View From Fleetwood

[derfblade]

Have has now been replaced by of. What sort of teachers of been recruited to teach the young of today? Of they gone out of their minds?

 

[secretchief]

Language has always changed and always will change and English teachers have little say in the matter. Admittedly not all is to be celebrated and some change is extremely annoying.

I always thought it's a bit of a shame the word 'yonder' died out. There was no grammatical reason for it to do so. It still functions perfectly well in a sentence. It just died.

You lose a 'yonder', you gain a 'bae'.

 

[INTAKE BLADE]

Thanks Roy

 

[blade.i.am]

'Sir'.

You have a high opinion of yourself, pal.

I work in retailing and often address males of a certain age in this way. It's a common courtesy that most people appreciate. If I were referring specifically to myself, your majesty would me more appropriate

 

[Flakey]

So.........................., I thought this thread was about the view of Fleetwood supporters.

I didn't realise it was an lesson in English Grammar.

Is it me?

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

So.........................., I thought this thread was about the view of Fleetwood supporters.

I didn't realise it was an lesson in English Grammar.

Is it me?

*a* lesson

 

[secretchief]

*a* lesson

A lesson.

 

[Barney]

You forgot buddy. Have been called this twice recently by young blokes. I'm not your mate, your pal or your buddy. Sir will do fine.

What sort of twat goes round calling people Sir? Unless they're working and talking to customers.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Ta Uwe.

 

[axel smeets]

What the fuck's this "would of" epidemic all about?

It seems like about half the population think it's correct.

I think people guilty of multiple uses of said phrase should be euthanised for the sake of humanity.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

 

[JohnDenver]

I was always told off for saying 'can I have' instead of 'may I have'

Correctly too.

I'm guilty too, but at least I know what I should have said...

 

[seanbeenstattoo]

Far and away the worst is when the spotty cunt in a pub or shop greets you with "Are you alright there"
Makes me want to punch their fucking lights out.

 

[BladeInIreland]

You forgot buddy. Have been called this twice recently by young blokes. I'm not your mate, your pal or your buddy. Sir will do fine.

Im not your buddy, pal

 

[SteveBlade]

Im not your buddy, pal

I'm not your pal, guy.

 

[Oreyt]

and using 'like' as a pause, starting every sentence with 'so'.........

Jesus weeping Christ, how did it come to that. EVERY fucker at work is doing the "So..." thing. STOP IT! THERE'S NO NEED.

 

[SteveBlade]

What's this 'so' thing? I can't imagine it, examples please.

 

[blade.i.am]

What's this 'so' thing? I can't imagine it, examples please.

So, people who start sentences with the word so tend to,lack imagination and confidence. It's a verbal tic similar to using like regularly

 

[Snowman]

What's this 'so' thing? I can't imagine it, examples please.

So, can I get a latte?

No you little spotty fucking no mark you are so so uncool. Get on the bus and use the free wi fi.

 

[Snowman]

So, what is all this to do with Fleetwood?

 

[Trigger Blade]

What's this 'so' thing? I can't imagine it, examples please.

It's most irritating when it's used as the first word as an answer to a question and is entirely superfluous. For example:-

What are you doing this weekend?

So, I'm going to Fleetwood to the football

I notice it most when people are being interviewed on the radio or TV. It may be that they think it makes them sound more erudite, I disagree.

 

[bladeinspaceandtime]

Have has now been replaced by of. What sort of teachers of been recruited to teach the young of today? Of they gone out of their minds?

This is what you get when you have an education system that doesn't care about standards and hands qualifications out as a right, rather than a privilege.

 

[djbaldken]

Should nt the majority of the post in this thread be in the 'twats' thread??? Just asking.

 

[Jim Chimmerney]

You can all try this tomorrow, and I apologise if this is ageist, but have a listen to anyone under the age of, say 25, and every sentence will contain at least 1 of these 4 words;

like, cool, so, literally.

 

[ken shabby]

Aye, twats who start sentences with 'SO' get me fist, teeth and ear clenching!.... i usually jump in quick with....

Twat : "So...."
Me "a needle pulling thread"

Soft as shit but it keeps me happy and befuddles `em solid.

Oh and thanks Roy for the fleetwood stuff, good old uwe klink, i knew he knew his stuff.

 

[vorpal blade]

I always thought it's a bit of a shame the word 'yonder' died out.

You lose a 'yonder', you gain a 'bae'.

So Yonder hasn't died out well, it's rare I suppose as is the diminutive version yon. So I was admiring a garden today and I saw its proprietor pottering about and said 'I love your garden mate' but corrected myself when I saw he was wearing a deer-stalker and called him Sir. He invited me in for a tour. So, the thing is, scientists prefix every fcuking sentence with 'so' I hear it a lot on the Today Programme on Radio 4, its condescending as it suggests immediately that an opinion is a conclusion (so being a substitute for the word 'therefore'.) BUT I believe it is dying out at least I hope it is.

Thats the other thing about language, just when you think a word is dying out like 'wireless' (much ribbing I get to this day for using it to mean radio) what do you know but someone invents the 'wireless-mouse' and everything is, as they say, funky-dory.

What the 'eck does 'bae' mean please?

 

[Northyorksblade]

You can all try this tomorrow, and I apologise if this is ageist, but have a listen to anyone under the age of, say 25, and every sentence will contain at least 1 of these 4 words;

like, cool, so, literally.

My grand daughter aged 14 has just started saying innit at the end of each sentence. Now surely that is a hanging offence?

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

So, people who start sentences with the word so tend to, like, lack imagination and confidence. It's a verbal tic similar to using like regularly

Corrected that for you

 

[Kev Gee]

Fuck there's some right miserable cunts on this thread.....

If all most of you have to worry about is being called pal or mate then your life pretty nice indeed.

 

[secretchief]

So Yonder hasn't died out well, it's rare I suppose as is the diminutive version yon. So I was admiring a garden today and I saw its proprietor pottering about and said 'I love your garden mate' but corrected myself when I saw he was wearing a deer-stalker and called him Sir. He invited me in for a tour. So, the thing is, scientists prefix every fcuking sentence with 'so' I hear it a lot on the Today Programme on Radio 4, its condescending as it suggests immediately that an opinion is a conclusion (so being a substitute for the word 'therefore'.) BUT I believe it is dying out at least I hope it is.

Thats the other thing about language, just when you think a word is dying out like 'wireless' (much ribbing I get to this day for using it to mean radio) what do you know but someone invents the 'wireless-mouse' and everything is, as they say, funky-dory.

What the 'eck does 'bae' mean please?

Best friend/sexual partner, first letters of 'Before All Else'.