Old fashioned speech

[PlacidCasual]

I generally find my younger colleagues very ignorant, I think the heavy push from knowledge to "skills" in education on the assumption you can learn any knowledge as required has robbed the under 35's of a certain breadth of understanding. They don't know lots of words and some concepts are just alien to them. Poor buggers.

 

[Rilot]

Wireless

I use that word regularly. But then I do wear a flat cap so am probably rather old-fashioned.

 

[vanpeebles]

I use that word regularly. But then I do wear a flat cap so am probably rather old-fashioned.

We need to start a club

 

[Jean-F]

We need to start a club

Yes, but you’re from County Durham, flat cap city, there’s probably a club there already, but Rilot is from Wargrave, which from my trucking days, I recall was Twyford way, not far from Reading, flat cap wearers may be a tad thin on the ground out there.

 

[vanpeebles]

Yes, but you’re from County Durham, flat cap city, there’s probably a club there already, but Rilot is from Wargrave, which from my trucking days, I recall was Twyford way, not far from Reading, flat cap wearers may be a tad thin on the ground out there.

Hehehe! That's why he needs to be in a club of like minded individuals

 

[d_brennen]

I use that word regularly. But then I do wear a flat cap so am probably rather old-fashioned.

Quite the hipster thing isn't it? Or was that last week...

 

[krooton]

I generally find my younger colleagues very ignorant, I think the heavy push from knowledge to "skills" in education on the assumption you can learn any knowledge as required has robbed the under 35's of a certain breadth of understanding. They don't know lots of words and some concepts are just alien to them. Poor buggers.

Come the apocalypse/WW3/etc, skills > vocabulary knowledge

 

[Rilot]

Quite the hipster thing isn't it? Or was that last week...

I've been wearing a flat cap for about a decade. I had no idea that they were "in" until one of the students at the school came up to me and commented: "Sweet cover man".

 

[PlacidCasual]

Come the apocalypse/WW3/etc, skills > vocabulary knowledge

I probably misrepresented myself a little, I used speech marks around the "skills" to infer not real skills or knowledge but how to write a report or prepare coursework. Knowing how empathise with some historical group as opposed to knowing what happened when and why. Thus when you are only exposed to a modern sense of learning as opposed to the old fashioned knowing stuff sense you don't get to pick up the breadth of vocabulary. Certainly come the apocalypse I won't be looking to the youth to help out because taking selfies and posting on social media won't be critical "skills".

 

[krooton]

I probably misrepresented myself a little, I used speech marks around the "skills" to infer not real skills or knowledge but how to write a report or prepare coursework. Knowing how empathise with some historical group as opposed to knowing what happened when and why. Thus when you are only exposed to a modern sense of learning as opposed to the old fashioned knowing stuff sense you don't get to pick up the breadth of vocabulary. Certainly come the apocalypse I won't be looking to the youth to help out because taking selfies and posting on social media won't be critical "skills".

I do wonder if today's youth will be similarily upset with tomorrow's youth for not knowing what 'on fleek' means

 

[dirtychinchilla]

There's a South African at work who says motorcar every time. It's a bloody car!!

 

[d_brennen]

I've been wearing a flat cap for about a decade. I had no idea that they were "in" until one of the students at the school came up to me and commented: "Sweet cover man".

Grrr... damn kids! /shakes fist

Lots of the younger "men" at my work wear them, as well as trousers that are too tight and too short. I'm sure people in there mid thirties looked at 20 year old me with similar bemusement.

I'm still bitter about beards tbh

 

[Feek]

Wireless

This really hasn't vanished and I'm not just talking about when it's linked to WiFi. I use it regularly and it's caught on locally, a whole load of my friends us it now as well.

 

[Feek]

I use that word regularly. But then I do wear a flat cap so am probably rather old-fashioned.

OK, scrolled further down and seen this post. I also wear a flat cap or a trilby and I ain't no stinkin' hipster!

 

[Jez]

Ghetto blaster

Would definitely still use this term to describe an integrated stereo with a carry handle....

 

[Chris Wilson]

Would definitely still use this term to describe an integrated stereo with a carry handle....

Surprised some group isn't trying to ban the expression... Some folk are ardently trying to ban a charity re-run of the film Zulu with Sir Michael Caine in it, to celebrate Armed Forces Day. The Mail had a lovely headline on the article this morning "Liberals, thousands of them"

 

[Merlin5]

Does anyone still say 'before you can say jack robinson'?

Do people still write 'Kilroy was here'?

Does anyone say 'Oh fiddlesticks'?

Do yanks still say 'life is swell'?

If so, I'll give them a knuckle sandwich.

But I just don't know. Anyway, see you later alligator!

 

[Rimsy]

People saying "epic" and adding ".com" to the end of a word/statement... Though the latter is nowhere near as cringe inducing as kids adding "hastag" before a word/statement.

 

[Rroff]

Cheque

 

[Dunks]

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I still use this to refer to the GF, definitely not dead!