Man City are complete failures! Let's all laugh at 'em!

[Montreal Wanderer]

Cmon HRG, I have a lot of respect for you, don't threaten that by using action as a verb

DSB, "exit" as a verb, yes or no?

Whyever not? Single characters have been exiting stage left for years, even if multiple one exeunt omnes.

Only just seen this. As Montgomery of Canada points out, it's long been used in stage directions; however, I'm struggling to come up with another instance in which it couldn't be replaced to better effect with "leave" or some other simple verb. (I'm all ears for examples.)

I refer again to George Orwell's rules, often ignored (including by me), never bettered.

1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

Anyway, Citeh...

Hmmm! Well, exit is not a metaphor or simile, AND it is shorter than leave.

In today's virtual, world we exit computer programs, we don't leave them. We also exit highways because we take the exit - we don't take the leave (unless French). In the card game bridge players exit with a club (or some other suit). There are many examples of the verb other than stage directions.

This said, exit is Latin coming to use from the Norman conquest no doubt. Leave comes from the original Anglo-Saxon. Both therefore are permissible. After the Conquest, in courts of law both the French and old English words were used to describe a single thing so both parties would understand. Indeed this persists to this day when we talk of "peers and equals", "heirs and assigns", "will and testament", etc.

So I say again, whyever not? Over to you DSB and PB!

[reddy!]

City are a more successful club than use though.

[Batman]

City are a more successful club than use though.

hol-ee shit

we really need to start vetting new members

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Cmon HRG, I have a lot of respect for you, don't threaten that by using action as a verb

DSB, "exit" as a verb, yes or no?

Whyever not? Single characters have been exiting stage left for years, even if multiple one exeunt omnes.

Only just seen this. As Montgomery of Canada points out, it's long been used in stage directions; however, I'm struggling to come up with another instance in which it couldn't be replaced to better effect with "leave" or some other simple verb. (I'm all ears for examples.)

I refer again to George Orwell's rules, often ignored (including by me), never bettered.

1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

Anyway, Citeh...

Hmmm! Well, exit is not a metaphor or simile, AND it is shorter than leave.

In today's virtual, world we exit computer programs, we don't leave them. We also exit highways because we take the exit - we don't take the leave (unless French). In the card game bridge players exit with a club (or some other suit). There are many examples of the verb other than stage directions.

This said, exit is Latin coming to use from the Norman conquest no doubt. Leave comes from the original Anglo-Saxon. Both therefore are permissible. After the Conquest, in courts of law both the French and old English words were used to describe a single thing so both parties would understand. Indeed this persists to this day when we talk of "peers and equals", "heirs and assigns", "will and testament", etc.

So I say again, whyever not? Over to you DSB and PB!

Both are permissible if you insist: such is the beauty of English. But Mummy asked me for a preference, and I find "exit" ugly as a verb. So thanks, but I'll leave it.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Both are permissible if you insist: such is the beauty of English. But Mummy asked me for a preference, and I find "exit" ugly as a verb. So thanks, but I'll leave it.

Certainly no argument there. Actually I don't use it much except in the instances I came up! So I'll exit stage left.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Both are permissible if you insist: such is the beauty of English. But Mummy asked me for a preference, and I find "exit" ugly as a verb. So thanks, but I'll leave it.

Certainly no argument there. Actually I don't use it much except in the instances I came up! So I'll exit stage left.

Five leaves left...

[Verbal]

*bump*

Oh dear.

[Bruce Rioja]

*bump*

Oh dear.

Ok, I'll have a go;

I bump
You bump
He/she/it bumps

You (pl) bump
We bump
They bump

How did I do?

Oh, and as for Citeh?

[bobo the clown]

I just LOVE Citeh fans panicking.

Because they are so massive, they have absolutley NO sense of perspective.

This is on one of their sites this evening ...

... we need to get players of high quality.I am talking about the likes of,Alonso,Diarra,Cole,Santa Cruz and have now come around to the idea of taking SWP back.Also do you guys rate Palacios at Wigan? ...

Their chairman is being reviewed (15m late, but hey-ho) ... has his fortune in purhah ... wanted by his Government ... trying to sell players from under his manager's nose ... losing at home to a Danish version of Doncaster Rovers ... manager in turmoil ...... yet they think they can bully their way to signing players of this calibre, cost and unavailability.

Amazing !!

[Verbal]

lucky motherfrickers.

[Batman]

never works, going back

[bobby5]

I used to enjoy listening to GMR after the match, listening to City fans. What a bunch of c*nts.

[communistworkethic]

that's all they ever allow on, might aswell be called Radio Citeh

[BWFC_Wyles]

They may as well bring that Citeh c&nt Gary Owen over from Century as well! He's great when someone texts in about how sh** Citeh are!

[Worthy4England]

They may as well bring that Citeh c&nt Gary Owen over from Century as well! He's great when someone texts in about how sh** Citeh are!

Can remember that diving nice person being fouled on the half way line at Burnden and managing to land in the fecking penalty area....Soddin bog-eyed ref gave it as a pengy as well...bastard.

[The Sky is Blue]

*super massive BUMP*

[BwfcDan]

*super massive BUMP*

Nope. LEAP!!

[Tombwfc]

£32mil for Robinho

No ambition Megson.

[Soldier_Of_The_White_Army]

*super massive BUMP*

Your supposed to slow down at pelican crossings FFS!!

[CrazyHorse]

*super massive BUMP*

Is that the sound of you lot crashing down to earth when it all goes titsup?