Player Suggestion Tom Bayliss

[Dullblade]

So bringing the thread back on topic, is they're any news on weather where interested in Bayliss?

 

[TCsLoveChild]

No but most people in the deepest darkest parts of South Yorkshire don't care if it's a verb or not. They don't care if it's irregular or regular. They don't care if it's 'of' or 'have' that's used in a sentence.
It's bizarre behaviour to get wound up about such things. Unless your thing is to try and rubbish someone's opinion by correcting their grammar.
If you heard someone in a pub would you go over and scream "have! Fucking have!" In their face?
Why don't you just accept that some people don't understand the English language at the same level as you and just contribute to the thread.

I care. UTB

 

[Rodley]

Best prospect they’ve had since Maddison.

 

[andy m]

Best prospect they’ve had since Maddison.

So for 2 years?

 

[Rodley]

So for 2 years?

3.5 years.

 

[Pinchy]

I work in linguistics and was discussing this with a colleague the other day.

It's because English is a stress-timed language, and we put emphasis on the 'content' words that carry meaning and give weak forms to prepositions, auxilliary verbs etc. In the case above ("could of been sold") 'of' should technically be 'have' as it's the past form of the modal verb 'could'. However, when we speak 'have' takes a weak form which is phonetically written as /əv/ (instead of /hæv/) and sounds a lot like 'of'. Hence the reason that loads of people think of can be used with modals.

That said, 'written speaking' has become it's own genre due to text messaging and social media, and obviously language is always changing, so I suppose you could argue that the mistaken 'of' in past modals is accepted by enough people to be recognised as a legitimate structure...I'm not saying that's what I believe myself, but I do know that loads of my friends always use 'of'.

Then loads of your friends, quite literally, talk nonsense.

On a related matter. It’s “its”. Fucking “its”.

 

[Pinchy]

Best prospect they’ve had since Maddison.

To be read: “Best prospect they’f ofd since Maddison”. If we must assault the English language let’s be consistent.

 

[ljk]

Then loads of your friends, quite literally, talk nonsense.

On a related matter. It’s “its”. Fucking “its”.

Oh blmey, how embarrassing. I'll play my 'phone autocorrected it' card (even though I wrote it on my laptop).

My friends do all talk nonsense, but that's largely on account of them being a mixture of Wednesday and Liverpool fans.

 

[Nick Jansky]

Yes, but the word “of” makes sweet fuck all sense in that context. You might as well replace the word “have” with “piano” for the sense it makes.

In fact, let’s replace all words with other, nonsensical ones. Trouser fish grapple bear, which I’ve now decided means up the mighty Blades.

What exactly is a trouser? Is it half of a pair of trousers? That’s an odd one.

 

[Rodley]

To be read: “Best prospect they’f ofd since Maddison”. If we must assault the English language let’s be consistent.

Did they used to sit you on your own table at the Christmas Do Pinch?

 

[Latters]

What exactly is a trouser? Is it half of a pair of trousers? That’s an odd one.

It’s a verb, so it’s “to trouser” rather than “a trouser”

 

[Nick Jansky]

It’s a verb, so it’s “to trouser” rather than “a trouser”

But can it also be a noun? And if so, what is it?

 

[Latters]

But can it also be a noun? And if so, what is it?

Judging by this thread, it can be whatever the hell you want it to be.

 

[Blade56]

On a related matter. It’s “its”. Fucking “its”.

 

[Th!stledo]

Did they used to sit you on your own table at the Christmas Do Pinch?

I'm guessing the bird table at the bottom of a very long garden.

 

[Pinchy]

Did they used to sit you on your own table at the Christmas Do Pinch?

What is a Christmas Do??

 

[Th!stledo]

I work in linguistics and was discussing this with a colleague the other day.

It's because English is a stress-timed language, and we put emphasis on the 'content' words that carry meaning and give weak forms to prepositions, auxilliary verbs etc. In the case above ("could of been sold") 'of' should technically be 'have' as it's the past form of the modal verb 'could'. However, when we speak 'have' takes a weak form which is phonetically written as /əv/ (instead of /hæv/) and sounds a lot like 'of'. Hence the reason that loads of people think of can be used with modals.

That said, 'written speaking' has become it's own genre due to text messaging and social media, and obviously language is always changing, so I suppose you could argue that the mistaken 'of' in past modals is accepted by enough people to be recognised as a legitimate structure...I'm not saying that's what I believe myself, but I do know that loads of my friends always use 'of'.

Nail on the head.
My feelings are that the spoken language and the written one are different fields. Ideally the spoken is complemented and corrected through education.
Dyslexia, various forms of learning difficulties and poor education due to varying social and domestic reasons hinders a lot of the written education for some.
Personally, when I identify an error in someone else's written statement I just count my own blessings and do the best to understand the message being conveyed.

 

[davidblade]

To trouser , ask McCabe he’ll no the meaning

 

[Cerberus Blade]

To my mind we should try and sweep up a good few low cost players like this... even at a couple of million a pop. You only need one to turn into a Maddison or Brooks to reep the benefits and you’re also attempting to future proof the team.

Add a Bayliss and Connell etc to the squad brings the age down and could turn into an absolute bargain even if they don’t immediately contribute. We can and should spare a few million of the prem gains to do this

Should we breed them too? Start our own “footballer farm”?

 

[Bladeinleeds]

Should we breed them too? Start our own “footballer farm”?

Wouldn’t hurt

 

[Rodley]

Seen the video his holiday pal has put on Twitter (Hickman)? Calls him “ten bags in one week”, not sure he’s one for us!

 

[Bladeinleeds]

Seen the video his holiday pal has put on Twitter (Hickman)? Calls him “ten bags in one week”, not sure he’s one for us!

Out for 3-4 months with knob rot next year - guaranteed.

 

[Sharp as a blade]

Seen the video his holiday pal has put on Twitter (Hickman)? Calls him “ten bags in one week”, not sure he’s one for us!

Saw that this morning, he says "he's gonna be on 10 bags in about 3 days". I assume that means 10k pw so must have a moved lined up.

The lad on that video is a complete plonker and has probably just ruined his own career. Never played a game for Coventry and goes on a rant saying his pockets are heavy, he's leaving Coventry and f**k them. Add that to him filming himself doing drugs at the same time. Idiot.

 

[Tunstall Fred]

Saw that this morning, he says "he's gonna be on 10 bags in about 3 days". I assume that means 10k pw so must have a moved lined up.

The lad on that video is a complete plonker and has probably just ruined his own career. Never played a game for Coventry and goes on a rant saying his pockets are heavy, he's leaving Coventry and f**k them. Add that to him filming himself doing drugs at the same time. Idiot.

I admire your restraint in only calling him an-idiot,I would go a lot further than that

 

[A Storm of Blades]

Saw that this morning, he says "he's gonna be on 10 bags in about 3 days". I assume that means 10k pw so must have a moved lined up.

The lad on that video is a complete plonker and has probably just ruined his own career. Never played a game for Coventry and goes on a rant saying his pockets are heavy, he's leaving Coventry and f**k them. Add that to him filming himself doing drugs at the same time. Idiot.

Utter bellend. Although to be completely fair, I think he takes a snus rather than drugs. Still, what a dickhead.

 

[Liaminho9]

Just seen the video - what a prick. He’s grovelling on twitter that he loves the club etc. now.

As an aside, doesn’t mean Bayliss is anything like him. I’ve got mates who are into drugs, doing stuff on nights out, but i’ve never touched the stuff - i’ve no interest in it.

 

[Macfarlane21]

Just seen the video - what a prick. He’s grovelling on twitter that he loves the club etc. now.

As an aside, doesn’t mean Bayliss is anything like him. I’ve got mates who are into drugs, doing stuff on nights out, but i’ve never touched the stuff - i’ve no interest in it.

Link to video please?

Is he rumoured to join us on "10 bags"

 

[Liaminho9]

Link to video please?

Is he rumoured to join us on "10 bags"

 

[8lade]

Yeah just as well there's an interpreter for that.

 

[Macfarlane21]

Cheers buddy

"You are the company you keep" comes to mind.