Bad Words etc

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:04 pm

bobby5 wrote:Any word spoken with a Welsh accent.

aye ... tidy !!

Though the "Welsh accent" around these parts is a cross between Cheshire, Manc & Scouse. Though they add "yeah?" or "like" to the end of almost every sentence, like ... yeah ?

... and they appear utterly incapable of not doiing "can you borrow me (something) ,,, " when thet wish that you lend them an item.

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:40 pm

I quite dislike the modern way of using the word "concerning" instead of worrying..

the situation in Georgia is quite concerning...

just sounds odd to me...

BwfcDan · Post by **BwfcDan** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:11 pm

thebish wrote:I quite dislike the modern way of using the word "concerning" instead of worrying..

the situation in Georgia is quite concerning...

just sounds odd to me...

I think the situation with the low crowds at the reebok are quite concerning...

Puskas · Post by **Puskas** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:16 pm

Burglarized.
Who the flippin bastard uses "burglarized"?
I'll tell you - Yanks.
A ridiculous and hugely ugly example of their tendency to create unnecessary verbs where perfectly good ones (to burgle, anyone?) already exist.

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:36 pm

thebish wrote:I quite dislike the modern way of using the word "concerning" instead of worrying..

the situation in Georgia is quite concerning...

just sounds odd to me...

Yet surely you would be concerned about that situation, Bish.

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:51 pm

BwfcDan wrote:
thebish wrote:I quite dislike the modern way of using the word "concerning" instead of worrying..

the situation in Georgia is quite concerning...

just sounds odd to me...
I think the situation with the low crowds at the reebok are quite concerning...

is!!!

David Lee's Hair · Post by **David Lee's Hair** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:34 pm

Monday Morning

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:10 pm

David Lee's Hair wrote:Monday Morning

the phrase "Monday Morning" irritates you?

or is this an alternative game to Mornington Crescent?

in which case - I play.......

Saturday Evening

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:11 pm

I could probably point to just about any utterance of every single football pundit ever. However, get this for a double, nay, triple whammy.

First off, Gary 'as a former professional footballer' Stevens, talking like a piss-poor Lloyd Grossman impersonator (as if that's not enough) comes out with "Your Beckhams, your Rooneys, your Lampards, your Joe Coles" and if you haven't twatted the radio by this point then you'll hear him cap it all off with "of this world".

Aaaaaarrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhh !!!!!!!

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:16 pm

Double Whammy??

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:33 pm

I thought this was your most hated phrase Bruce.."it's still your shot"

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:18 am

Lord Kangana wrote:Double Whammy??

Nay, triple.

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:30 am

thebish wrote:
David Lee's Hair wrote:Monday Morning
the phrase "Monday Morning" irritates you?

or is this an alternative game to Mornington Crescent?

in which case - I play.......

Saturday Evening

Fooks me off no end.

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:27 am

" ... he gave it 110% ...".

What a crock of shite that phrase is ... the sporting equivilant of putting your amp up to 11.

David Lee's Hair · Post by **David Lee's Hair** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:40 am

thebish wrote:
David Lee's Hair wrote:Monday Morning
the phrase "Monday Morning" irritates you?

or is this an alternative game to Mornington Crescent?

in which case - I play.......

Saturday Evening

The phrase bish, it's more the impending feeling of dread it gives me, and the unnerving feeling I've wasted my weekend on the lash yet again

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:24 pm

ahh - I'll give you Monday Morning then!

and raise you...

"going forward" or "moving forward" as a way to deflect a question about something THEY have done and been responsible for for YEARS and trying to suggest something will change.

DSB quoted an example of its use in a slightly different but equally irritating way in his prozone quotage..

Chris Evans, Bolton Wanderers Assistant Manager, commented, “We're delighted to have extended the Club's long standing partnership with ProZone. The system provides us with invaluable performance insights and we trust the ProZone data implicitly. Our long-term commitment moving forward reflects this and will enable ProZone to invest even more into their products, technology and service."

the "moving forward" here adds NOTHING

JUST STOP IT!!!

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:17 pm

"to be fair"

which usually precedes either something grossly unfair (cf. "with respect") or a placement of guilt on either the speaker or listener

"to be fair, you weren't playing well yourself mate" (note "mate" added as emollient)
"to be fair, I should have done this by now" (no, if you wanted to be fair, you'd have done it)
"to be fair, she was hideously ugly"

I'm also noticing a creeping use of the wrong person when bosses check up how you're doing with an allotted task. "How are we doing with those reports, Barnet?" "Well I've been too busy with all this other shite, have you any intention of getting off your arse and started them?"

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:11 am

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
I'm also noticing a creeping use of the wrong person when bosses check up how you're doing with an allotted task. "How are we doing with those reports, Barnet?" "Well I've been too busy with all this other shite, have you any intention of getting off your arse and started them?"

yeah - VERY irritating... I think it is a subconscious attempt to be less confrontational..

funnily enough - I was talking about this the other day with another vicar-type - about preaching - and the almost universal tendency for preachers nowadays to "we-ify" and "us-ify" everything they say.

on the surface - very inclusive and not setting the clergy apart - but I reckon 99% it is not meant and it is obviously not meant - the preacher quite obviously means "you (plural)" but says "we" and thus comes across as patronizing (or, rather, (before anyone else says it!), more patronizing than usual!. It also has the effect of de-personalising everything s/he says and taking away most of its force/impact.

for a staggeringly awesome example of a vicar NOT doing this - see here! http://www.larknews.com/august_2008/sec ... php?page=1

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:20 am

God bless America.

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:26 am

thebish wrote:
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:I'm also noticing a creeping use of the wrong person when bosses check up how you're doing with an allotted task. "How are we doing with those reports, Barnet?" "Well I've been too busy with all this other shite, have you any intention of getting off your arse and started them?"
yeah - VERY irritating... I think it is a subconscious attempt to be less confrontational...

Not too subconscious, Bish; it's transparently disingenuous. Transparent to everyone. That's what makes it so irksome, I think.

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