Russell Saxton Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Would of and and should of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padishar Creel Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 so summing up this thread: Awright Andy? Doing good? I just had a thought, Joe Blogs, could of been Britains Olympic hope, innit? Bu', nah a mean, he failed to get through the heats? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
multiprinter Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 so summing up this thread: Awright Andy? Doing good? I just had a thought, Joe Blogs, could of been Britains Olympic hope, innit? Bu', nah a mean, he failed to get through the heats? Yeah right it was like too big an ask Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belsay Lad Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 One that was a stalwart of the Railway Modeller in the days of CJF? 'The/A ubiquitous ...' could be used to describe anything from a loco to a railway refreshment room sandwich! Fortunately that pharse seems to have disappeared Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor Charon Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 How about "I stand corrected" when most of us are sitting. I have actually said that, and then added. "Alright, I *sit* corrected." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(W) Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I've been muttering to myself in the background since this thread started and can contain myself no longer, Matron. My particular pet peeves (apart from poor attempts at alliteration) are, in no particular order: "Welcome along", generally gushed by TV and radio 'talent'. Why is the preposition needed?; "Win yourself" a prize, or similar, too often trilled by TV and radio comperes. Why the reflexive form?; and, "Look" used as an introductory ###### when answering a taxing question. It seems to have started in the Antipodes a few short years ago and been particularly favoured by Australian cricketers when trying to explain why performances had failed to meet expectations; Ponting was a prolific repeat offender. But now it has been carried, like an embarrassing disease, to our shores and spread from the bars of Earl's Court to infect all those who bluster professionally: Philip Hammond (Transport Secretary) and Ed Balls (Shadow Chancellor) have been cruelly struck down. I see it as the sharp, verbal equivalent of a pointing, wagging finger, but the affliction has mutated and can also manifest itself as a patronising intonation. Either way, it's just rude and, dare I say, unBritish. The above irritate, but my most mordant imprecations are visited upon the phrase "train station". I don't really know why - it could be because it smacks of mid-Atlanticism (a freshly minted phrase for you) and is redolent of reversed baseball caps, lager, i-gadgets, T20 cricket (and its bastard spawn, IPL), Twitter, non-barometric weather charts, the micrometre replacing the micron - well, you get the picture. Nurse! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 How about "its nearly Christmas" from TV/radio etc in September! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 15, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2011 The above irritate, but my most mordant imprecations are visited upon the phrase "train station". It is going from bad to appalling in that respect as the other evening on the BBC tv news I heard the expression 'new train line' used in reference to Govt intentions to build new railway routes. I wonder if that moronic ticket agency advert is to blame for this further decline? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Don't blame "train station" on the Americans! There's enough crap over here without foisting that one! In fact I'd go so far to say that blaming bad English on Americans, in general, is a way of washing the collective English hands of perceived bad English originating within the sceptered isle. Cheers, Pete. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 15, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2011 Don't blame "train station" on the Americans! There's enough crap over here without foisting that one! In fact I'd go so far to say that blaming bad English on Americans, in general, is a way of washing the collective English hands of perceived bad English originating within the sceptered isle. Cheers, Pete. And a failure to appreciate that English is constantly evolving whether we like it or not. That's why it is one of the most vibrant world languages. It has constantly imported and assimilated words and phrases from other tongues and popular usage. If it didn't evolve it would be as dead as Latin is as an everyday modern language. Keith 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I know its irritating, buts whats wrong with train station, after all, you catch a bus at a bus station, and the tube at a tube station. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 If it didn't evolve it would be as dead as Latin is as an everyday modern language. Keith Or French. The worst way to protect a language is to protect it. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Or French. The worst way to protect a language is to protect it. The most pointless exercise "since 'How To Learn French' was translated into....French...." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Y'know, there's no point in complaining about "in" words and phrases you don't like. Sooner or later most of them will disappear - as is the way of all fashion - most probably to be replaced by something else that irritates just as much. Those that are genuinely useful will survive; that's the way language develops. On the other hand, those who dress or speak fashionably are asking for it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil-Essex Posted September 15, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2011 I hate it when people post "You have a PM" in a thread. I also hate the overuse of the word like. "I like went to the shops" ??? argh 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointstaken Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Current nonsense - sales "moved into negative territory", instead of sales "fell". Rather a tiresome phrase. Dennis Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 (edited) I know its irritating, buts whats wrong with train station, after all, you catch a bus at a bus station, and the tube at a tube station. The way I've heard it quoted is this: FIREmen work at a FIRE station POLICEmen work at a POLICE station BUS crews work at/from a BUS station RAILWAYmen work at/from a RAILWAY station besides.....Its proper Inglish like wot I was brung up wiv to say RAILWAY station.... Stewart Edited September 15, 2011 by stewartingram Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mod5 Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 As interesting as this thread is we have been through this bit about Train station many times and see little point in going through it all once more. So if someone would like to move the thread away from there it would be much appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dilbert Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I know its irritating, buts whats wrong with train station, after all, you catch a bus at a bus station, and the tube at a tube station. You catch a cold at the doctor's surgery... dilbert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted September 15, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2011 (edited) .......and sometimes, if you are very lucky, you can catch a doctor. A phrase that irritates me, for no reason that I can put my finger on, is someone claiming that they are 'growing' their business/finances etc. Yes, I know businesses do grow but someone growing one just doesn't sit well with me. Edited September 15, 2011 by BoD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted September 15, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2011 "Managing change" = current localgovspeak for thinking of, implementing, coping with or suffering from CUTS. Roll on retirement! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 15, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2011 "Managing change" = current localgovspeak for thinking of, implementing, coping with or suffering from CUTS. Roll on retirement! Just you wait 'til you get 'change management' (which is a slightly more mature version but the first time I heard it I thought it was something to do with the stuff in one of my jacket pockets). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointstaken Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Sorry, Mike I thought "change management" was booting out the old management, and importing a new load of incompetents ! Dennis Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 15, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2011 Sorry, Mike I thought "change management" was booting out the old management, and importing a new load of incompetents ! Dennis I think it's like quite a lot of these buzzwords or phrases we hear nowadays - the folk who invent them tend to overlook the potential for, often literal, alternative meanings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Howe Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I've just spent many happy minutes reading this thread; for my tuppence-worth, I'd just like to say I think you're all giving 110% with your contributions! Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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