A new 'tougher' thread... and so it continues

maryb

LavenderBees wrote: »

I do that :eek:.. sorry! So does my dad, so I blame him, you know.:rotfl:

It's allowed without the Aussie question inflection:rotfl:

GreyQueen

VJsmum wrote: »

AH the good old Australian question inflection? When everything is a question? I have to admit to doing that myself sometimes? Talking of myself - I hate over use of the word myself and yourself (THat's not right for myself as I was saying to yourself yesterday)

My daughter has a habit of saying "like" all the time. THat's like really bad. He hit it like a hundred times - is it like a hundred times or is it a hundred times.

Over use of Literally is irritating too - but I do that as well. I once told my mum that the kids were literally beside themselves Only last week I said to a group of students that you could literally draw a metaphorical line :rotfl: I did literally pull myself up on it though

<<sigh>> I really must pack....

Oh, thou art truly a sister under the skin.:rotfl:Hope the packing went well.

My normally laid-back temperament is becoming more short-fused, at least on the inside (think I'm menopausal ) and I'm getting irritated by the most ridiculous of things.

Is it very wrong to itch to smack people who put "you know" or "like" thrice into a single sentence? * Or over-use "basically"? Or who say "at this moment in time" when there is a perfectly good 3-letter word (now) which will suffice? You hear this a lot from interviewees on Radio 4. Shamefully, some BBC journalists can't use "less" and "fewer" properly which is annoying. If I had a TV license, I'd be complaining about it. But as I don't have a TV, I won't bother.

I used to work with a woman who had a particular dislike of the phrase "at the end of the day" and if she caught people using it more than once in any conversation, she'd ask with false-innocence at the end of what day? This set them back on their heels. Bad, but she was a very very funny lady.

The pre-seared pork chops came out very well. It was so lovely to walk in the door to the scent of cooked food and not have to hustle about and cook it when I was already famished. Gollum is back in the box snoring away until his next outing.

Oooff, time to adjust my wig, straighten the seams on my stockings, dust the wax fake fruit and head out to the salt mine for another shift. Another day, another dolour....... as FDR didn't quite say.

Have a good one, GQ x


* Actually, I know it's wrong and I promise I won't do it.

Reminds me of what my Dad's village schoolmaster would say, just after the War; "What do you meeeaaaaannnnnn by it, Boy?" He also threatened that unless they learned to spell, they would be stuck in the classroom until they were little old men with long white beards.........:rotfl:Surprisingly, a robust approach to education seems to have worked quite well and regular working men of that generation can spell better than some graduates of journalism courses.

PS Since when did "going forward" become the latest bit of management-speak? It's all over my workplace and is a great trial to my mischievousness as I am barely-resisting the urge to parrot it back to The Management.........

short_bird

A.L.F. alert
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Take a look at the 3 graphics. Now concentrate on the one at the left.
Does that make sense? Or is it just me?:D

ETA: re GreyQueen's comment: Tasked.

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GQ - I am so glad that your pre seared pork chops were delicious - I feel I owe you am appology for suggesting that searing keeps the juices in the meat - the BBC website when asked says that searing enhances the flavour of the meat and leaves a flavoursome sediment in the pan that can be deglazed and used for gravy - also it makes the appearance of the finished dish more attractive. It would appear that you get the same result however you describe it - not that it matters!!!!! P.S. The Lurcher sez wot is vis fing spellin aneway? I dusnt hav eny problerms makin peples understand me does I? He He He!!!!!

grandma247

GreyQueen wrote: »

Reminds me of what my Dad's village schoolmaster would say, just after the War; "What do you meeeaaaaannnnnn by it, Boy?" He also threatened that unless they learned to spell, they would be stuck in the classroom until they were little old men with long white beards.........:rotfl:Surprisingly, a robust approach to education seems to have worked quite well and regular working men of that generation can spell better than some graduates of journalism courses.

They should not have tried to fix what was not broken. The vast majority of children learned to read years ago and only a few fell through the cracks. They should have concentrated on finding another way just for them. It is always the same when anything new comes along. They seem to think oh perhaps it should be done that way by everyone.

PIC is your little chap old enough to say what he wants to his mother on the phone?

My friend had to do this with her daughter years ago. Dad wanted to take her abroad on holiday and daughter did not want to go. He said it was mums' fault so she told him to speak to her himself and ask the daughter why she did not want to go. It turned out the country had been in the news and it was dangerous to go there so she was afraid. Dad accepted her reason and took her somewhere else.

Byatt

On a slightly different note of irritation. I hate it when people who have a cold keep sniffing instead of blowing...when my DD was younger, I got in the habit of saying to her, "blow your nose" or "stop sniffing"...I heard these words come out of my mouth one particularly stressful day...to a grown man in my office! :eek::o:rotfl:

Docky you are a very lucky goggy to have a river to paddle in now it's so hot. And yes, it is very easy to understand your spellings. We humans are very adaptable when it comes to language.

Who invented grammar? How did we evolve from caveman/woman to current times in terms of language.

I say, at the end of the day. Not sure how often now as I realise I don't actually talk to many people (if any) in the course of a day. Does talking to animals count? They don't mind my little (or not so little) idiosyncratic language. :cool:

Oh well, need to get on, I have paperwork I keep putting off.

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Auntie Byatt - SLURP!!!!!!!!! Luv Docky xxx

gardenia101

Hope you are all enjoying the sunshine - it is fab here!

Sadly I'm in bed with what feels like 'flu (except I don't think I have a very high temperature but I couldn't read the darn thermometer even if I could find it :mad:). I have a really sore throat & everthing aches - even my hair :rotfl: so I'm just lazing in bed, trying to sip tea/water & resisting the urge to potter too much as I feel exhausted (yet can't sleep). I'm so rubbish at being ill :rotfl:

Thankfully my children are with their Dad this week, so at least I can just slob & not worry about anyone else. Quite frustrated as I'd love to be out but can't even bear 5 mins which isn't like me.

I have caught up, but can't seem to remember what I wanted to post except to say that my spelling.grammar has gone downhill since I stopped reading due to my sight problems. I have to check words far more frequently than before.

Hugs to all who need them - gentle hugs only though as it hurts my back...

kidcat

gardenia - hugs I had that last weekend and DS has it now, he was so unsympathetic with me but grudgingly admits its horrible, feels like you have swallowed broken glass, yuck.

grandma247

very gentle hugs gardenia