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‘We’re being too reactionary!’ when shouted at a football match.
No. We’re being too reactive. Reactionary means an ultra conservative outlook and the opposition to progress and reform.2 -
Aksed!Stig said:
This one's correct. I believe we may have had this discussion before (I've certainly had it with someone). I'd dig out the thread, but I can't be asked.Covered End said:I can't be asked.
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Agree with you on that. I thought we were heading into Asked v Arsed territory.PrincessFiona said:
Aksed!Stig said:
This one's correct. I believe we may have had this discussion before (I've certainly had it with someone). I'd dig out the thread, but I can't be asked.Covered End said:I can't be asked.
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Lol. Annoying when the k is pronounced before the sStig said:
Agree with you on that. I thought we were heading into Asked v Arsed territory.PrincessFiona said:
Aksed!Stig said:
This one's correct. I believe we may have had this discussion before (I've certainly had it with someone). I'd dig out the thread, but I can't be asked.Covered End said:I can't be asked.
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For accusing the poster of copying Dave Gorman. Which you pacifically did.golfaddick said:
I'm not sure what you want me to apologise for.......the fact that you haven't seen a tv programme that was on the subject that you raise a thread about (and actually used the phrase "doggy dog" - and that you specifically said it was something that you had heard to have been said) or for calling you out on it.lordromford said:
Lol. I’m just waiting for the apology. Shouldn’t be waiting too long - golfie always admits when he’s wrong... 😉Off_it said:
That's where you've gone wrong. You're not allowed to start a topic about anything Golfie has already seen on the TV.lordromford said:
Ok. Never seen it.golfaddick said:
Dave Gorman done an episode on this very subject - even using the "doggy dog world" phrase (which I have never heard of before or since).lordromford said:
Eh?golfaddick said:
Thats it mate, just copy Dave Gorman why don't you.lordromford said:Reading the excellent @LouisMend interview with Lee Bowyer, I was tickled to see that Louis is under the impression that the word “respite” is spelled “rest-bite”.
This reminded me of the excellent episode of ‘The IT Crowd’ where Jen thinks “put her on a pedestal” is “put her on a pedal-stool”
and Roy thinks “Damp Squib” is “Damp squid”
I’ve heard that some people think the phrase “It’s a dog eat dog world” is “It’s a doggy-dog world”
I’m now trying to think of others, but what are your favourite language blind spots?
Regardless of whether you've seen it or not.
Doesn't really matter. I humbly apologise for god knows what.4 -
The whole asked v aksed thing is interesting. It used to be that aksed was correct in the 17th century. It evolved to asked in England but stayed the old way in the West Indies and was brought back in the 20th century by Caribbean migrants.1
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But don't people say arksed not aksed (or asked) now?rananegra said:The whole asked v aksed thing is interesting. It used to be that aksed was correct in the 17th century. It evolved to asked in England but stayed the old way in the West Indies and was brought back in the 20th century by Caribbean migrants.0 -
Didn’t know that, more in link below.rananegra said:The whole asked v aksed thing is interesting. It used to be that aksed was correct in the 17th century. It evolved to asked in England but stayed the old way in the West Indies and was brought back in the 20th century by Caribbean migrants.0 -
Jesus Christ. I wasn’t serious. Have a day off from being miserable for crying out loud.golfaddick said:
I'm not sure what you want me to apologise for.......the fact that you haven't seen a tv programme that was on the subject that you raise a thread about (and actually used the phrase "doggy dog" - and that you specifically said it was something that you had heard to have been said) or for calling you out on it.lordromford said:
Lol. I’m just waiting for the apology. Shouldn’t be waiting too long - golfie always admits when he’s wrong... 😉Off_it said:
That's where you've gone wrong. You're not allowed to start a topic about anything Golfie has already seen on the TV.lordromford said:
Ok. Never seen it.golfaddick said:
Dave Gorman done an episode on this very subject - even using the "doggy dog world" phrase (which I have never heard of before or since).lordromford said:
Eh?golfaddick said:
Thats it mate, just copy Dave Gorman why don't you.lordromford said:Reading the excellent @LouisMend interview with Lee Bowyer, I was tickled to see that Louis is under the impression that the word “respite” is spelled “rest-bite”.
This reminded me of the excellent episode of ‘The IT Crowd’ where Jen thinks “put her on a pedestal” is “put her on a pedal-stool”
and Roy thinks “Damp Squib” is “Damp squid”
I’ve heard that some people think the phrase “It’s a dog eat dog world” is “It’s a doggy-dog world”
I’m now trying to think of others, but what are your favourite language blind spots?
Regardless of whether you've seen it or not.
Doesn't really matter. I humbly apologise for god knows what.0 -
Piers Morgan just now on GMB: “it beggars the question”. It beggars belief he said that and begs the question if he knows what he’s talking about.3
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If I see one more person writing about heard immunity, I think I will try and infect them with something myself.1
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Paul Konchelsky.
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Apology accepted.golfaddick said:
I'm not sure what you want me to apologise for.......the fact that you haven't seen a tv programme that was on the subject that you raise a thread about (and actually used the phrase "doggy dog" - and that you specifically said it was something that you had heard to have been said) or for calling you out on it.lordromford said:
Lol. I’m just waiting for the apology. Shouldn’t be waiting too long - golfie always admits when he’s wrong... 😉Off_it said:
That's where you've gone wrong. You're not allowed to start a topic about anything Golfie has already seen on the TV.lordromford said:
Ok. Never seen it.golfaddick said:
Dave Gorman done an episode on this very subject - even using the "doggy dog world" phrase (which I have never heard of before or since).lordromford said:
Eh?golfaddick said:
Thats it mate, just copy Dave Gorman why don't you.lordromford said:Reading the excellent @LouisMend interview with Lee Bowyer, I was tickled to see that Louis is under the impression that the word “respite” is spelled “rest-bite”.
This reminded me of the excellent episode of ‘The IT Crowd’ where Jen thinks “put her on a pedestal” is “put her on a pedal-stool”
and Roy thinks “Damp Squib” is “Damp squid”
I’ve heard that some people think the phrase “It’s a dog eat dog world” is “It’s a doggy-dog world”
I’m now trying to think of others, but what are your favourite language blind spots?
Regardless of whether you've seen it or not.
Doesn't really matter. I humbly apologise for god knows what.
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Wasn't he asked what part of Bulgaria he comes from and he replied Barking.Brendan_O_Connell said:Paul Konchelsky.0 -
The difference between "amount" and "number".For example, it's "amount of beer" but "number of pints".1
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People who use the word prawns instead of pawns in naming chess pieces.0
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Heart rendering instead of heart rending.Your heart has been torn apart not smoothed over with sand and cement.
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Priti Patel consistently says "counterterrorism offences".
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People actually shout ‘we’re being too reactionary!’ at a football match?Uboat said:‘We’re being too reactionary!’ when shouted at a football match.
No. We’re being too reactive. Reactionary means an ultra conservative outlook and the opposition to progress and reform.
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People who use the word ‘literally’ wrongly. I am literally going to explode if I don’t get a few likes for this.
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Do you mean"literally"?thai malaysia addick said:People who use the word ‘literarily’ wrongly. I am literarily going to explode if I don’t get a few likes for this.
"Literarily" means in relation to literature.5 -
I bet @SoundAsa£ is loving this thread!1
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And I thought I could spell. Note to self: never post before 7am. I am literally going to tear my hair out at my incompetence.Wheresmeticket? said:
Do you mean"literally"?thai malaysia addick said:People who use the word ‘literarily’ wrongly. I am literarily going to explode if I don’t get a few likes for this.
"Literarily" means in relation to literature.2 -
When will crowds be aloud back at games? 🤦♂️3
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Someone didn't quite get this right.
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I just read a post on facebook where someone wrote: "..you feel like you have been pushed [from] pillow to post".
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Is that Bogle's way out of training?Raith_C_Chattonell said:0 -
Both "think" and "thing" make sense, in different ways.Leroy Ambrose said:
... Is actually correct. 'Thing' makes no sense, and appears to have entered usage because Glen Tipton and Rob Halford were ignorant brummies...Addickted said:You've got another think coming.
For all intensive purposes.
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This thread could run and run for the site's pedants.......
For instance, a teacher says to their pupils: "If you think you can get away with not revising properly and still pass your exams...
...you've got another think coming" means 'You need to rethink'.
...you've got another thing coming" means 'Something else will happen [i.e. you will fail your exams]'.
If "thing" is indeed the more recent usage, then it's surely because we run together the "k" at the end of "think" and the "c" at the beginning of "coming" rather than because of any ignorance.
But both are absolutely fine :-)0 -
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