he's went and quite literally posted..

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:13 am

To be honest with you, here's an occasional thread for any saddo like me who at this moment in time is increasingly irritated by pundit-talk... This embraces a wide variety of aberrations including:

1. Use of special pundit tenses. "He's went straight past the defender."
2. preposterous use of the word "literally" (and "ironic")
3. over-excessive use of "fillers" and cliches - "at this moment in time" / "to be honest with you"
4. sheer stupidness - "they've got to come out and give 200%"
5. other pundit-mangling that I've forgotten about

(not a colemanballs thread)

I'm so sad that I shout at the radio when I hear it - BUT - it's not quite as easy to do as it sounds.. I can't do it off the cuff as they do - maybe I should give them more respect, because mangling the English language is not as easy as it sounds!

so..

this thread is for anyone who wants to report such abuses that they have heard - or more importantly - for those who want to practise their own pundit-talk ready for the day when that call comes from the BBC or from SkySpurts

I'm inviting you to describe any topic of general interest re. BWFC - only you have to do it in pundit stylee... (it's not as easy as you think!)

I may even select a "star post" every now and again! (just a bit of fun....)

(PS - in case there are any pundits reading (Alan Green??), I do know it is harder to speak proper when it's live and you simply have to talk unprompted when the microphone is shoved at you, but..... there are limits!!)

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:19 am

Can I add ''he's done fantastic''

Sets my teeth right on edge. They either mean a DC comic hero has been assaulted or that a certain player has played fantasticALLY.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:32 am

The team are ....

No the team IS......

come on now, gents.

"The boys done good"

"he scores goals for fun" - no it's his fecking job!!!!

"that's an almighty crack he's given it" - he's God is he?

"There's no time left" - you mean apart from those minutes remaining?

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:16 pm

"Surely the last throw of the dice" I thought gambling wasnt allowed when players are participating in a certain match

warthog · Post by **warthog** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:47 pm

The misuse of 'literally' drives me nuts.

At least the phrase 'at the end of the day' seems to have er, had it's day.

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:27 pm

heard in the commenatary on the Arsenal game today..

"The whole crowd's woke up.."

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:45 pm

Use of the word "obviously" by Lucozade swigging (at £70 per shot-to-camera) players, after a game.

I reckon that we could have a little game here of -who says "Obviously" the most in a single interview?

I'd have to say that our very own SKD is worth a fiver each way.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:48 pm

Curbs "It's ironic I ended up back at the club I played for"

Needs to be taught the meaning of the fecking word. Illiterate nice person.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:54 pm

Batman wrote:Curbs "It's ironic I ended up back at the club I played for"

Needs to be taught the meaning of the fecking word. Illiterate tw*t.

Arrrrrrgh, you're going start me off on that excruciatingly hormonal, Canadian bint in a minute.

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:56 pm

in the 5-live-xtra commentary today (which was seven shades of shite!)

Girl-commentator: What was that freekick for?
stupid man pundit: The ref's give it for a push on the bolton goalie.

americantrotter · Post by **americantrotter** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:15 pm

The commantator today mentioned that we drew Aston Villa in the reverse fixture last year.....at the JJB

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:35 pm

americantrotter wrote:The commantator today mentioned that we drew Aston Villa in the reverse fixture last year.....at the JJB

a caricature-athon??

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:12 am

Bruce Rioja wrote: I'd have to say that our very own SKD is worth a fiver each way.

...... think about it!!

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 12:45 pm

Not so much pundits - but post-match interviewers (but has spread like a particularly virulent rash across the whole of radio...)

bonkers use of the words "yourself, myself" when the right word is simply "you" or "me"

eg.. "Davo's flicked it over to myself and I've just hit it, and it's went in." (multiple points for that one!)

and I heard a cricket interviewer asking about selection for the ashes tour:

"When did Duncan Fletcher phone yourself to tell you that you were going to Australia?"

Aaaaaaaaaaagghh!!!!"

(similarly (though not so often in football commentary!) the word "criminality" now having totally replaced the word "crime" - why??)

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:24 pm

The BBC as-it-happens report on the Chelsea-Everton game:

This fixture has a reputation for being a physical contest rather than a football showpiece.
There's been eight red cards in the last 11 meetings between the two sides.

warthog · Post by **warthog** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:29 pm

Alan Curbishley - "Two and two don't always make four"

Tony Cottee - "If they (Everton) can keep it at 1-0 they'll have a great chance of getting something out of this game."

a1 · Post by a1 » Sun Dec 17, 2006 3:34 pm

thebish wrote:in the 5-live-xtra commentary today (which was seven shades of shite!)

Girl-commentator: What was that freekick for?
stupid man pundit: The ref's give it for a push on the bolton goalie.

whats wrong with that?

the "the ref's give" part ? when youre thinking its 'gave' ?

- 's is a contraction , so -unsquashed- it wouldve been the " ref has give it " - which is right ..

if it was- "the ref has gave it " , it would've been hella wrong..

"the ref gave it " wouldve bin right tho...

....

you made the same mistake with the "the crowd's woke up" one , as well ... either that or youre thinking 's means 2 and are thinking "how the christ can there be 2 crowds at a football match?"

and again with the everton chelsea one....

it's means it has ...

this thread is a nitpickers Achilles Heel ...

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 3:47 pm

whats wrong with that?

the "the ref's give" part ? when youre thinking its 'gave' ?

- 's is a contraction , so -unsquashed- it wouldve been the " ref has give it " - which is right ..

if it was- "the ref has gave it " , it woudlve been hella wrong..

"the ref gave it " wouldve bin right tho...

you made the same mistake with the "the crowd's woke up" one , as well ... either that or youre thinking 's means 2 and are thinking "how the christ can there be 2 crowds at a football match?"

and again with the everton chelsea one....

it's means it has ...

this thread is a nitpickers Achilles Heel ...[/quote]

errr... no!!

"The ref has give it" is NOT right.. "The ref has given it" would be...

neither is "the crowd has woke up" correct - "the crowd has woken up" would be...

which school did you go to? re you o drugs??

Phil

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 3:58 pm

americantrotter wrote:The commantator today mentioned that we drew Aston Villa in the reverse fixture last year.....at the JJB

Yes, the commentator said we would be playing them the last game of the season at JJB. I thought that was a bit odd - but I forgave him since he said the referee was a little harsh on us regarding some of the "infractions".

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 4:18 pm

a1 wrote:
thebish wrote:in the 5-live-xtra commentary today (which was seven shades of shite!)

Girl-commentator: What was that freekick for?
stupid man pundit: The ref's give it for a push on the bolton goalie.
whats wrong with that?

the "the ref's give" part ? when youre thinking its 'gave' ?

- 's is a contraction , so -unsquashed- it wouldve been the " ref has give it " - which is right ..

if it was- "the ref has gave it " , it would've been hella wrong..

"the ref gave it " wouldve bin right tho...

....

you made the same mistake with the "the crowd's woke up" one , as well ... either that or youre thinking 's means 2 and are thinking "how the christ can there be 2 crowds at a football match?"

and again with the everton chelsea one....

it's means it has ...

this thread is a nitpickers Achilles Heel ...

You're taking the piss, right?

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