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So are you matey! AGAIN mocking someone for saying something CORRECTLY.
AIRPLANE is not wrong! You can say airplane OR aeroplane!
http://grammarist.com/usage/aeroplane-airplane/
Dear me. What school did YOU go to?! :rotfl:
A little tip for you. Try and educate yourself, so you don't make yourself look silly.
A school that did not tolerate American spelling. Sadly, it seems that some other schools were not quite so thorough in the education of their pupils.Why have some people turned this thread into an opportunity to have a go at other posters?
Typical of this forum, and it's being done by the posters I expected to do it too! :rotfl:
Irony?0 -
Why have some people turned this thread into an opportunity to have a go at other posters?
Typical of this forum, and it's being done by the posters I expected to do it too! :rotfl:
yeah, but.. most of us are able to do it in a fun light a few take themselves way too seriously.. there isn't noffink wrong with it
And, seeing as I'm here.. I hate the way autocorrect changes Willow and wellies into willies!! .. If i wanted to talk about willies I would! My phone also has Tourettes!LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
Cool!
No probs!
And in a restaurant....Enjoy!0 -
My phone also has Tourettes!
And a friend of mine, who has mild Tourette's (but not coprolalia), gets upset about people who don't know the difference between Tourette's and coprolalia... in fact the majority of people with Tourette's do not exhibit coprolalia.Let's settle this like gentlemen: armed with heavy sticks
On a rotating plate, with spikes like Flash Gordon
And you're Peter Duncan; I gave you fair warning0 -
Bought and brought, and incorrect use of "literally" drive me mental too.
Has anyone heard that horrific Americanism of "winningest?" As in "They're the winningest team in baseball history." It makes me want to punch myself in the face.
Also that strange Scottish expression of asking where you stay, as opposed to where you live. A stay implies that it's temporary!Egg Loan - [strike]£4921.84[/strike] £0!! :j Barclaycard - £3866.47 Legal + Trade - [strike]£2700.96[/strike] £0!! :j Triton - [strike]£1730.89[/strike] £0!! :j Next - [STRIKE]£776.15[/STRIKE] £126.88 Littlewoods - [strike]£217.16[/strike] £0!! :j Housemate - [strike]£1300[/strike] £0!! :j Capital One - [STRIKE]£1652.51[/STRIKE] £1,081.58 Vanquis - [strike]£2337.75[/strike] £375.58
A Payment A Day - £379.02 to Egg.0 -
And a friend of mine, who has mild Tourette's (but not coprolalia), gets upset about people who don't know the difference between Tourette's and coprolalia... in fact the majority of people with Tourette's do not exhibit coprolalia.
its always a friend .. haha..
Sometimes the phone breaks into Spanish.. it's rather talented!LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
Shop assistants that call me buddy.0
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"lappy"
"interweb"
"t'internet" - Fine if you are Monty Python doing a 21st century version of the four yorkshiremen sketch, otherwise not.Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 20230 -
kingfisherblue wrote: »I don't like bad language and I'm finding that it appears to be far more acceptable to swear in public than it was - definitely a step backwards.
Couldn't agree more. The F word is bandied around so much these days and there is barely an eye blinked.
And when did the grossly offensive C word become acceptable? During the recent "Celebrity" (word used in an ironic way, I assume) Big Brother it was used so often. I wasn't AS shocked to hear it from the younger housemates (so called "reality stars") but I was very shocked to hear Angie Bowie say it.
I assume it is being used for its shock value, much as the F word used to be, but what will the next shock word be when C becomes "normal".
My least favourite word is lipstick. I shuddered just typing it!
The phrase I (currently) hate the most is "Ja nah 'a mean" which translates into "do you know what I mean".0 -
HurdyGurdy wrote: »And when did the grossly offensive C word become acceptable?Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 20230
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