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Mr Mike wrote:"Archiving"?Fish Sentinel wrote:You can be excused globby, having done the number of things you have claimed, it has to be accepted, you wouldn't have time to fit in an education in also
bit concerned why you be so close walking behind those 4 girls in school uniform, to hear their conversation
TopicalDonger wrote:Chuckles1188 wrote:Generally speaking American English is closer to the form of English spoken in Britain during the 15th-17th centuries than modern British English is. The reason their version of the language sounds different to ours is that it has mutated less, not more. The classic example is aluminum/aluminium. When discovered it was named aluminum by its discoverer, but was then altered to be aluminium later because it fit better with the rest of the elements in its column of the periodic table. Aluminum is the older version, aluminium newer
useful example...except aluminium was renamed in the 19th C.
?Fangle wrote:Gifted, which somehow over the last thirty years snuck its way out of America. Check any older dictionary.
Modern usage as an intransitive verb does seem to be American. Though Thackeray used it as a transitive verb, which to my ear sounds very peculiar.Fenman wrote:It has to have been the Yanks who turned 'medal' into a verb, as in 'he is sure to medal at the Olympics. However my all time mixed metaphor came from a Brit (Liverpudlian, so allowances can be made) who asserted that 'we should go for the moral high ground on the level playing field'. Conjures up a variety of images.
Irving went home medalled by the king.
Your usage was perhaps ill-gotten?Dork Lard wrote:the got/gotten is definitely the iconic one. I said 'gotten' up until very recently when an english teacher friend stopped me and told me.
The shit thing is now every time I'll say for e.g. "the last time I'd got.." I find myself having to justify it's the correct way.
Pre-dates Chaucer. Was possibly æx first. But you'll find all sorts of spellings.Donger wrote:Axe was in the first translation of the Bible into English, and was the word Chaucer wrote.c69 wrote:Al lum in um
Aks ffs
it hung around in the South.
I think this is just bad English rather than anything particularly new. "I was stood at the bus stop" etc have been common for as long as I can remember. I doubt many people would know or even care about the difference.pontifex wrote:A British form that seems new (is it?) that gets on my nerves is: "I was sat at the bar when my friend walked in". Past passive instead of past continuous.
The grammar police is after you (see what I did there?) for your thinking that using a verb in the plural with a collective noun is a mistake.Dork Lard wrote:It's both wrong conjugation and an Americanism.Tony Blair's Therapist wrote:"I gotten up" isn't and Americanism. It's just wrong. Simple past in American and English English is "got".Dork Lard wrote:the got/gotten is definitely the iconic one. I said 'gotten' up until very recently when an english teacher friend stopped me and told me.
The shit thing is now every time I'll say for e.g. "the last time I'd got.." I find myself having to justify it's the correct way.
And btw there's the weird shit english people say that Americans don't. In the UK people constantly say "the team are", "that university are", which are wrong grammatically and Americans don't make that mistake. "Team", singular: the team is.
Ugh no. Shabby.Tony Blair's Therapist wrote:The grammar police is after you (see what I did there?) for your thinking that using a verb in the plural with a collective noun is a mistake.Dork Lard wrote:It's both wrong conjugation and an Americanism.Tony Blair's Therapist wrote:"I gotten up" isn't and Americanism. It's just wrong. Simple past in American and English English is "got".Dork Lard wrote:the got/gotten is definitely the iconic one. I said 'gotten' up until very recently when an english teacher friend stopped me and told me.
The shit thing is now every time I'll say for e.g. "the last time I'd got.." I find myself having to justify it's the correct way.
And btw there's the weird shit english people say that Americans don't. In the UK people constantly say "the team are", "that university are", which are wrong grammatically and Americans don't make that mistake. "Team", singular: the team is.
My English teacher at school used to say that it should be 'seated' or 'sitting' in that context, and that the use of 'sat' there implies that someone has put the person there - but he probably just didn't like it because he thought it was 'Northern' (English, not Gog)A5D5E5 wrote:I think this is just bad English rather than anything particularly new. "I was stood at the bus stop" etc have been common for as long as I can remember. I doubt many people would know or even care about the difference.pontifex wrote:A British form that seems new (is it?) that gets on my nerves is: "I was sat at the bar when my friend walked in". Past passive instead of past continuous.
followed by 'We are where we are'.Rootheday wrote:"It is what it is" has become almost universal within the past 10 years.
I love 'y'all' - makes a group even out of individuals.Turbogoat wrote:A girl from Texas and a girl from London were seated side by side on a flight. The girl from Texas, being friendly and all, said "So, where y'all from?"
The girl from London said "From a place where they know better than to use a preposition at the end of a sentence."
The girl from Texas sat quietly for a few moments and then replied "So, where y'all from, cunt?"
Turbogoat wrote:A girl from Texas and a girl from London were seated side by side on a flight. The girl from Texas, being friendly and all, said "So, where y'all from?"
The girl from London said "From a place where they know better than to use a preposition at the end of a sentence."
The girl from Texas sat quietly for a few moments and then replied "So, where y'all from, cunt?"
It is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put
message #2527204 wrote:followed by 'We are where we are'.Rootheday wrote:"It is what it is" has become almost universal within the past 10 years.
It's a euphemism. 'You've really f**k this up' is the actual meaning.
indeed, 
I too have that. And Eric Partridge 'Usage and Abusage'globus wrote:Here is my "bible".
Haha, my 11 year old says this at least twice a day, drives me nutsAND-y wrote:I know, right.
..and start the grumbling old farts' club.globus wrote:We really must get out more, Gwenno.
I'm in it already. A fully paid subscriber.Gwenno wrote:..and start the grumbling old farts' club.globus wrote:We really must get out more, Gwenno.
Did they kiss and make up afterwards?Turbogoat wrote:A girl from Texas and a girl from London were seated side by side on a flight. The girl from Texas, being friendly and all, said "So, where y'all from?"
The girl from London said "From a place where they know better than to use a preposition at the end of a sentence."
The girl from Texas sat quietly for a few moments and then replied "So, where y'all from, cunt?"
More the farting old grumblers' club.Gwenno wrote:..and start the grumbling old farts' club.globus wrote:We really must get out more, Gwenno.
Sign me up for that!message #2527204 wrote:More the farting old grumblers' club.Gwenno wrote:..and start the grumbling old farts' club.globus wrote:We really must get out more, Gwenno.
I call bullshit. Now way the Texan chick used the C word. Maybe "sweetheart," or "darlin," more than likely in a very patronizing tone of voice. Maybe even "bitch." But never plum.Turbogoat wrote:A girl from Texas and a girl from London were seated side by side on a flight. The girl from Texas, being friendly and all, said "So, where y'all from?"
The girl from London said "From a place where they know better than to use a preposition at the end of a sentence."
The girl from Texas sat quietly for a few moments and then replied "So, where y'all from, cunt?"
An almost perfect balance of hyperbole, juxtaposition and taboo, and you call bullshit?DOB wrote:I call bullshit. Now way the Texan chick used the C word. Maybe "sweetheart," or "darlin," more than likely in a very patronizing tone of voice. Maybe even "bitch." But never plum.Turbogoat wrote:A girl from Texas and a girl from London were seated side by side on a flight. The girl from Texas, being friendly and all, said "So, where y'all from?"
The girl from London said "From a place where they know better than to use a preposition at the end of a sentence."
The girl from Texas sat quietly for a few moments and then replied "So, where y'all from, cunt?"
also...sewa wrote:Haha, my 11 year old says this at least twice a day, drives me nutsAND-y wrote:I know, right.
Man In Black wrote:I love how irritated pedantic f**k get about this stuff. Who cares.
"pedantic f**ks", thank you.This isn't limited to America. I always clarify by asking if it is 3 or 10 days time.Donger wrote:This weekend vs. Next weekend.