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paphio Wrote:

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> How come so many people confuse "was" and "were"

> as in "we was doing..." how can it be that so many

> brits cannot conjugate the simplest of verbs....

> appalling



and how come so many people don't use questions marks when asking questions anymore?

pk

pk

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David Mc Wrote:

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> Or make three mistakes in a sentence criticising

> someone else's errors?



isn't this thread about commenting on trends in the use of language that irk you, sometimes irrationally?


my comment wasn't personal criticism, it was commenting on a personal bugbear of mine (in line with the rest of the thread)


if you don't like people failing to e.g. use a capital letter at the start of an informal comment on a web forum why don't you just say so? it's not something that bugs me personally

mockney piers

mockney piers

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If we're all getting pedantic then that was really just a bugbear rather than anything to do with trends.

I'm pretty sure you'll find instances of that vernacular grammatical horror, characteristic of the underclass, in Dickens.

pk

pk

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mockney piers Wrote:

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> If we're all getting pedantic then that was really

> just a bugbear rather than anything to do with

> trends.

> I'm pretty sure you'll find instances of that

> vernacular grammatical horror, characteristic of

> the underclass, in Dickens.


are you trying to start an argument or something? i've said nothing to suggest 'horror' or 'underclass' associations, i've said it's a personal bugbear


and i'm 100% sure that i won't find any examples in Dickens, as i won't be looking

mockney piers

mockney piers

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*sound of wooshing*


Nope indeed, it was I what said those things, calm down dear.


It is a bit of a grammatical horror though innit, and it has been used idiomatically and in a somewhat clich?d manner to characterise a poorly educated type for a very long time (plus the hard lads at school were a bit prone to usage when I think about it). I've no idea whether it was in Dickens or not, did Dick Van Dyke use it Mary Poppins?


I was really just lightheartedly pointing out the gulf in your sentence:

"isn't this thread about commenting on trends in the use of language that irk you [snip] it was commenting on a personal bugbear of mine"


I'll remember to use the tags next time ;-)

David Mc

David Mc

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Capitalisation makes the difference between "I helped my uncle Jack off a horse" and "I helped my uncle jack off a horse".


Anyway, to bring things back on-topic, most of those already mentioned, plus:


Meh.


Webinar.


My bad.


Laters.


Raise the bar.


Push the envelope.


Deep dive.

paphio

paphio

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pk Wrote:

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> paphio Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > How come so many people confuse "was" and

> "were"

> > as in "we was doing..." how can it be that so

> many

> > brits cannot conjugate the simplest of

> verbs....

> > appalling

>

>

> and how come so many people don't use questions

> marks when asking questions anymore?


I suppose a rethorical question is not really a question...or is it ??

Annette Curtain

Annette Curtain

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I bridle at middle management "target driven" speak.


( though thankfully I don't have to work within earshot that often, which is a joy )


I've tried to analyse why. Is it just the very people saying it or, Is it the terminology employed.


I conclude that it's a combination of both, the "ying & the yang" ( see how easy it is )



Anyway I was on the lovely L.O.E.L train last night & we stopped at Canada Water; dangerously near to Canary Warf.


I witnessed the following phone call.


"Hi Dave, yeah"


"Just want to touch base"


"I've a window in my diary"


"Just wanna knock an idea about"


"Like outta the box, blue sky"


"Click me in on that"


"Gotta go"



In my mind I punched his BlackBerry down past his teeth, BUT breathe I thought.


"In with anger out with love"


* must dash now as I'm having a deep tissue massage *


" Have a nice day "



NETTE(6):))

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