: Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:57 am  

Chris Dalton wrote:

Let's be honest lads. We're not posh nonces. No one here can really take the high ground on "proper" pronunciation and grammar as we all talk gutter and that's the best way to have it.

Language nazis are freaks.

Let's leave the "queens english" nonsense and the "soup spoon" nonsense and the "eating dinner at tea time" nonsense to the upper class pillocks and move on.

Speak for yourself Chris. I learned to speak proper-like at me Grammer skool.

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:32 pm  

GSF wrote:

Speak for youself.We have blue water when we flush our outside toilet.That's class.

Outside toilet? you were lucky.

All our street 'ad one communal toilet, all 3000 of us, all it were were a hole in the ground.

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:57 pm  

vikings 4 ever wrote:

Apparantly it was caused by the popularity of programmes like Neighbours and Home and Away.

Those f*****g Teutul's aren't helping either. Why people want to sound like a thick, pink haired, Californian bimbo I have no idea.

Chris Dalton wrote:

Let's be honest lads. We're not posh nonces. No one here can really take the high ground on "proper" pronunciation and grammar as we all talk gutter and that's the best way to have it.

Language nazis are freaks.

Let's leave the "queens english" nonsense and the "soup spoon" nonsense and the "eating dinner at tea time" nonsense to the upper class pillocks and move on.

I agree, but there are acceptable limits to everything. It makes me grind my teeth whenever I hear it. It's nothing to do with being a language Nazi. If people sound every f******g sentence like they're asking a question, half the time you wont know when they are asking a question. It's just an awful American West coast fad. These fads have a nasty habit of taking off over here.

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:00 pm  

Pepe wrote:

Those f*****g Teutul's aren't helping either. Why people want to sound like a thick, pink haired, Californian bimbo I have no idea.




I agree, but there are acceptable limits to everything. It makes me grind my teeth whenever I hear it. It's nothing to do with being a language Nazi. If people sound every f******g sentence like they're asking a question, half the time you wont know when they are asking a question. It's just an awful American West coast fad. These fads have a nasty habit of taking off over here.

But in this case, on this message board, I've seen people put a question mark after a sentence if they're not quite sure and want confirmation.

It's not the same as what you're talking about.

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:09 pm  

Chris Dalton wrote:

But in this case, on this message board, I've seen people put a question mark after a sentence if they're not quite sure and want confirmation.

It's not the same as what you're talking about.

When I made my first remark I wasn't having a go at the poster that put the question mark at the end of his non question. I was making an flippant observation to 'Dirfstu ad Dreyma' about a far worse issue than the post of 'Bertie Magoo's PA'.

That's hardly being a language Nazi as I was not having a go at 'Bertie Magoo's PA'.

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:35 am  

Pepe wrote:

When I made my first remark I wasn't having a go at the poster that put the question mark at the end of his non question. I was making an flippant observation to 'Dirfstu ad Dreyma' about a far worse issue than the post of 'Bertie Magoo's PA'.

That's hardly being a language Nazi as I was not having a go at 'Bertie Magoo's PA'.

I was merely taking the mickey out of WREs 'no need for it' post.

I don't really care where a question mark goes. Sorry for starting a massive debate!

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:41 am  

Dirfstu ad Dreyma wrote:

I was merely taking the mickey out of WREs 'no need for it' post.

I don't really care where a question mark goes. Sorry for starting a massive debate!

I wasn't having a go at you either.

F*****g hell I can't derail a thread without upsetting everybody now.