Agree, Liriodendron. I was also taught that ‘how do you do’ wasn’t meant to be answered literally. I was always tempted to reply along the lines of ‘how do I do what?’ When we lived near Bristol, a common greeting would be ‘ You awright, my dears?’ Also hate the ‘Have a nice day’, particularly as someone has pointed out, nice is a pretty mediocre descriptor. I don’t mind ‘ enjoy the rest of your day’ which seems to have become more popular.
“Can I get” instead of “May I have”, often heard when ordering food or drink - just plain rude! “No you cannot, you’re not allowed behind the bar/in the kitchen” might teach them🤨
Of course you CAN, the question is MAY you. I shall never forget our lovely form teachers response to an incorrectly phrased question and the lesson has stuck ever since!
“Can I get” instead of “May I have”, often heard when ordering food or drink - just plain rude! “No you cannot, you’re not allowed behind the bar/in the kitchen” might teach them🤨
If they're customers about to give me some business I'd probably overlook it.. lest I teach them to go somewhere else.
Where to begin with R4's Woman's Hour today? In amongst the inability to pronounce 'th', there seemed to be a challenge as to how many 'likes' could be randomly inserted into any given sentence, whilst talking about how 'fangirl' should be a verb (I didn't even realise it was a recognised word - I'm obviously not mixing with the right crowd any more).
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When we lived near Bristol, a common greeting would be ‘ You awright, my dears?’
Also hate the ‘Have a nice day’, particularly as someone has pointed out, nice is a pretty mediocre descriptor. I don’t mind ‘ enjoy the rest of your day’ which seems to have become more popular.
'Can I get one of these?'
'Yes, it's just over there, help yourself'
'like' every other word is another.
That will do for now lol