Spongebob Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 My lads never SAY anything.........they "go".As in: "He goes, ' I don't know' , and so SHE goes ' well you ought to' " etc.Spongebob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimportequoi Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 The use of 'like' totally unecesarily (by teenagers, mostly) and it was like, she went. and the way in which sentences (not questions) now finish with the tone going up instead of down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 [quote user="SusanAH"]the way in which sentences (not questions) now finish with the tone going up instead of down.[/quote]Blame Neighbours and those that followed![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 Cassis, They speak like that in Guernsey too, and they say 'what like is it' instead of 'whats it like' Confused me where I first heard it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Hmm. Was Guernsey the home planet of Yoda? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Just passing time during the lunch hour at the office !.... Anyway.... I thought this would interest Dick as somewhere, be it on this thread or elsewhere on the forum, we were lamenting the bad usage of apostrophes. http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1581086.stm Copy and paste in your browser if you can't link from here.This year the prize has been awarded to a person who invented a 'teen-ager repellent' device. Would he be a colleague of yours Dick?.... sure you could do with such a gadget at times... possibly buy some shares in the venture! [Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Teen-ager. Gadzounds! I feel the potential for an IgNobel prize winning campaign! Harry thee, serf, bring forth mine hyphen extracting device! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"]Teen-ager. .... serf, bring forth mine hyphen extracting device! [/quote].... but Sir ... I never said that my French [Www] was perfect!! Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Teenager Is that enough Sir!... Can I go home now.... [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Alright - but don't let me catch you smoking and drinking behind the bike shed again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spongebob Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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