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Is when people use "are" when they should be using "our". Are they really that thick?
Classic.
Yes
Are the what really that thick?
Three_Fish - People that use are instead of our.
Is it not just down to pronunciation?
Won't somebody think of the pirates?!?
"borrow us a pen mate?"
no, i can lend you a pen or you can borrow one from me, but i can't borrow you one, you imbecile
Your being unreasonable, its a perfectly normal occurrence these day's.
It's the people who put a full stop. Then start a new sentence that are the real cuplrits.
you should try listening to the inbreds in stoke, my personal favorite is:
I aren't 😆
Emma, you tease. 😀
Saying "I aren't" is dialect.
Confusing our & are is ignorance.
moses no it isn't.
It's the ignorance of not being able to understand that "are" applies to the plural or second person singular whereas "am" is for the first person singular 🙄
Saying something's "threaded" when the thread has stripped.
One of my personal favourites is um urney as used in parts of dumfriesshire, which translates into english as I'm aren't
rOcKeTdOg - Member
"borrow us a pen mate?"no, i can lend you a pen or you can borrow one from me, but i can't borrow you one, you imbecile
god, this annoyed the hell out of me in high school.
them: "can i lend a pen?"
me: "i dont know, can you?"
Things described as 'comfy'.
Are they really that thick?
No they're not, they do it on purpose - and it really boils my ****ing blood it does........bastard ****s
'Innit' is a personal favourite of mine.
Emma, you tease.
Well I try, innit like 😀
Yes they our! 😆 😆
what's wrong with comfy? lovely word. 🙄
them: "can i lend a pen?"
me: "i dont know, can you?"
"Borrow" and "lend" are the same word in Welsh, I'm told, which has the knock-on effect that this gaffe is particularly common in Wales. Proper wound me up till I found out why.
Then there's those indecisive people that reply to a question with "yes, no" or "no, yes" which one is it butt munch?
Then there's those indecisive people.....
Oh don't even get me started on them 😐
Our is pronounced are, round are way.
Pronunciation and dialect are one thing, but the borrow/lend one rather than annoying me, just makes me think the person thinking is thick as pig poo.
Moobs?
I always imagined SBZ had pectorals that the gods themselves would be envious of, being as they were adorned with nipples that could cut glass.
Then there's those indecisive people...
Then there [b]are[/b] those indecisive people. There's the one that irritates me fifty times a day: using there's - a contraction of [i]there is[/i] or [i]there has[/i] - when it should be [i]there are[/i]. The flouting of the subject-verb agreement is most disturbing.
emsz,
comfortable = good
comfy = nothing
Where I live, I often here "where was you going?" from supposedly educated people.
(we are nowhere near Wales by the way.)
[i]comfy = nothing[/i]
my sofa is comfy 😛
so there
"I woulda went" is a good one - popular in the northeast of England
[i]One thing that gets on my moobs.[/i]
Is people who can't spell 'lose'
I've seen loads lately on here, 'I fastened it properly cos I didn't want to loose it'. 'Did anyone loose a Rolex Oyster watch worth £15000.00 at....some trail centre' etc.
It's becoming even more annoying that drivers who stop at roundabouts when there's blatantly **** ALL COMING!
Do you think I've loosed the plot?
[b]lossed[/b] the plot! Jeez! 🙄
brake/break pedal/peddle ARGH!
I blame the youth of today and txt speak.
We must all return to ye olde English. That way the swear filter will never be a problem again and you can let forth your creative juices
For Example:
You are fat.
By my trowth, thou dost make the millstone seem as a feather what widst thy lard-bloated footfall!
You've got a big mouth.
In sooth, thy dank cavernous tooth-hole consumes all truth and reason!
You are ugly.
Thy vile canker-blossom'd countenance curdles milk and sours beer.
Ah yes, text speak. I took a statement yesterday from someone who may or may not be being harassed via facebook and text messages, and had to copy down a dozen or so long winded text messages from her phone. I still haven't got a ****ing clue if there's been a crime or not.
Yes, many forum user's also seem to bry stuff on a regular basis.
Judging by the often announced
"Look what I Brought!"
"I brought a new car"
If yer gonna speak local, type in the dialect or accent so we knows whit yer gauin on aboot. Itherwise we cannae unnerstand ye.
Comfy? Glasgow. It's obviously a question to determine location. and describes a sofa. Imbeciles.
Ah yes, text speak. I took a statement yesterday from someone who may or may not be being harassed via facebook and text messages, and had to copy down a dozen or so long winded text messages from her phone. I still haven't got a ****ing clue if there's been a crime or not
Reminds me of one of the [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/texting-999#post-2105027 ]greatest posts on STW.[/url]
lolz
I feel like I am becoming my dad, i wrote to the local paper to complain about their copy editing as, even ignoring the appaling punctuation, they use the wrong words. In one edition there was a effect/affect, bought/brought and lose/loose. In one edition. What do kids get taught at school these days ?
Not everyone has access to a decent education and others are dyslexic...... I know lets mock them!
Pik n mix, dyslexia aside, being taught how to read and write is not being provided with a 'decent' education, it's a 'basic' education that everyone receives from about the age of 5 through to 16/17. There surely can't be that many schools in this country incapable of teaching basic spelling and grammar?
the most annoying for me is still the whole specific/pacific thing. Its not even a question of spelling or grammar, its just wrong.
I like to wind Mrs Mary Hinge up by asking her to "learn me how to do that". Drives her nuts 😆
A lady on British Airways flight yesterday wanted to "fank" us all for flying with them. No idea what she meant, but I was up for it! 😆