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Quote: Renegade Carpark @ October 14 2009, 2:06 PM BST

In Hackney, you often hear 'you know what I'm saying?', 'you feel me', 'cuz', 'blood', 'boyee' and 'innit' at the end of most sentences.

I believe it's spelt "Blud" not blood.

Quote: Paul W @ October 14 2009, 2:08 PM BST

I believe it's spelt "Blud" not blood.

Get down with your bad self honkey brother.

Quote: Renegade Carpark @ October 14 2009, 2:13 PM BST

Get down with your bad self honkey brother.

Don't call me a honkey you jive turkey!

Quote: Renegade Carpark @ October 14 2009, 2:13 PM BST

Get down with your bad self honkey brother.

Quote: Paul W @ October 14 2009, 2:18 PM BST

Don't call me a honkey you jive turkey!

Sound likes you two should both attend Black Acting School

Quote: Tim Walker @ October 14 2009, 2:23 PM BST

Sound likes you two should both attend Black Acting School

I loved Hollywood Shuffle. Especially the Siskel & Ebert spoof, reviewing the latest 'Chicago Jones' movie!

You guys see the preview for Black Dynamite It looks pretty fun.

Yeah, perhaps... Parodies of blaxploitation movies are a little old hat now (I'm presuming this is that type of film). They made more sense in the 80s and early 90s when there was a truly dreadful dearth of acceptable roles for black actors. There were some original and serious points to be made via jokes.

Haven't we seen all the afro, pimps, ho', jive etc jokes that could possibly have been made by now? Unless this has something going for it beyond a parody of Shaft-type films, then it doesn't sound that promising.

Quote: Tim Walker @ October 14 2009, 2:38 PM BST

Yeah, perhaps... Parodies of blaxploitation movies are a little old hat now (I'm presuming this is that type of film). They made more sense in the 80s and early 90s when there was a truly dreadful dearth of acceptable roles for black actors. There were some original and serious points to be made via jokes.

Haven't we seen all the afro, pimps, ho', jive etc jokes that could possibly have been made by now? Unless this has something going for it beyond a parody of Shaft-type films, then it doesn't sound that promising.

You talking about movies like black to the future?

Quote: Moonstone @ October 14 2009, 12:15 AM BST

Or 'nucular', or 'haitch', and other words peolple think they're pronouncing correctly but actually aren't.

AnythingK. EverythingK. >_< Angry

Quote: Loopey @ October 14 2009, 12:31 PM BST

Otherwise, I agree with you, I suspect it is to do with delusions of grandeur.

Like when people can't bring themselves to say 'me', even though it's grammatically correct, and have to say 'I' or 'myself' instead. Angry

Quote: JuliaC @ October 14 2009, 6:55 PM BST

AnythingK. EverythingK. >_< Angry

Like when people can't bring themselves to say 'me', even though it's grammatically correct, and have to say 'I' or 'myself' instead. Angry

Oh yes, our local TV news programme has a lady who always says I when she should say me. I probably should have put that in quotes but I'm having a day off from bothering about grimmer ond spolling. :D

I used to work with someone who would gag at the word 'torso'.

Quote: JuliaC @ October 14 2009, 6:55 PM BST

Like when people can't bring themselves to say 'me', even though it's grammatically correct, and have to say 'I' or 'myself' instead. Angry

Yes! "Between you and I" = noooooooooooo!

Also the oft committed tautology 'from whence' bugs me lots.

Quote: Moonstone @ October 15 2009, 5:03 PM BST

Also the oft committed tautology 'from whence' bugs me lots too.

Whistling nnocently

Quote: Badge @ October 15 2009, 5:06 PM BST

Whistling nnocently

I actually slightly panicked then and had to go back and check! :D

You devil you!

Fruit, crisps, and the recent advert fad for ending all words that end in a 'D' with a 'T'. Listen out for Somerfiel-T and Foo-T.

Oh, and Auto Emocion. Crap foreign words made all the less attractive by reducing it to a hurried whisper.

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