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Someone that's driving me mad......

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  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    bo_drinker wrote: »
    The one that pi55es me off is the word "like" used as much as it is. As in " the man has like ten houses,"so what is that then ?? 9 !!!!!!.........................

    Is 9 like 10?

    I thought 9 was like 6?
  • Gorgeous_George
    Gorgeous_George Posts: 7,964 Forumite
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    2 is like 10

    Maybe he has one house with 30 bedrooms which is like ten x 3 bedroom houses - if you know what I mean like me duck.

    GG
    There are 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary and those that don't.
  • GracieP
    GracieP Posts: 1,263 Forumite
    What I hate the most is when someone tries to correct you about something you have said/written correctly. I was once marked down on an assignment for writing something like "He gave it to my brother and me" because my tutor thought it should be "my brother and I."

    No matter how many times I tried to explain that as you would say "he gave it to me" not "he gave it to I" therefore "me" is correct, my tutor just couldn't get her head around it and kept insisting I was wrong and my sentence was impolite.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    treliac wrote: »
    Does that mean we can communicate in more subtle and descriptive ways that are more precise in meaning?

    Yes. For example, there is no difference in Polish between "shade" and "shadow"
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    bo_drinker wrote: »
    The one that pi55es me off is the word "like" used as much as it is. As in " the man has like ten houses,"so what is that then ?? 9 !!!!!!.........................

    My Dad's pet hate is "it looks like it's going to rain"
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    zygurat789 wrote: »
    In 1066 the Normans played an away fixture in Hastings, they won and stayed and imposed their ways and language (French) on the indigenous Saxons who refused to give up their existing language. Hence the two got merged giving us the rich, full language we have today.
    Isn't TV marvellous

    Apparently the Normans were actually Vikings ;) yes TV is great.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    GracieP wrote: »
    What I hate the most is when someone tries to correct you about something you have said/written correctly.

    The real nightmare is when you try to correct someones spelling and get it rong :eek:
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • bo_drinker
    bo_drinker Posts: 3,924 Forumite
    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    My Dad's pet hate is "it looks like it's going to rain"

    Actually, as I write this it does. ;)
    I came in to this world with nothing and I've still got most of it left. :rolleyes:
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    No, it looks as if it's going to rain (here too)
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • sss555s
    sss555s Posts: 3,175 Forumite
    The only thing worse than "innit" is "innit innit"

    But you gotta laff, innit! :beer:
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