Things people do that annoy you.

mexico1970 said:
There was a rumour that they were thinking of introducing it into the English Oxford Dictionary as valid instead of wasting another £5 on teaching the oiks how to use it.

Slowly but surely our language is being eaten away by the shit these morons watch on the internet..innit blud ;-)
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I'd be highly astonished if there were any truth to that rumour. The OED is the guardian of the language. By its nature, it has to be conservative, a little bit behind the language as it's used. And of course, what is said, daily, in speech, cannot always be accepted as the norm. I've had (English) students insisting that it's ok to write “I was sat in the corner of the pub” in an essay. Yeah, people say it every day (I even do, from time to time, when my inner policeman is off duty…). I just wasn't having it from them. “I was sitting in the corner”, or “I was seated in the corner”. I mark it as wrong, and will continue to do so to my dying breath, and if it annoys the youth — tough. They all shouted and screamed, “Oh no, Mr Lovebites, you need a long stay in the UK to find out how people really speak now!” No I fucking don't. I know how people in the US and the UK speak, thank you very much… And I don't care if anybody calls me a old fogey. Bring it on. Anyway, it's well established that I am an honorary member of the FOC brigade on here.

Speaking and writing (in an academic context, that is) — different gravy, as Sergio famously said.

“Must” followed by “of” simply makes no sense.
“I must have been mistaken”. Fine.
“The Queen of Sheba”. Fine.
“The nub of the matter”. No problem.

but “I must of done it.” ?? What the actual fuck?!

Edit: if this post seems to have an unduly combative tone to it, it occurs to me that it might be because I just picked up thirty student papers to mark yesterday, and I'm revving up for them… ;-)
 
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mexico1970 said:
There was a rumour that they were thinking of introducing it into the English Oxford Dictionary as valid instead of wasting another £5 on teaching the oiks how to use it.

Slowly but surely our language is being eaten away by the shit these morons watch on the internet..innit blud ;-)
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Yup. Do the math......
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Grassland Blue said:
Yup. Do the math......
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Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
I'd be highly astonished if there were any truth to that rumour. The OED is the guardian of the language. By its nature, it has to be conservative, a little bit behind the language as it's used. And of course, what is said, daily, in speech, cannot always be accepted as the norm. I've had (English) students insisting that it's ok to write “I was sat in the corner of the pub” in an essay. Yeah, people say it every day (I even do, from time to time, when my inner policeman is off duty…). I just wasn't having it from them. “I was sitting in the corner”, or “I was seated in the corner”. I mark it as wrong, and will continue to do so to my dying breath, and if it annoys the youth — tough. They all shouted and screamed, “Oh no, Mr Lovebites, you need a long stay in the UK to find out how people really speak now!” No I fucking don't. I know how people in the US and the UK speak, thank you very much… And I don't care if anybody calls me a old fogey. Bring it on. Anyway, it's well established that I am an honorary member of the FOC brigade on here.

Speaking and writing (in an academic context, that is) — different gravy, as Sergio famously said.

“Must” followed by “of” simply makes no sense.
“I must have been mistaken”. Fine.
“The Queen of Sheba”. Fine.
“The nub of the matter”. No problem.

but “I must of done it.” ?? What the actual fuck?!

Edit: if this post seems to have an unduly combative tone to it, it occurs to me that it might be because I just picked up thirty student papers to mark yesterday, and I'm revving up for them… ;-)
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The more texters and gibberers get into positions where they can affect change it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest, language today is infinitely more fluid than it has ever been.

Wont be too long before they ban dictionaries and it becomes the verbal wild west pardner ;-)
 
Just seen a bit about flytipping in Oxfordshire yes OK that happened overnight didn’t it fks sake someone must have said to the relevant council
 
ballbag said:
People who park on my drive to 'nip to the church' across the road have really started to get on my tits. They'll be meeting their maker sooner than they thought if they keep it up.
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I don't understand them parking in your driveway, but secondly, what exactly what exactly are they doing ‘nipping to church’? Having a quick two words with God?
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
When I deliver letters and I use the Ring doorbell, the customer answers, tells me put the parcel wherever, Then they stay on and watch me do it.

Doorbells that are watching me does my head in basically.
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I went to pick something up from a house i had bought from facebook marketplace and when I rang the doorbell I heard someone say they'd be right there.

5 minutes later puzzled that they weren't right there I went to ring the doorbell again when a woman pulled into the driveway, she was speaking to me through the doorbell :)
 
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