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racingsnake

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I know I am sometimes told I am turning into a grumpy old man (aka victor meldrew)
But why has it become the fashion to say the word Random.
If you listen to the assholes on radio one like I am forced to every day you get w**kers like the talentless Chris moyles saying things like " It was totally random"
He wouldn't know the meaning of random if it bit him the un educated tw*t
Maybe I am old
:mad:

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Peter Burgess

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Nasty modern phrases and words that tell me I am getting old

"Train station" instead of "Railway station"  :spank:

use of the word "less" instead of "fewer"  :spank:

"For Free" instead of "free" or "free of charge"  :spank:

 

racingsnake

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Happy Friday Peter

Know exactly what you mean.
"Side Order" Instead of Complimentary

I get the feeling its might just be me and you my mendippy friend
 

Peter Burgess

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Once BBC newscasters started to used these terms I knew I was onto a lost cause.  o_O

Have a nice weekend.

When I'm old enough to ride for free, I'll troll on down to the train station and go up to London. But now there are less seats on the trains, I might have to stand all the way.  ;)
 

AndyF

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Peter Burgess said:
Nasty modern phrases and words that tell me I am getting old

"Train station" instead of "Railway station"  :spank:

use of the word "less" instead of "fewer"  :spank:

"For Free" instead of "free" or "free of charge"  :spank:

Add to that list "To go" instead of takeaway

Now, have a nice day peter..!



 
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andymorgan

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I get annoyed by random.
I also get annoyed by the insertion of 'like' in every sentence. I was like going, like to the beach like etc.

Also the insertion of 'so' (I blame Friends, the US sh**com) gets on my goat. e.g. You will so like this, I will so not...
 

Mr Fell

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Dear me - when I was a lad people used to get on to me for using word's/phrases like `cool', 'freak out', `babe', `dude', 'man', etc etc - our language changes with each generation - and we borrow endlessly from other cultures and languages - and English tends to take in the lot.

Never mind we still have the good old standard English and BBC `received pronounciation' - so its ok dude, be cool and go with the flow. :beer:
 
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wormster

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When:

To get the dvd showing the right time, you hand the remote to your 7 year old son.

Music sounds like somebody repeatedly hitting a dustbin inside a steel container.

You wonder what burbury and "chav" is.

when everybody smokes weed instead of resin. when i were a nipper everybody said; "weed that's homegrown s**te"
 

peterdevlin

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andymorgan said:
I also get annoyed by the insertion of 'like' in every sentence. I was like going, like to the beach like etc.

Also the insertion of 'so' (I blame Friends, the US sh**com) gets on my goat. e.g. You will so like this, I will so not...
So, like you're going to have a great time in Indiana  ;-)
 
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Tree Monkey

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Oh no, Please no domestics on this forum! :eek: :eek: :eek:  :read:

Have a nice day!

This word  ' Incoming' anoys me and I thought I was young compared to you oldies!! :LOL:
 
That awful American word GOTTEN!!!!

Here's what David Crystal says about The gotten/got distinction in
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (p.311):
"Gotten is probably the most distinctive of all the AmE/BrE grammatical
differences, but British people who try to use it often get it wrong.
It is not simply an alternative for have got.  Gotten is used in such
contexts as
    They've gotten a new boat.  (= obtain)
    They've gotten interested.  (= become)
    He's gotten off the chair.  (= moved)
But it is not used in the sense of possession (= have).  AmE does not
allow
  *I've gotten the answer.
or *I've gotten plenty.
but uses I've got as in informal BrE.  The availability of gotten
does however mean that AmE can make such distinctions as the following:
    They've got to leave  (they must leave) vs
    They've gotten to leave  (they've managed to leave)."

 

Duncan

Member
I believe that 'gotten' used to be commonly used in the UK too; it's been retained in US english but fell into disuse in Britain long ago.  We still make the distinction between 'forgot' and 'forgotten' though.
 
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