General Chat

Do you get off a bus............?

or do you get off of a bus?

Do you take your foot off the brake?

or take your foot off of the brake?

Tec.

To be honest, I'd rather people speak freely on here without worrying that their spelling and grammar will be pulled up by someone on here.

(PS I'm not saying that you are Rose, you're just venting lol)

they're always saying, and writing, "off of" over here


my particular peeve though is "nukelar" for nuclear

one gripe that gets up my hooter is,

*aswell* not heard it,?watch a few shopping channels,every other word,,,*,aswell*....grrrrrrrrr

northern,}}}}}}~~~eee,,, I dooorn't lass.

My Children and their friends have a word they use when parting company.
This word has been doing the rounds since the 19 year old started Comprehensive.
The 12 year old also uses it.


"seeyalaer"


It drives me mad

Make of it what you will.Lol

Teresa:)

oh kay u do lol but loves ya xx

How about "very unique"?


It's a very unique handbag





it's either unique or not!

wot u at????

WHAT are you talking about??

Wass'up?

At the end of the day...

Basically.....

Literally......when it's not literally.

S x

I RITE AZ I TALK

Funnily enough I was at a training meeting yesterday
( actually that's ungrammatical lol but what the heck) and the manager was talking about someone from a particular area of the Midlands she encountered who wrote exactly as she spoke, and how it made life really difficult for her colleagues who had to read reports which made no sense to them...

I think that's where it gets to me most, the writing. Having moved around the country a lot I don't have a problem with dialects , Scouse is as intelligible to me as S london, and wherever I've moved I've understood after careful listening lol. but I think when it's written to 'strangers' ( though we're all 'friends' here aren't we :)) then it has to be the Queens English , unless it's a book written specifically in dialect of course, or a foreign language lol. .

*agrees with Rose*

The "rules" of grammar and punctuation exist for a reason - so that you can make yourself understood by people reading what you have written.

I would have thought that if you post on a public notice board you would want to be understood by the people reading it. If you can't be bothered to make what you post comprehensible don't be surprised if most people can't be bothered to try and work out what you are saying - or even misunderstand totally.

Gwynne

"Spoken words mislead as often as they guide".

(Chuang - Chinese Philosopher).

'Talk tidy' - a lovely Welsh expression.

oooh! lol I just thought of another phrase which niggles ( I really don't spend my days being picky lol) it's one you hear on the tv quite often:

"At this moment in time" ... 'at this moment' would do, or even 'Now' lol

Annie G. - let me introduce you to Welsh story teller - John Edwards.

One of his many series of stories is entitled 'Talk Tidy' discussing the vagaries of the English language as it is spoken by some in Wales. It is often referred to as 'Wenglish'.

Long may it continue & long may chaps like John tell us more.

All of the above irritate me, but my all time favourite is "bored of" instead of "bored with"
I used to work for a Local Authority & was forever being ridiculed for pointing out speliing & grammatical errors in letters sent to the public. My argument was that as a professional organisation, things should be correct and easily understood by people who were either not particularly literate or for whom English was not their first language.
Marion

Should have
Could have
Would have

;-)

wisechild, I agree with you about spelling and grammar in official letters.

Oh yes, that's another one. Bored of instead of 'with'.


My OH aggravates when I ask him a question he replies 'I have no idea' instead of 'I don't know'. Not grammatically incorrect but annoying none the less.

something that

!for sure!

gets up MY nose.

is when F1 drivers (in particular)

refer to " certain, or certainly" as


"" For Sure""

but most of them are foreigners,
any road up........aint they?

Bob