HighPeakFox Posted 22 June 2018 Author Posted 22 June 2018 Just now, Buce said: You don't think I was trying for 'dry'? Full marks for commitment though, either way...
Jon the Hat Posted 22 June 2018 Posted 22 June 2018 1 hour ago, PAULCFC said: Dull as dishwater really gets on my nerves......DITCH! Dishwater is also pretty dull imo.
HighPeakFox Posted 22 June 2018 Author Posted 22 June 2018 2 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said: Dishwater is also pretty dull imo. I'm not entirely sure you're clear on what this thread is actually about...
Countryfox Posted 22 June 2018 Posted 22 June 2018 You’re like a pig in muck in this thread Peaky ... Enjoy !!
HighPeakFox Posted 22 June 2018 Author Posted 22 June 2018 6 minutes ago, Buce said: Damp squid. I mean, wtf - aren't all squids damp? You're doing it on porpoise now...
Stadt Posted 22 June 2018 Posted 22 June 2018 2 hours ago, Buce said: In speech it is less unacceptable - when it is written, it is not. And the word you want is 'doesn't'. I agree, when written it's moronic but spoken language and written are so different. I didn't notice I'd written "don't" and not "doesn't", that's fair enough .
surrifox Posted 22 June 2018 Posted 22 June 2018 Myself/ yourself abuse . I was asked by a shop assistant recently "how can myself help yourself today?" ( I'm sorry but that barely passes for a sentence in the English language .)
HighPeakFox Posted 22 June 2018 Author Posted 22 June 2018 1 minute ago, surrifox said: Myself/ yourself abuse . I was asked by a shop assistant recently "how can myself help yourself today?" ( I'm sorry but that barely passes for a sentence in the English language .) That's language 101 - absolutely in the bin.
shen Posted 22 June 2018 Posted 22 June 2018 17 minutes ago, surrifox said: Myself/ yourself abuse . I was asked by a shop assistant recently "how can myself help yourself today?" ( I'm sorry but that barely passes for a sentence in the English language .) I hope this shop assistant wasn't a native English-speaker. That's atrocious!
HighPeakFox Posted 22 June 2018 Author Posted 22 June 2018 Oh - people that make a statement and then try to couch it as a question by adding ? to the end - either state or ask, please!
murphy Posted 22 June 2018 Posted 22 June 2018 2 hours ago, HighPeakFox said: 'The proof is in the pudding'. No, no it isn't. The correct phrase is 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating'. Kind of makes a bit more sense then.
HighPeakFox Posted 22 June 2018 Author Posted 22 June 2018 4 minutes ago, murphy said: The correct phrase is 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating'. Kind of makes a bit more sense then. Precisely.
murphy Posted 22 June 2018 Posted 22 June 2018 Oh. You mean when peopIe say 'the proof is in the pudding'? I've done it again.
HighPeakFox Posted 22 June 2018 Author Posted 22 June 2018 1 minute ago, murphy said: Oh. You mean when peopIe say 'the proof is in the pudding'? I've done it again. Please keep up
Bellend Sebastian Posted 22 June 2018 Posted 22 June 2018 We've had the superfluous 'at all' on the end of questions before, haven't we? "Is Simon there at all?" I don't know if that's supposed to prompt a response other than 'yes' or 'no', and if so, what could it be? 'Yes, Simon is here, but he's sadly just fallen into a diabetic coma'. 'Simon is here but in the midst of an existential crisis and doesn't know if he's here or not'. 'There is an effigy of Simon here that he made of balloons and sponge fingers in an effort to hide the fact that he's gone down the bookies, so sort of'.
HighPeakFox Posted 22 June 2018 Author Posted 22 June 2018 12 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said: We've had the superfluous 'at all' on the end of questions before, haven't we? "Is Simon there at all?" I don't know if that's supposed to prompt a response other than 'yes' or 'no', and if so, what could it be? 'Yes, Simon is here, but he's sadly just fallen into a diabetic coma'. 'Simon is here but in the midst of an existential crisis and doesn't know if he's here or not'. 'There is an effigy of Simon here that he made of balloons and sponge fingers in an effort to hide the fact that he's gone down the bookies, so sort of'. This genuinely made me laugh.
Bellend Sebastian Posted 22 June 2018 Posted 22 June 2018 9 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said: This genuinely made me laugh. Well it IS pretty pedantic. Do we think it's reasonable to pull folk up on stuff like this? Many moons ago when I managed a team I encouraged them to drop the 'at all' when speaking on the phone because asking the question like that just makes you sound tentative and that you're making a really simple question longer than it should be. Did they listen to me? A bit
Buce Posted 22 June 2018 Posted 22 June 2018 4 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said: Well it IS pretty pedantic. Do we think it's reasonable to pull folk up on stuff like this? Many moons ago when I managed a team I encouraged them to drop the 'at all' when speaking on the phone because asking the question like that just makes you sound tentative and that you're making a really simple question longer than it should be. Did they listen to me? A bit Did they take any notice at all?
Bellend Sebastian Posted 22 June 2018 Posted 22 June 2018 Just now, Buce said: Did they take any notice at all? I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE. Yes, for at least half an hour
Unabomber Posted 22 June 2018 Posted 22 June 2018 People who say straight away as opposed to straight the way. Does my head in. A girl I used to see always used to flag me up for saying straight the way. Had to bin her.
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 22 June 2018 Posted 22 June 2018 Excetera Expresso And when thick people say "obviously" or "know what I mean" as if that puts them in the driving seat of the conversation somehow. You'll never hear an intelligent person overuse those two, or describe a conversation between two people whereby each person has to "turn around" before they say something like fvcking Columbo
ketteringscott Posted 22 June 2018 Posted 22 June 2018 It drives me mad when people write "can't be asked". I can't work out what they think it means
HighPeakFox Posted 22 June 2018 Author Posted 22 June 2018 11 minutes ago, bovril said: Misuse of reflexive pronouns does my head in. You're not alone in this thread on that.
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