Stupid little things that bug you

[Big mals fedora]

Certain Premier league players (not name shaming Saka) who win a tackle or a throw in then immediately turn to the crowd and wave their arms about for adulation.
it's turned more into X Factor than football these days.

Even worse is the fans who then respond standing up and cheering/roaring wildly.

Sit down you dicks and save it for a goal

Bellingham does this a lot.
The twat

 

[DrBlueBob]

Would of, should of, could of, might of.

You can't conjugate the verb "of", of course.

I of, you of, he/she of.

What did you of for breakfast?

 

[KS55]

You can't conjugate the verb "of", of course.

I of, you of, he/she of.

What did you of for breakfast?

Bad news. The OED now allows should of etc in place of should have on the grounds of common usage. They should not of done that.

 

[mexico1970]

Bad news. The OED now allows should of etc in place of should have on the grounds of common usage. They should not of done that.

Well I'll get t' bottom of our stairs!

 

[DrBlueBob]

Bad news. The OED now allows should of etc in place of should have on the grounds of common usage. They should not of done that.

The evolution of language in action.

Much the same as literally replacing figuratively.

It still smacks of a lack of education for me, though.

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

The evolution of language in action.

Much the same as literally replacing figuratively.

It still smacks of a lack of education for me, though.

Evolution of Language
Having decided to start educating myself with some classic literature, I ordered a copy of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". Unfortunately, without realising it, I had ordered a copy in the original Middle English; my own language (albeit 500 year ago) and I could hardly understand a word of it!

 

[DrBlueBob]

Evolution of Language
Having decided to start educating myself with some classic literature, I ordered a copy of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". Unfortunately, without realising it, I had ordered a copy in the original Middle English; my own language (albeit 500 year ago) and I could hardly understand a word of it!

Eh? ;-)

 

[AirbagsOptionalTheReturn]

Evolution of Language
Having decided to start educating myself with some classic literature, I ordered a copy of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". Unfortunately, without realising it, I had ordered a copy in the original Middle English; my own language (albeit 500 year ago) and I could hardly understand a word of it!

We had to read that for GCSE English in the original text, it was so unfair as it was another language and I hated every second of "learning" it.

 

[mexico1970]

Evolution of Language
Having decided to start educating myself with some classic literature, I ordered a copy of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". Unfortunately, without realising it, I had ordered a copy in the original Middle English; my own language (albeit 500 year ago) and I could hardly understand a word of it!

Hey ninny ninny knave and be off with learning and reading.

 

[BrianW]

Evolution of Language
Having decided to start educating myself with some classic literature, I ordered a copy of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". Unfortunately, without realising it, I had ordered a copy in the original Middle English; my own language (albeit 500 year ago) and I could hardly understand a word of it!

Funny you should say that. I have a copy at hand and found quite recently that I can read Middle English with ease. Of course, it was the era of my favourite previous life so that explains it.

Seriously, I did study Chaucer at school, but that's a long time ago. I bought the book in Altrincham a few months ago, and was really surprised that I could understand it. I just have to look up the odd word.