Grammatical purists will always advocate different from and I admit I always use it. Similarly I respect the traditional usage of less/fewer and number/amount but these ‘rules’ are now slipping into guidelines.
It reminds me of the function of traffic lights in Italy: in Milan an instruction, in Rome a suggestion, in Naples a decoration.
One trend I am noticing, especially on these forums, is people using rid intransitively. “Shall I get rid?” just sounds wrong to me. I would always use the transitive construction “Shall I get rid of it?”
Haitch is prominent among Irish catholics. This might be apocryphal but, during the Irish Troubles, a person being threatened on a dark street corner was told to spell hospital. Your fate could be sealed on how you pronounced the first letter.
ANY pack that has an 'easy opening' or is resealable or is vacuum packed or that has a 'tear here' or semi sticky reseal strip or...or...or.....that just doesn't work, so you end up using a knife (and then cut your finger off) to open the bl**dy things.
Someone needs to invent a kitchen scissors that has the magical ability to actually stay in the kitchen and is clean when you need it. I'm thinking it might need to be on a chain like the pens at the bank.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
The best one is when a pair of scissors is attached to a card that you need a pair of scissors to remove. @BenCotto I've never heard of it, but am I on the right lines with beef or mutton?
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It reminds me of the function of traffic lights in Italy: in Milan an instruction, in Rome a suggestion, in Naples a decoration.
One trend I am noticing, especially on these forums, is people using rid intransitively. “Shall I get rid?” just sounds wrong to me. I would always use the transitive construction “Shall I get rid of it?”
B for mutton
C for highlanders
D for dumb
etc
"Uh-ow".
(Blank stares all round until the penny drops as to what they are referring to).
@BenCotto I've never heard of it, but am I on the right lines with beef or mutton?
Here’s the Cockney alphabet. As the subsequent discussion shows, there are lots of variants
https://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/alphabet/