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"You've got another thing coming."
No. Just no.
The saying is "if you think that then you've got another think coming," ie "think again." Whereas Another Thing Coming is a Judas Priest song.
World class
World beating.
When they're clearly not.
Is it just me?
Aks instead of ask.
I hear this complaint a lot, but I don't think I've actually heard anyone ever say it. Is it a regional dialect thing?
I do hate the upward inflection at the end of a sentence used by some people when attempting to explain anything.
AKA "Buffyspeak." As peaked by former Buffyist Alyson Hannigan in America Pie.
It’s not “play” its bloody work. “Close of business” would be just about acceptable
"Close of business" sounds like they're going bust.
“Of” instead of “have”
My other half says this. Ie, not just types it, you can hear her say it. If she wasn't so awesome in most other ways she'd be in the Calder strapped to a couple of Nori bricks by now.
“Of” instead of “have”
As in “shouldn’t of said it like that
I hear it and it makes me want to vomit but when I see this written down I just want to cry. It’s just using the wrong word…
Also, when people (looking at you BBC reporter) is “this begs the question”, when they mean “give rise to the question”. To beg the question more means to avoid the question and use your answer shaped as the question.
Good,Good,Good as a reply to asking how someone is 🤮
Or sickth.
How do you pronounce ’6th’, or ‘sixth’ then? It ain’t ‘sith’, that’s for sure! I’m really looking forward to seeing just how someone attempts to pronounce ’sixth’, without getting their tongue wrapped around their tonsils.
“this begs the question”
To be fair, I think this one can be allowed under "language evolution" simply because I don't think I've ever heard it used "correctly" in my life outside of language pedantry discussions.
To beg the question more means to avoid the question and use your answer shaped as the question.
... including by you here just now. 😁
My understanding is that begging the question is to make a statement which assumes the conclusion.
"Question" here doesn't mean what it means in modern language, it means a point of discussion. Eg, the title of this thread is a "question." Similarly, "beg" can mean to request as in modern English, or to assume.
"Beg the question" to mean raise a question is in widespread use. My definition hasn't been used in centuries, and yours is plain wrong. Or at least, one of us is. 😁
How do you pronounce ’6th’, or ‘sixth’ then?
"Sickf" innit, bruv.
100!
(and that should incur a ban, it's overused)
Wot he said.
🙂
Very unique - it’s either unique or it isn’t.
Onboarding - no no no no no.
Every day carry - unless you’re talking about guns, it’s an effing penknife!
Doggy daycare - kennels.
I’m really looking forward to seeing just how someone attempts to pronounce ’sixth’, without getting their tongue wrapped around their tonsils.
Sixth is exactly how I pronounce it (you know, correctly). My tongue and tonsils remain in their rightful places.
Bruv send me on email b y end of play todAY and irl get me coat yeh x
I was going to write about 'gotten', but I see that blokeuptheroad has already done it. I'll just add that the relationship between 'got' and 'gotten' is the same as that between 'forgot' and 'forgotten'.
There are lots of English words that are not used much in Britain these days but are still common in the USA, but this doesn't make them 'American'. 'Fall' has a longer history in British English than 'autumn' for example, which was adopted as it sounded French and therefore a bit posh.
Or sickth.
Oh, I get it now I think. Sicksth.
Doggy daycare – kennels.
Not the same thing. Whilst it's a cringe name, daycare is just that whereas kennels is several days.
“Shirley” instead of “Surely”.
I’m never sure if people are joking or just stupid.
And “Dream Build” - it very rarely is…
Oh, yeah.
"Inbox me."
WTF is that all about? We already have a perfectly good word for email, it's called "email."
“Shirley” instead of “Surely”.
I’m never sure if people are joking or just stupid.
It’s a film reference.
“Shirley” instead of “Surely”.
I’m never sure if people are joking or just stupid.
It's gag from Airplane. here:
Agree about gotten. I'm generally fairly liberal with language use but gotten is particularly ugly.
It’s a film reference
Yeah I know. But I’m never sure if people are joking or…
There are many apparently intelligent people who use the phrase “one single….” - a redundancy which never fails to wind me up
"So I've bought this SUV..."
Although I begrudgingly concede that the American spelling is actually the correct one. Apparently.
My understanding is that they're both correct. When Humphry Davy was naming the element, he used several versions of the word, depending on the naming conventions at the time, including Alumium, Aluminum and Aluminium. As such, everybody wins.
@i_scoff-cake
Sorry, I think we're disagreeing. 'Gotten' is perfectly good English.
Let's use that to SEGWAY into the next part of the meeting! We're sat on our bloody arses around a sodding table - where are the damn Segways?!!
The use of the word 'wee' by any non-Scots. Three year olds needing a pish is OK though.
There is a trend with my American colleagues to try to use more professional sounding (in their opinion) language. My pet hate is "utilize" (instead of "use") - we don't seem to "use" or "complete" a form, or follow a process any more..... we must utilize it.
also:
"I forgot my laptop at home" , "I forgot my iPhone in the uber"
You what?
"alternate" is another. You don't mean alternate.... you mean alternative. "Alternate" means something different.
Let’s use that to SEGWAY into the next part of the meeting!
That's a perfectly appropriate word. It's just not "segway," it's segue.
“alternate” is another. You don’t mean alternate…. you mean alternative. “Alternate” means something different.
It's correct US English. In so far as, y'know, US English is correct. 😁
Any reference to a 'quiver' or 'fleet' of bikes.
'Analogue' bikes
Do digital bikes exist? I don't think that you know the definition of analogue.
Uptick - never heard of this word until a couple of years ago and now hear it all the time in the media. What is wrong with upturn, increase, growth etc. and you never hear the word 'downtick'.
'Living my best life' - no you're probably not!
‘Living my best life’ – no you’re probably not!
Unless you want to bring religion into this, they most certainly are.
Kinda like when I tell my only child she's my favourite.
Colourway. Winds me up no end!
Needs to be spelt without a U for full effect.
Sorry, did contemplate spelling it like that but couldn't bring myself to do it,
‘Well I happen to like Mrs Browns Boys’
110%
Apart from "it's not a thing we used to say in the olden days" what's the objection to use of "onboarding" ?
There were always multiple and disparate activities to undertake to turn a successful candidate into an active team member and for me having one word to describe all that stuff is handy.
Plus moving away from language tied to employment is helpful when that's no longer the only or even main type of engagement. Reduces the chance of e.g. someone being missed from important training because they started as an agency temp before being taken "on the books" so didn't go through a standard recruitment and induction process.
Or at least, one of us is. 😁
“So I turned around and said…”
No I didn’t, I “replied…” I’m happy to accept it is usually me.
It makes me wonder how a full phrase can be used incorrectly and then becomes “correct” based on common use. Based on this, much of the above spleen popping bilge will become part of our ever evolving language (except of instead of have… that deserves prison).
There are many apparently intelligent people who use the phrase “one single….” – a redundancy which never fails to wind me up
Thanks. I ain't never saying that again.
I think " turned around and said" can express a lot more than just "replied" and could be useful in contexts where "replied" wouldn't be a correct substitution.
What’s wrong with ‘gotten’?
It's full on 100% 'Merican and hateful. It might have been in use here in Elizabeth Ingurland or some such but wasn't in common use here until' recently'. Also see 'Dude' - usually uttered by some tubby middle aged man from Barnsley y'know rather than a 20's something Californian surfer god...
I quite like 'Snowflake'. It's use often annoys Sno... Oh, you get the message 🙂
IIRC and ‘I think I read somewhere’. No it doesn’t give you a free pass to talk absolute crap.
I am smee
I am trolling zoo fighter
I am glupton
It makes me wonder how a full phrase can be used incorrectly and then becomes “correct” based on common use.
Time. "Beg the question" is old.
As far as I remember, it was originally a Latin phrase from around the time of the Greek philosophers. So, what, a couple of Millennia ago? It was translated into English forever ago presumably so that it was less of a mouthful, at a time when "beg" and "question" had alternate meanings. Presumably as those alternates became archaic, "beg the question" in its original meaning no longer made any sense. I'd have to look it up to be certain but I don't think it's really meant anything other than what we think it means for a few centuries.
“So I turned around and said…”
A mate of mine says this a lot. "So I turned around and said... so then she turned round and said... so then I turned around and..." It used to irritate me but these days it just amuses me to think of two people having a conversation whilst revolving on the spot.