| Grammar 10:30 - Sep 3 with 9980 views | Petros |
Anyone have strong views about the use of the singular when talking about football teams? Eg Liverpool is at home to ... (Also music bands: Led Zeppelin has a new album out.)
It's an Americanism of course.
Hate it. |  | | |  |
| Grammar on 10:33 - Sep 3 with 4013 views | 100percent |
Particularly hate the statement "check the math" fck off.
Don't get me started on "my bad" fck right off. |  | | |
| Grammar on 10:37 - Sep 3 with 3980 views | queensparker |
It's super annoying |  | | |
| Grammar on 10:40 - Sep 3 with 3963 views | Antti_Heinola |
I used to get upset by grammar and language, but realised life is way too short, dude. |  |
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| Grammar on 10:51 - Sep 3 with 3923 views | WrightUp5hit___ |
Waiting for a snowflakes response from underneath a pile of those evil, menacing full stops! |  | | |
| Grammar on 11:00 - Sep 3 with 3890 views | BklynRanger |
Don't think that is an Americanism tbh - speaking as a non American who spent years avoiding certain phrases I never came across that one.
They might say 'Phoenix travel to Wichita in the first round of the Glen Campbell Classic' or 'Phoenix are at South Bend in the Semi-Final of the Toilet Bowl' but never came across much of that 'is' stuff used in the way you deeescribe. |  | | |
| Grammar on 11:00 - Sep 3 with 3888 views | stowmarketrange |
I found it annoying in Australia for the cricket a couple of years ago when the stadium announcers kept saying things like England is 1 for 59.But I think they do it because they know it upsets us.
I’m just too young to remember 8 ball overs,but when I heard about it my only thought was,why? |  | | |
| Grammar on 11:01 - Sep 3 with 3882 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Yep, Petros. Me too.
Nearly as bad as "the Liverpools and Man Utds of this world"
As if one of each wasn't quite fugging enough, thank you. |  |
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| Grammar on 11:10 - Sep 3 with 3846 views | RangersDave |
the one that pee's me off is 'aircrafts' being used for multiple aircraft.
These wierd words are appearing more and more nowadays too. Grrrrrrr |  |
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| Grammar on 11:11 - Sep 3 with 3842 views | PinnerPaul |
| Grammar on 10:40 - Sep 3 by Antti_Heinola |
I used to get upset by grammar and language, but realised life is way too short, dude. |
That's what Mrs Pinner says to me!  | | | |
| Grammar on 11:13 - Sep 3 with 3836 views | ted_hendrix |
I don't have a problems with it. |  |
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| Grammar on 11:28 - Sep 3 with 3799 views | eghamranger |
“ can I get a ??????”
NO.....“ please can I have a ??????”
My bad |  | | |
| Grammar on 11:33 - Sep 3 with 3791 views | flynnbo |
| Grammar on 11:28 - Sep 3 by eghamranger |
“ can I get a ??????”
NO.....“ please can I have a ??????”
My bad |
Please may I have  |  | | |
| Grammar on 11:33 - Sep 3 with 3787 views | Mick_S |
Go figure.
Deplane - that is just feckin' nonsense. [Post edited 3 Sep 2020 11:35]
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| Grammar on 11:39 - Sep 3 with 3763 views | QPR_John |
| Grammar on 10:33 - Sep 3 by 100percent |
Particularly hate the statement "check the math" fck off.
Don't get me started on "my bad" fck right off. |
Agree. "Check the math" sounds like the speaker caught his breathe and could not finish the sentence | | | |
| Grammar on 11:41 - Sep 3 with 3747 views | loftboy |
| Grammar on 11:28 - Sep 3 by eghamranger |
“ can I get a ??????”
NO.....“ please can I have a ??????”
My bad |
Beat me to it.
Also one of my mangers said to me the othe day “do the math” he got quite shirty when I replied in a surprised tone “Did I hear you say do the math, I never realised you were a Yank” [Post edited 3 Sep 2020 11:54]
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| Grammar on 11:46 - Sep 3 with 3738 views | Loftgirl |
I am easily annoyed at poor spelling, grammar and punctuation. I particularly hate seeing an apostrophe when it's a plural. Far be it from me to correct anything Clive writes, but I wish he would write "Borehamwood" as the one word it is. I used to live there. |  | | |
| Grammar on 11:47 - Sep 3 with 3736 views | hantssi |
“Hoping to medal“ is another to boil my p**s! | | | |
| Grammar on 11:55 - Sep 3 with 3711 views | loftboy |
Nothing can top Talksport and “it’s game day” | |
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| Grammar on 12:12 - Sep 3 with 3678 views | A40Bosh |
"I'm goin' Uxbridge this afternoon"
"No, you are goinG TO Uxbridge this afternoon" |  |
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| Grammar on 12:22 - Sep 3 with 3649 views | RangersDave |
'referees assistant' my arse | |
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| Grammar on 12:29 - Sep 3 with 3639 views | DavieQPR |
| Grammar on 11:46 - Sep 3 by Loftgirl |
I am easily annoyed at poor spelling, grammar and punctuation. I particularly hate seeing an apostrophe when it's a plural. Far be it from me to correct anything Clive writes, but I wish he would write "Borehamwood" as the one word it is. I used to live there. |
I used to live in Borehamstiff. If you entered from one end the roadsign said Borehamwood but if you entered from the other side it said Boreham Wood. It was originally known as Boreham Wood Common. Also the football team is known as Boreham Wood. The two word spelling is still used by the older folk. The one word spelling goes back to the 70's. |  | | |
| Grammar on 12:31 - Sep 3 with 3632 views | BrianMcCarthy |
The modern Americanism "speaks to".
The amount of goals conceded speaks to how poor our defence was last year.
Whatever happened to "shows" or "demonstrates". | |
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| Grammar on 12:37 - Sep 3 with 3616 views | Airtomoreira |
The word "twice" seems to have been replaced by "two times", especially on TV adverts, as in "new painkiller acts two times as fast". What's that all about? |  | | |
| Grammar on 12:40 - Sep 3 with 3606 views | TheChef |
| Grammar on 10:51 - Sep 3 by WrightUp5hit___ |
Waiting for a snowflakes response from underneath a pile of those evil, menacing full stops! |
Yeah that one was raised on the radio the other day and I was like what the fark is that all about??
Final proof that the world is off its rocker. |  |
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| Grammar on 12:44 - Sep 3 with 3584 views | BklynRanger |
Important to differentiate here though I think :
1. Americanisms taking over and replacing existing domestic English = bad - No need at all for us to speak the same on both sides of the Atlantic, just laziness and the creeping influence of social media, idiots etc etc, fully justifiable bah humbug - does my head in too.
2. Americans speaking in their own way over there or on our colour television sets = up to them - plenty of irritating phrases used over here in our own domestic phrases tbh, in my humble opinion.... | | | |
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