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Post by grahamthomson on Jan 5, 2009 10:05:03 GMT
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Post by Dark Stranger on Jan 5, 2009 10:19:35 GMT
"Credit" and "Crunch" when used beside each other.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 5, 2009 10:52:32 GMT
'Continuity', 'canon' and 'Longtooth'.
-Ralph
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Post by Gav on Jan 5, 2009 11:01:15 GMT
Definately the phrase 'Man Flu' - since it seems the website is including phrases.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 5, 2009 18:36:21 GMT
One day you'll come to your senses and realise their contribution to good storytelling... though I suspect you only mention them to wind me up.  Countdown to 1000 posts: FIVE! Martin |
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Post by Gav on Jan 6, 2009 13:15:39 GMT
Oh, and the phrases 'fail' and 'win' - they can go too.
LAWL LOOK AT THE PAINT APPS ON CANNONBALL - FAIL
OH MAN TAHT LONGTOOTH IS TOTAL WIN
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Post by Cullen on Jan 6, 2009 14:25:37 GMT
My choice is 'literally' as it is literally misused in literally every sentence I hear it in. People often literally mean 'not literally' when using literally. I literally shit my pants in rage everytime that happens. Literally.
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Post by Hero on Jan 6, 2009 15:54:10 GMT
I wonder if saying stuff Rules is banned.
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Post by Gav on Jan 6, 2009 16:15:46 GMT
I wonder if saying stuff Rules is banned. It is now!  |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 7, 2009 8:03:32 GMT
I'm like, "I reckon 'like' should be banned," 'cos so many young people today are like, "I was like, 'You what?' and she was like, just minding her own business, and we were like, 'Get outa my face,'" innit? And I'm like, thinking 'innit' should also be banned, innit?
Countdown to 1000 posts is like, FOUR!
Like, Martin
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Post by chrisl on Jan 7, 2009 9:03:54 GMT
I'm like, "I reckon 'like' should be banned," 'cos so many young people today are like, "I was like, 'You what?' and she was like, just minding her own business, and we were like, 'Get outa my face,'" innit? And I'm like, thinking 'innit' should also be banned, innit? Countdown to 1000 posts is like, FOUR! Like, Martin Bovvered? Innit, like, bling, ghetto, bizzies. Should all be banned. |
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Post by Gav on Jan 7, 2009 10:48:35 GMT
I really don't understand the phrase 'innit' -
So i said "Get outta my face man, isn't it?" - doesn't make sense.
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Post by jameso on Jan 7, 2009 11:54:40 GMT
Using 'interweb' instead of internet.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 7, 2009 11:57:34 GMT
I really don't understand the phrase 'innit' - So i said "Get outta my face man, isn't it?" - doesn't make sense. Indeed. Also, double negatives piss me off no end. -Ralph |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 7, 2009 12:33:31 GMT
Using 'interweb' instead of internet. Quite right, we should all be calling it teh intarwub anyway. Andy |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 7, 2009 12:34:28 GMT
Heather Mills McCartney, Celebrity Big Brother and Pete Doherty.
These should never be spoken again.
Andy
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Post by Gav on Jan 7, 2009 13:26:48 GMT
Action Masters.
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Post by Hero on Jan 7, 2009 17:04:14 GMT
I'm like, "I reckon 'like' should be banned," 'cos so many young people today are like, "I was like, 'You what?' and she was like, just minding her own business, and we were like, 'Get outa my face,'" innit? And I'm like, thinking 'innit' should also be banned, innit? I find 'like' is said a lot down in Wales. ===KEN |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 7, 2009 17:53:52 GMT
I really don't understand the phrase 'innit' - So i said "Get outta my face man, isn't it?" - doesn't make sense. English seems to have contracted this lazy habit from other languages. For example, in French (a beautiful language to listen to), "n'est-ce pas?" (meaning, "isn't it so?") can be used at the end of any statement to turn it into a question. Where the correct English is "They wouldn't do it, would they?", a Frenchman would say "They wouldn't do it, isn't it so?" My view is that when we have such a rich language, we should use all the words in it for maximum clarity of meaning. "Haven't you? Won't she? Hadn't I? Mightn't they?" - rather than "Isn't it so?" or "Isn't that an accurate statement?" But shortening "Isn't it so?" to "Innit?" is a crime against the ears. Countdown to 1000 posts: THREE! (Isn't that so?) Martin |
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Post by Gav on Jan 7, 2009 20:09:14 GMT
Strangely I listened to one of Stephen Fry's Podgrammes today - and he was discussing the evolution of language as a whole - very interesting I highly recommend everyone downloads it.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 7, 2009 20:13:10 GMT
Oh I do love Mr Fry's podgrammes.
Andy
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Post by legios on Jan 7, 2009 20:43:18 GMT
Indeed. Also, double negatives piss me off no end. -Ralph I'm not fond of them either. I remember one of my English teachers at High School tieing someone in the class in metaphorical knots after they said "Miss, am ahnae deing nu'hin" (Translation: "Miss, I am not doing nothing"). It derailed the whole lesson for ten minutes whilst she wrote it up on the board, got them to recognise each word and what it meant, and then pointed out that the sentence as a whole stated that they were not doing nothing, and were therefore doing something. There was a moments silence where you could hear the gears whirring in their head before they protested "But Miss, am ahnae deing nu'hin"..... Karl |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 7, 2009 23:27:24 GMT
It's not a word or phrase, but in certain, ah, social circles, folkes tend to elongate and louden the last part of the sentence they're saying, often adding an AHH noise. For example:
"Come onNAAAHHHHH!"
"It's not mineAAAHHHH"
" I knowWAAAHHHH"
"I've bin assultedAAAAHHHHH"
This fucks me off big style.
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Post by grahamthomson on Jan 8, 2009 20:35:57 GMT
"Aks" instead of "ask" bugs me. As in, "I aksed you a question!"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2009 19:13:39 GMT
American words used in the English language.
One such word is 'man' when referring to a person you are speaking to whether it be a man or a woman. Phases such as 'you know what I mean man' and 'hey, man!'
I can imagine a bloke in America saying to his mate down the pub 'so man, yesterday I married a man!'
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Post by Dark Stranger on Jan 11, 2009 13:03:24 GMT
Agree 100% with you there Zudo.
Also, anyone using the word "owned" when not intending to denote actual possession of something should be banned from using the language.
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Post by Hero on Jan 11, 2009 17:09:29 GMT
I think I speak the Queen's Bristolian quite beautifully.  Being married to a Londoner can be amusing with the different pronounciations of "Err" and "Ahh". I'll say Grass as "Gr-ass", and George will sound it like "Grarse". Banana for me will be "Bananah" and for her will be "banaruh". ===KEN |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2009 18:33:40 GMT
Another word that is commonly used in my area (and the Midlands has a few) is the word 'taxed' which means 'taken'. Some youths go round town saying to their mates 'last night I taxed a car' or things less criminal.
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Post by karla on Jan 11, 2009 20:02:13 GMT
Agree 100% with you there Zudo. Also, anyone using the word "owned" when not intending to denote actual possession of something should be banned from using the language. they can still say pwned though? |
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Post by legios on Jan 11, 2009 20:55:14 GMT
they can still say pwned though? I'm not sure spelling it incorrectly constitues a defence in this case...... Karl |
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