woolybanana Posted April 9, 2011 Author Share Posted April 9, 2011 So, prostate cancer is masculine of feminine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 I don't know about bananas, which do not use sex to reproduce, but how many women do you know who possess a prostate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemonimo Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 With such fabulous weather, you guys should be outside fooling around in the garden.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 When did 'loose' and 'lose' become mutually interchangeable ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 9, 2011 Author Share Posted April 9, 2011 as in loose women and lose women? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSKS Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 [quote user="Russethouse"] One of my mothers carers sometimes has occasion to phone, she always says 'Sorry to distub' which I thought was quite sweet and I kind of put down to English not being her first language, however today I heard someone on the BBC say the same thing. Shouldn't it be 'Sorry to disturb you/one/him/ her ?'Is it me ? [6][/quote]It's a transitive verb so you are correct, it must act on an object. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 9, 2011 Author Share Posted April 9, 2011 Well, 'sorry to distub me' could be seen as symptomatic of a multiple personality disorder, of just plain introverted onlychildness![6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSKS Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Wouldn't ''sorry to distub'' be a peculiar way of apologising for removing someone from their bath? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 9, 2011 Author Share Posted April 9, 2011 [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Here's another example of lowering standards from an Aunty Beeb interviewer:"A great drive from yourself." Where has this come from? Why have people started using yourself when they mean you and myself when they mean me etc? Grrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 There are loads of examples that make me grind my teeth but the latest seems to be "this is very concerning"!I want to say, concerning what? Your divorce, the death of your pet dog, the end of the world? What does it concern?I won't go on or I WILL spoil my Sunday lunch....or should one really say luncheon?[:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 "A big ask.""Invite" used as a noun - as in "I got an invite from somebody.""Slippy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 As in a 'Fish called Slippy'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Football people / managers etc who are ''looking for a result'', all matches end in a result, be it good or bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 And how about a common sign in many buildings: This door is alarmed.If it were I would be terrified! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britgirl Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 I use e-bay now and again, and am always amused when I see furniture advertised with 'draws'.Still a grumpy old woman. etc.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 welcome on board. should be welcome aboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 And some of the BBC pronunciation winds me up. There is a rather well spoken presenter who is on at some ungodly hour of the weekend mornings who does a program about EU politics and constantly refers to the city of Strarsberg. Try as I might I cannot find it anwhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 You know what, Andy, I feel sooooo superior when none of the announcers/anchor bods can pronounce anything remotely French. Like Sarkozy, off the top of my head.What's happened to the famed BBC Pronunciation Unit that sorted all this kind of stuff out? I remember when they used to make them say the word "deity" over and over until they get it just right.Mind you, when it comes to Welsh names, even John Humphrys gets it wrong as he is not a Welsh speaker.I blame it all on whoever's decision it was that BBC newsreaders no longer needed to wear a dinner suit to read the news on radio![:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I wonder which of the things which irritate us now will eventually become accepted correct usage ? Women used to be 'delivered of' a child, now they 'deliver the baby'.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 so, even thay is a DIY job these days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 It's always called a "dinner jacket", Sweet 17, whether the trousers match or not.[Www][:D]I had an argument via e-mail with a certain Mr John Hindhaugh who is the lead commentator on Radio Le Mans, which does the English on-course commentary during the race. They constantly pronounce Le Mans as though it rhymes with the Fonz and the Sarthe as a person from Essex pronounces the word South. He told me that they have long discussions on the subject every year but ultimately pronounce it the English way given that the audience is British, but is still grates with me. (Unlike starting a sentence with a preposition, Hoddy, which was frowned on when I was at school but which I rather like.) I think the pronounciation thing is difficult for broadcasters as there's a fine line between correctness and pretentiousness. Do you remember Angela Rippon reading the news? When she said "guerilla" it always made me laugh, especially after Pamela Anderson's marvelous take off of her on Not the Nine O'Clock News. Do you expect your French friends to say London and Thames as we would? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Ah, yes, Coops, dinner JACKET! Of course.....Er, no tuxedos or even tux then?[:D]I agree about the pronunciation (to a point, but not entirely). I myself now have difficulty with St Malo and "premier" and a lot of similar, other stuff.Le Mans, however, is a delight. In fact, I love saying au Mans and wish my village was a masculine one so that I can say "au" ....LOL.Strangely enough, nobody seems to have a problem with Perpignan! Why is that? Have they been practising? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Here's another one which winds me up:It is correctly "The Prince of Wales's Feathers", "Bridget Jones's Diary", "Yates's Wine Lodge" etc., so why is it so often written Wales' (as in the feathers of several Princes of Wale) or Jones' (as in the diary of several people called Jone?) I was having an argument with a friend of mine about this the other day, which culminated in her saying to me (I kid you not) : "But it's St James's Park". I rest my case.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 That's a coincidence. My grand-daughter asked me about this at the weekend and I told her what I thought was the rule which is as you suggest. Because it was for her homework I looked it up and the book said both were correct.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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