It's would/should HAVE not OF... Yes I'm looking at YOU!!

[Storer 68]

Your Uncle is one sick fucker!

the horse aint feeling too clever either

 

[zfleas]

dont you no?

yeye but sumtyms ppl jus confuzzle me wen i dnt read fings rite hehe lol

 

[blue'n'white]

It's that time again ladies and gents, the bi-annual (or monthly) thread where someone can't take the crimes against the language any more and flips their shit about it like a big sad-act or girl.

I know... I know... Live and let live, what harm does it do? OK NONE. Except makes me freak out when I see it too much. Makes the poster seem ignorant and demeans his opinions (in the minds of everyone who understands the mistake... face it, it's true)

AAARRGGGHHHHHHHH




With apologies to the tweeting Will Hoskins - another culprit.


Brought to you from the people who brought you

'their going out tonight and taking they're tools and all bruv' or some other illiterate titwank

Well I for one agree with you 100% - boring pedantic old fart that I am

 

[k2bluesky]

Still one that irritates the shit out of me is the use of pound (singular) when talking about a sum of money, 'Yeah, that's twenty pound', what the f*** is twenty pound, their are twenty of them, so it's F******* 'pounds'.
I've even heard prime ministers use this phrase, ignorant shits that they are, did they not listen in English lessons at school.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Leave it out. Its not hes fault.

Quite. Don't make an escape goat out of him.

 

[Dropkick Turnip]

Has anyone else notice people using "then" as opposed to "than"? For example, "My car is faster then his". I think it's happening because the pronunciation of "than" is changing so that the "a" is almost dropped. This makes it sound a bit more like there's an "e" instead of an "a". If the teachers weren't out on strike today they could be correcting this in class.....

 

[Pbseagull]

If the teachers weren't out on strike today they could be correcting this in class.....

Instead they have all decided to come on NSC

 

[Icy Gull]

If the teachers weren't out on strike today they could be correcting this in class.....

Maybe they're giving some lessons to their colleagues in the N Haitch S?

 

[Icy Gull]

Instead they have all decided to come on NSC

 

[Titanic]

Blimey, this thread is full of pendants.

 

[Gilliver's Travels]

There are more subtle ones, which nonetheless still take the eye. Hoards of fans, for example. [Was there a robbery at B&Q?]

But usage changes. So 'begs the question' has come nowadays to mean simply 'asks the question'.

The abuse that causes the most pain, though, is creeping Americanisation. Stepping up to the plate? [Then scoffing the lot?] Partner with? Meet with? Why not just meet? [That tired old US nouns as verbs trick again]

And for too many people, ass no longer means donkey. [ Be warned, sinners: coveting another man's ass may well mark you down as a faggot. ]

Sadly, I fear this thread is populated almost entirely by people of a certain age. For the rest, only this response is to be expected.

 

[Kazenga <3]

A OWL.

 

[fruitnveg]

Sadly, I fear this thread is populated almost entirely by people of a certain age. For the rest, only this response is to be expected.

Curiously I ask, what age do think that is then?

 

[catfish]

yeye but sumtyms ppl jus confuzzle me wen i dnt read fings rite hehe lol

fare enuff

 

[The Mole]

The importance of punctuation can be demonstrated by the following example:
1 "A company knows its shit"

2 "A company knows it's shit"

 

[Seagull on the wing]

I'm with the OP, the 'should ofs' and 'would ofs' of this world are thick, it's really that simple. They should be rounded up and burned at the steak.

What dullard says 'pacific' instead of 'specific' ffs.?

The same people that call someone precious instead of precocious!!

 

[Bry Nylon]

I'm with the OP, the 'should ofs' and 'would ofs' of this world are thick, it's really that simple. They should be rounded up and burned at the steak.

What dullard says 'pacific' instead of 'specific' ffs.?

Count me in too, please.

They also tend to be the same people who feel compelled to use the following really lame and hackneyed nicknames:

Palarse / Crippled Alice
Scumhampton / Stains
Portscum
Spuds / Spurts
Manure / Ushited
Wet Sham / Wet Spam / Wet Sham
Chelski


Genuinely tragic fuckwits.

 

[FamilyGuy]

I'm currently running a one-man campaign to prevent the incorrect use of "regularly" and re-instate the correct use of "frequently", as in "he regularly scores away from home" ... which should of course be "he frequently scores away from home".

 

[Gilliver's Travels]

I'm currently running a one-man campaign to prevent the incorrect use of "regularly" and re-instate the correct use of "frequently", as in "he regularly scores away from home" ... which should of course be "he frequently scores away from home".

Not if he scores away from home just once a season, each March? That's regular, shurely?

 

[JonathanLivingstonSeagull]

I also don't like it when a professional pundit or commentator uses the word 'pen' instead of penalty. It drives me f***ing mental in fact. It sounds bad and unprofessional.

Anyway, just off to have some dinner - basgetti bolognaese my favrite