woman is accusing another woman of defamation because she`s `literally destroyed me` on facebook.
Incidentally, does anyone know what is the purpose of this program? I mean, typically, A lent B £1000, B has fallen on hard times and can`t pay, Judgement favours A and awards him £1000. B is still skint, still can`t pay so what IS the point? JR can`t send him to Debtor`s prison or whatever and you can`t get blood out of a stone so, it`s just completely futile. People taking their own family to court just to get on TV. Bah, humbug!

stevemarl wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 1:45 pm Alright, look you seem like a nice guy so, you know, we`ll just pretend it never happened. This time.

Jolly nice of you to say so old bean

stevemarl wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 1:45 pm
(Tell you what I`ve learnt something, I had NO idea they had punctuation in morse, never occurred to me. See, you live you learn, thanks! )

stevemarl wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 2:25 pm Just accidentally watched a bit of Judge Rinder

My respect for admitting to that

Crap just like Jeremy Kyle was and most other daytime programmes. As you say, anything to get on T/V

Peter-S wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 10:09 am
We had a girl in my office a few years ago who, when relating stories, would say "so I turned round and said ... " (sorry about the ellipsis!)
She must have been dizzy from the number of times she turn around in a conversation with her mates.

haha! I knew someone who spoke that way , I told her to stop turning round so much or she’d fall over.

stevemarl wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 1:33 pm - and look - an apostrophe in the plural form of a noun!!! I`m... speechless.

As a chap who will perhaps 'appreciate' this one I've just been reading a letter to a client from Head of Operations at Teachers' Pensions that twice says:
"If you've got any queries"

Clearly a grasp of grammar was not a pre-requisite for this post!

TBH Peter I had to think about that myself - it`s in such common usage you don`t really notice it. I suppose you could argue that that`s how language evolves. It`s still wrong though.
Come to think of it, I remember when my `sort of adopted son` was at primary school, a teacher `corrected` his spelling of cupboard. She removed the P.

Peter-S wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 9:09 am I've just been reading a letter to a client from Head of Operations at Teachers' Pensions that twice says:
"If you've got any queries"

I usually receive e-mails with comments such as "If you've got any queries, please direct them to myself"....

Andrew.

What about 'when'?
Since when did we start a sentence with when?
Example:
" I went to the fridge but I'd run out of beer"
"WHEN you go to the fridge and you've run out of beer"
Don't get me started on the % 110

I take it you're all fans of the only way is Essex and that garbage then? Haha

Peter-S wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 9:09 am

stevemarl wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 1:33 pm - and look - an apostrophe in the plural form of a noun!!! I`m... speechless.

As a chap who will perhaps 'appreciate' this one I've just been reading a letter to a client from Head of Operations at Teachers' Pensions that twice says:
"If you've got any queries"

Clearly a grasp of grammar was not a pre-requisite for this post!

Are you still allowed to say "queries"? I'm surprised the PC band hasn't banned it and made it law to say "have you got any questions" instead.

Paul G wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 12:48 am

Peter-S wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 9:09 am

stevemarl wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 1:33 pm - and look - an apostrophe in the plural form of a noun!!! I`m... speechless.

As a chap who will perhaps 'appreciate' this one I've just been reading a letter to a client from Head of Operations at Teachers' Pensions that twice says:
"If you've got any queries"

Clearly a grasp of grammar was not a pre-requisite for this post!

Are you still allowed to say "queries"? I'm surprised the PC band hasn't banned it and made it law to say "have you got any questions" instead.

Only time Paul. I see that Fireman Sam has been banned from Brigade promo material for being too male so ...

Peter-S wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 8:54 am

Paul G wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 12:48 am

Peter-S wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 9:09 am

As a chap who will perhaps 'appreciate' this one I've just been reading a letter to a client from Head of Operations at Teachers' Pensions that twice says:
"If you've got any queries"

Clearly a grasp of grammar was not a pre-requisite for this post!

Are you still allowed to say "queries"? I'm surprised the PC band hasn't banned it and made it law to say "have you got any questions" instead.

Only time Paul. I see that Fireman Sam has been banned from Brigade promo material for being too male so ...

It's all PC b*****ks! You can't force anyone into a job they don't want to do.

Maybe women don't want to be in the fire service as much as men don't want to do nail extensions.

Now a version of Monopoly that lets women win more money That's not equality!!

A handfull of do gooders and 1000s have to adjust to accept their opinions