tuffty - Member of ov STW
People saying off of!
This ^. Boils me pish.
I say "off of" being ironic: 'Gary Barlow? Ah yes, him off of Take That'. Anyone who does it genuinely deserves to be shot. Simple as.
Your all dinosores. Inglish volves dunnit. Its gr8 an moden, I bet your all beardy and have bikes wiv no gears
Blood,ow u no?
Had an Aunt who complained to us about doing random shift patterns at a nursing home,she enjoyed the job but not the "erotic" hours,yeah I tried to keep a straight face too! 😯
People saying off of! Really annoys me.
This^^
And 'Can I [i]get[/i] a coffee?'
My aunt once complained about my use of the word 'volley' with respect to someone kicking a football before it touched the ground 🙁
And 'Can I get a coffee?'
Did you mean "[i]Can[/i] I [i]get[/i] a coffee?"
I can't remember the last time I heard anyone ask "may I have..."
I've been saying 'off of' as long as I can remember, and I'm in me fifties. Wanna argue about it? Eh? Eh?
Simple as.
Could you just pop this blindfold on and stand against that wall over there?
Did you mean "Can I get a coffee?"I can't remember the last time I heard anyone ask "may I have..."
Possibly because, whenever I've been into a coffee shop, or whatever, I'm asked, 'what would you like?', or 'what can I get you?', to which I reply, 'a large mocha, please, with cream'.
Simple, really, can't see what the fuss is all about.
I don't undertand - why is you so upset bout this?
All the above plus 'floor' when they mean 'ground'.
Captain, no time for blindfolds just shoot them like you would rabid dogs !
My favourite is disc "breaks" on ebay or the classifieds.
oldnick - Member
All the above plus 'floor' when they mean 'ground'.
Roof and ceiling. Same gripe.
"It was him what done it!"
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When someone writes "shirley" when they mean "surely"
I didn't buy the magazine, my mate borrowed it to me!
when the word "axe" is used instead of "ask"
While we're discussing general affronts to humanity in good company, does [i]anyone[/i] like ITV multi-part dramas?
Now der is like more English as a secund speakage so they wat speak it secund ef****t the language more what than 1st language speakers like ' I am loving it' and 'innit' innit.
'we reached out to'
No you phoned them or sent an email ffs.
Touched base?
Touched cloth more like.
At the end of the day... I'm loving having a listen to some of these.
Nothink and somethink.
Have we had when athletes say "I did good today", rather than "I did well" yet?
Athletes, or commentators at least turning nouns into verbs: "he podiumed/medaled"
Winningest?
Plus what Tenfoot said! Seems like everyone on the telly adds a K to, well, every[i]thing[/i]. Even blimmin' news readers.
When someone writes "shirley" when they mean "surely"
Quite. And don't call me Shirley...
And 'Can I get a coffee?'
When I hear it, I look on in amazement to see if I'm in an American sitcom
"Nucular"... 😡
'Rediculous' seems very common lately.
Homophones really wind me up too- poring/pouring, toe/tow (particularly annoying when talking about toe paths- why the hell would they be called that?), sheer/shear etc.
"I was like that", but pronounced "I was la' at" gets me.
MrSalmon=Homophonic
Nothink and somethink.
Aaah yes, good one!
'clique' being pronounced 'click' annoys me too.
And 'anythink'.
I'd love to ask the pronouncer to write down what they've just said.
Athletes, or commentators at least turning nouns into verbs: "he podiumed/medaled"
Verbing is one of the things I like best about English.
I don't mind most of this stuff when performed by morons but people who clearly know better shouldn't endorse poor usage just because the OED has been obliged to accept it
Text instead of texted... "I text him last night..."
"Done xxx proud" - this phrase makes no sense to me, and the fact that it is used to describe Idiotballers makes it so much worse.
When is the Government going to clamp down on these homophones, eh?
I am mildly dismayed by the regular outpourings of vitriol aimed at the spectacular vernacular displayed amongst our peers
Loose my car keys.
Lose trousers...
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/headsets-8
In need of some advise please.
I have a cannondale prophet which has a 1.5 steerer and cane creek headset fitted.
[b]Just brought new tapered forks...[/b]
Now do I just need to change the top part of the headset or both?
Cheers
Just bought a new taper fork
