Can I 'get'?

[Rambo]

I am really sorry but I have just got to get this rant off my chest.

2 different people in front of me today in a queue used the term - Can I GET?

Its really 'getting' to me now. Lazy and American. Use the Queens English people - Can I HAVE?

What the hell is influencing this awful phrase...

Rant over.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Were you in the queue at Starbucks ?

 

[8ace]

I agree.
It should be "May I have" or better still "Please may I have" though.

 

[Superphil]

I think the correct statement is "May I have?" not "Can I have?"

But generally I am 100% in agreement. It is so annoying, just like saying "like" mid sentence for no reason.

Trouble is, I occasionally hear myself saying these things, argh!

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Do we have to have this thread EVERY week?

 

[Rambo]

Do we have to have this thread EVERY week?

Shows what a real problem it is then...

 

[The Large One]

Don't. Just bloody don't get me started on this...

I'm looking at you, Packham.

 

[DerbyGull]

I think the correct statement is "May I have?" not "Can I have?"

just like saying "like" mid sentence for no reason.

Trouble is, I occasionally hear myself saying these things, argh!

i used to get annoyed by this, but i say it all the time, face it we're slowly being consumed by USA, just embrace it cos u cant fight it

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I so wish I lived the life of one of you folk, for whom this is worth worrying about.

 

[biggles]

another one that really fucks me off is when i either buy something or speak to someone on the phone that i have never met and at the end of the transaction or call they say "cheers mate" ,

 

[Don Quixote]

I called a policeman mate once. It did not go down well.

 

[Notters]

I thought it was a northern thing. I've never seen this thread before HC!

 

[JJ McClure]

I think you need to GET a life if you GET wound up by such petty things.

 

[Easy 10]

I'm not in a customer-serving job. But if I was, and someone said "can I get...?", I'd be mightily tempted to respond with "no its alright, I'LL get it for you, after all, thats what I'm HERE for."

Then I'd probably gob in their bap.

 

[biggles]

I'm not in a customer-serving job. But if I was, and someone said "can I get...?", I'd be mightily tempted to respond with "no its alright, I'LL get it for you, after all, thats what I'm HERE for."

Then I'd probably gob in their bap.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Even Worse!

another one that really fucks me off is when i either buy something or speak to someone on the phone that i have never met and at the end of the transaction or call they say "cheers mate" ,

Cheers Pal Aaaarrgghh!

 

[Paxton Dazo]

I say can I have (item) please.

 

[Easy 10]

another one that really fucks me off is when i either buy something or speak to someone on the phone that i have never met and at the end of the transaction or call they say "cheers mate" ,

Or how about "ok then, see ya, bye"

No you WON'T see me. You're in Preston. I'm in Brighton. And I don't even KNOW you.

 

[8ace]

Or how about "ok then, see ya"

No you WON'T see me. You're in Preston. I'm in Brighton. And I don't even KNOW you.

They say that at the end of the news - what they should say as "see me tomorrow".

 

[vegster]

I think it gets worse if you are in MacDonalds and you say " can I get a.." and they say " Do you want it to go ?" so you never get anything because its gone somewhere else... I think ?