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Can't believe I just heard this - have tv on in the back ground and one of the annoying people who tell you what's coming up just shortened episode to ep - for crying out loud! How hard is it to say a full word - why the need to shorten everything - another sign of total laziness? Z |
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"Can't believe I just heard this - have tv on in the back ground and one of the annoying people who tell you what's coming up just shortened episode to ep - for crying out loud! How hard is it to say a full word - why the need to shorten everything - another sign of total laziness? Z"
My hate is those that don't know the difference between "have" and "of", as in "shouldn't of"! Aaaarrrrggghhhhh! Whoops, stop now!  |
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"Can't believe I just heard this - have tv on in the back ground and one of the annoying people who tell you what's coming up just shortened episode to ep - for crying out loud! How hard is it to say a full word - why the need to shorten everything - another sign of total laziness? Z
My hate is those that don't know the difference between "have" and "of", as in "shouldn't of"! Aaaarrrrggghhhhh! Whoops, stop now! "
I haven't got a problem with that kind of thing - easy done but some one the television should at least use the full word! Feel a bit old fashioned but why not use the full word!?! Z |
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"Can't believe I just heard this - have tv on in the back ground and one of the annoying people who tell you what's coming up just shortened episode to ep - for crying out loud! How hard is it to say a full word - why the need to shorten everything - another sign of total laziness? Z
My hate is those that don't know the difference between "have" and "of", as in "shouldn't of"! Aaaarrrrggghhhhh! Whoops, stop now!
I haven't got a problem with that kind of thing - easy done but some one the television should at least use the full word! Feel a bit old fashioned but why not use the full word!?! Z"
But it's a different word, the reduction would be "'ve" - sorry, not pronouncable! And I think you mean "Easily done"? Grammar nazis, I went to grammar school so if we say we want something we must be able to produce it!
My kids txt me, not a problem, that's a different means of communication entirely, I try not to do it to those I don't know well but txt back to the kids in that way. However, with a degree and life experience, I can converse in either, it's a small world and a short time!  |
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"Can't believe I just heard this - have tv on in the back ground and one of the annoying people who tell you what's coming up just shortened episode to ep - for crying out loud! How hard is it to say a full word - why the need to shorten everything - another sign of total laziness? Z
My hate is those that don't know the difference between "have" and "of", as in "shouldn't of"! Aaaarrrrggghhhhh! Whoops, stop now!
I haven't got a problem with that kind of thing - easy done but some one the television should at least use the full word! Feel a bit old fashioned but why not use the full word!?! Z
But it's a different word, the reduction would be "'ve" - sorry, not pronouncable! And I think you mean "Easily done"? Grammar nazis, I went to grammar school so if we say we want something we must be able to produce it!
My kids txt me, not a problem, that's a different means of communication entirely, I try not to do it to those I don't know well but txt back to the kids in that way. However, with a degree and life experience, I can converse in either, it's a small world and a short time! "
What the hell you talking about
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I wasn't making a point of grammar - it was the word 'episode' being shortened to 'ep' why? This was really quite a light hearted thread - sorry that you're so easily offended - i would never critisise any one in a forum for their spelling or grammar. Z |
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Surely, it is incumbent upon us all to criticise poor grammar...
I mean like, it's like, really stuck up and snobby to speak an' write like you are a public schoolboy innit? I don't need nobody to tell me how to speak English proper.
I'll send it to yourself in an email.
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whilst at it, was i the only one that picked up on the journalist on bbc talking about cameron?
he said that cameron had pledged to visit every country in the uk once elected.
I thought I had misheard and he said counties, then he went on to say his promise to visit these countries would mean that from as early as next week he would be visiting dublin and liverpool and birmingham...not even counties! |
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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago
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So I was like "...", and he was like "...", then I was like "...", and it was all like "....".
...is another irritating idiom I'd like to add to the list.
But the worst part is, I sometimes realise I'm doing the same thing myself. Makes me very cross when I expose my own hypocrisy...grrr |
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"whilst at it, was i the only one that picked up on the journalist on bbc talking about cameron?
he said that cameron had pledged to visit every country in the uk once elected.
I thought I had misheard and he said counties, then he went on to say his promise to visit these countries would mean that from as early as next week he would be visiting dublin and liverpool and birmingham...not even counties!"
It wasn't just some journalist but David Dimbleby, I couldn't believe it either.
The lazy, sloppy way in which English is spoken is my own bete noire, but hey everything is dumbed down so we shouldn't really be that surprised! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Languages evolve with the times - so-called grammar is a description of changing meanings, structures, syntax and semantics etx....ie what is considered right, not a prescription of what should be. That happened in Victorian resp Prussian times  Sad in some ways but hey - nobody would speak today in the way Shakespeare did? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"people saying "can i get" when they want something
"Can I get a coffee?"
Don't bloody know ... can you?
What happened to "coffee please?"
lol - this also makes me chuckle - bit americanised? Z"
That's exactly what it is,it wouldn't be so bad them using our colloquialisms if they used them in the right context.
A prime example is "Whats up?",for fecks sake they use a question meaning "Whats wrong?" for a bloody greeting........Cretins! R
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As the stepdaughter of an English professor - strange typing that as she's Belgian with an Irish passport - I mean she taught English linguistics at universities, I got away with nothing. Then I was at uni and and word "comedic" was being introduced; it was not in the language at that time, then properly "comic". As you say Ms Provocative et al, it moves, it changes;in the scheme of things, it is small!  |
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By *ickmealloverWoman
over a year ago
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I dont like slang
And I dislike lazy use of the language
and daft things like
" I turned around to her and said"
I insisted my children speak proper english
obviously they do use coloqialism's and a little bit of slang
But I scowl at them and often say "try again" |
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Great input - wasn't really making a point about grammar but also think that is very important - just really couldn't understand shortening a word in that way! I am aware of the way in which language evolves but 'ep' for crying out loud!!! Z |
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By *ickmealloverWoman
over a year ago
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"Great input - wasn't really making a point about grammar but also think that is very important - just really couldn't understand shortening a word in that way! I am aware of the way in which language evolves but 'ep' for crying out loud!!! Z"
it is simply lazy |
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