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Quote: Chappers @ August 26 2011, 5:31 PM BSTWell this is a grammar thread.
True - it was me topic-off so I shall stoop.
Have you noticed the way the verb "to have" is being replaced by the verb "to do?"
ie. -
"Have you got the tickets?"
"Yes I do!"
NO, NO, NO! The f**king answer is "Yes I have!!!"
That used to really annoy me.
But all they're really saying is 'Have you got the tickets?' 'Yes I do (have them)' which does actually make some kind of sense.
Still, it is very Americanised.
And . .
'Please can I get a ham sandwich?'
Now you've got me going - the insidious creepage of US english:
1) Bug; (it's fergin INSECT)!
2) Belly; (STOMACH)!!
3) Take a shower; (Grrrrr...HAVE the bl****r)!!!
*valium*
I hate the word belly in general. Don't necessarily think of it as American though.
Quote: zooo @ February 9 2012, 6:12 PM GMTI hate the word belly in general. Don't necessarily think of it as American though.
It's Scottish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nixR6wVa4HY
(If it weren't Scottish, it'd be crap.)
Quote: Stylee TingTing @ February 9 2012, 6:08 PM GMTNow you've got me going - the insidious creepage of US english:
Your brethren massacre the language with regularity, such as when people say sikth instead of sixth. I even hear it from announcers on various BBC programs and it makes me cringe every time.
Quote: DaButt @ February 9 2012, 7:10 PM GMTYour brethren massacre the language with regularity, such as when people say sikth instead of sixth. I even hear it from announcers on various BBC programs programmes and it makes me cringe every time.
I have no idea to what you're referring. Unbung your ears..?? I've tried it on a few homeys and they/we can't even say "sikth" without an effort. Funny though..
Quote: Stylee TingTing @ February 9 2012, 7:36 PM GMTI have no idea to what you're referring. Unbung your ears..??
Unbung your own ears; I hear it daily while listening to BBC radio and television presentations.
Quote: DaButt @ February 9 2012, 7:53 PM GMTI hear it daily while listening to BBC radio and television presentations.
I still don't get it, but we could go on forever about english pronunciation..
..but the point was about word usage.
BTW "Scottish" is not and never was a language.
Quote: Stylee TingTing @ February 9 2012, 8:54 PM GMTBTW "Scottish" is not and never was a language.
Scottish is a way for blind people to imagine how drunken violent elves would sound.
Quote: Stylee TingTing @ February 9 2012, 8:54 PM GMTI still don't get it, but we could go on forever about english pronunciation..
..but the point was about word usage.
BTW "Scottish" is not and never was a language.
You're probably nitpicking there. There most definitely IS a language called Scots.
Quote: Oldrocker @ February 9 2012, 6:05 PM GMTAnd . .
'Please can I get a ham sandwich?'
No, this is a shoe shop.
Quote: Stylee TingTing @ February 9 2012, 6:08 PM GMTNow you've got me going - the insidious creepage of US english:
1) Bug; (it's fergin INSECT)!
2) Belly; (STOMACH)!!
3) Take a shower; (Grrrrr...HAVE the bl****r)!!!*valium*
I don't have any problem with these either. Lighten up! You know exactly what the meaning is! And belly isn't an Americanism anyway, hence belly-laugh, "George Melly had such a fat belly", etc.
Quote: DaButt @ February 9 2012, 7:10 PM GMTYour brethren massacre the language with regularity, such as when people say sikth instead of sixth. I even hear it from announcers on various BBC programs and it makes me cringe every time.
I have a colleague at work who insists people do this as well, but I can't hear it - I only get "sixth".
One I do hear regularly though is on football commentaries. At least one commentator a week will say "midrift" when they mean "midriff".