Steve, hate people parking ON the pavement, someone a couple of streets away from me does that. I often have to walk in the road as the whole car in on the pavement. God help anyone in a wheelchair or with a pushchair!
Lot's of laziness and poor vocabulary in English language comes from the Americanisms creeping in to every day usage. I often have to correct Possum who has grown up bilingual and without grammar instruction in English.
In general, the French speakers are better but I have noticed of late that younger people - under 30s - being interviewed on radio or TV start the answer with a "Donc". Must be watching dubbed US TV!
Steve - add "gobsmacked" for amazed or astounded. Such an ugly word. BBC presenters using the plural verb with singular nouns such as government. They should know better.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Guys guys...you're all like sooooo amazing? Today I was like weeding today in the garden? And OMG like it was like well hard work....don't even go there!!
So like are you guys just hangin? That's like totes awesome
Oh this thread has made me chuckle! There are so many verbal tics that drive me mad - the overuse of the word "like" is an obvious one. There's the nonsense of future intention "going forward" (politicians are the worst offenders I think). Then there's the constant mispronunciation of "dissect" - even on medical programmes. Diss (double consonant) rhymes with miss. You bisect (by-sect) an angle and dissect a body.
For all those of a nervous English "like wot it is spoke and written" disposition, I thoroughly recommend the book "Eats Shoots and Leaves".
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Steve, hate people parking ON the pavement, someone a couple of streets away from me does that. I often have to walk in the road as the whole car in on the pavement. God help anyone in a wheelchair or with a pushchair!
People who eat chewing gum with their mouth open
Lot's of laziness and poor vocabulary in English language comes from the Americanisms creeping in to every day usage. I often have to correct Possum who has grown up bilingual and without grammar instruction in English.
In general, the French speakers are better but I have noticed of late that younger people - under 30s - being interviewed on radio or TV start the answer with a "Donc". Must be watching dubbed US TV!
Steve - add "gobsmacked" for amazed or astounded. Such an ugly word. BBC presenters using the plural verb with singular nouns such as government. They should know better.
Does that mean we're all old/boring/grumpy? Or just that we wuz brung up proper?
I think I'm in love!
Steve , what have so started
Its general lack of bad manners that get me
Never very good at grammar so ..... Not to bothered about that
HAVE A NICE DAY
Because they are trying to be something they are NOT
hmmmmm..... never been very good at that
Can I add .... people who say 'spec' like 'speck' rather than with a soft 'c' because it's short for 'specification'
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Guys guys...you're all like sooooo amazing? Today I was like weeding today in the garden? And OMG like it was like well hard work....don't even go there!!
So like are you guys just hangin? That's like totes awesome
Oh this thread has made me chuckle! There are so many verbal tics that drive me mad - the overuse of the word "like" is an obvious one. There's the nonsense of future intention "going forward" (politicians are the worst offenders I think). Then there's the constant mispronunciation of "dissect" - even on medical programmes. Diss (double consonant) rhymes with miss. You bisect (by-sect) an angle and dissect a body.
For all those of a nervous English "like wot it is spoke and written" disposition, I thoroughly recommend the book "Eats Shoots and Leaves".