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Brookert · 15 Dec 2011 at 12:44

Everyone inside the M25 is foreign.......

Troll of the month?

Vonhelmet · 15 Dec 2011 at 13:01

I cannot abide whatever accent it is that makes people say "lickle" instead of "little".

They sound like morons.

Pestilence · 15 Dec 2011 at 13:12

Ahleckz said:
Don't even get me started on the tattymunchers saying "that'll learn you" instead of "that'll teach you". Drives me crazy!

People actually say that seriously?

I've always only used it in a comedic sense. :eek:

a1ex2001 · 15 Dec 2011 at 13:20

Love these threads!

It's amazing how many times the OCUK grammar Nazis confuse a regional dielect for bad English. Not everyone in the UK speaks the same version of English much like our American and Australian cousins don't speak the smae version of English as us or even one version accross their respective countries. The sooner people accept this and move on the sooner we can put an end to these threads, what sounds weird and thick to you sounds perfectly normal to someone else and you will be shocked to learn that your accent and use of English may sound weird/odd/humerous to another English language speaker.

I'd also like someone to clarify at what point the English language stopped evolving and we became slaves to a defined totally inflexible set of grammar rules, it certainly hasn't always been the case or we would all be still speaking proper English and wouldn't need Shakespear translating.

Gilly · 15 Dec 2011 at 13:22

Pestilence said:
People actually say that seriously?

I've always only used it in a comedic sense.

Backwards locals in Yorkshire say learn rather than teach too. Dark places like Castleford and Doncaster. Anywhere they have webbed fingers.

Jay794 · 15 Dec 2011 at 13:26

krooton said:
Everyone who did it happened to be from the midlands

pingwing said:
It's a werid northern thing

Oh dear, please do not confuse the 2. The Midlands is called the midlands for a reason.

The were/was thing is west country/farmer speak, no idea how we ended up with it but I definitely don't say it.

simpletom · 15 Dec 2011 at 13:28

jas72 said:
couple is a singular work "a couple".

They are a couple.

I'm sure it should be is although I would probably say are myself.

True, it is not "The next couple are..." but rather "The next couple is..." as it is considered one entity. "The next couple are..." however, is correct.

Wolfe777 · 15 Dec 2011 at 13:37

Elixir said:
And Glaswegians ending random sentences with but. Know what I mean but?

I worked with an Aussie who did that too, it got contagious after a while, but.

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Gilly · 15 Dec 2011 at 13:39

I dislike it when someone ends a question with 'or...?'

'Is it fixed or...?'

'Did you carry out the fix or...?'

Just finish the question, gloit.

King Damager · 15 Dec 2011 at 14:01

Gilly said:
I dislike it when someone ends a question with 'or...?'

'Is it fixed or...?'

'Did you carry out the fix or...?'

Just finish the question, gloit.

Does this annoy you massively or...?

Less and fewer annoy me, although I get them wrong myself, so it doesn't bother me too much.

For some reason I hate it when people can't use nor correctly though... Or don't use it when they should.

kd

Jay794 · 15 Dec 2011 at 14:04

Should I start a "couldn't care less" thread instead of "could care less"

lol

alx · 15 Dec 2011 at 14:34

Jay794 said:
Oh dear, please do not confuse the 2. The Midlands is called the midlands for a reason.

The were/was thing is west country/farmer speak, no idea how we ended up with it but I definitely don't say it.

Lies. Anything above the Watford gap is the North

jas72 · 15 Dec 2011 at 14:42

Elixir said:
Irish people.

My wife is Irish and I've spent quite a bit of time there visited all parts and never heard "that'll learn ye"

read it a few times on these forums though

Gilly · 15 Dec 2011 at 14:43

alx said:
Lies. Anything above the Watford gap is the North

You got your border wrong. The south starts at Sheffield.

panyan · 15 Dec 2011 at 14:45

HummuH1 said:
No. It's widely known that everyone from outside the M25 is a retard

made me LOL

Participant · 15 Dec 2011 at 14:46

Shock as northern chav monkies fail at English.

FutileBreadMachine · 15 Dec 2011 at 14:52

Gilly said:
I dislike it when someone ends a question with 'or...?'

'Is it fixed or...?'

'Did you carry out the fix or...?'

Just finish the question, gloit.

Some guys at work say this all the time. I think it's to reduce the aggression of the question, like they think if they just end it at "Are you going to fix it now?" it will sound like the are being confrontational, but if they add "or?" to the end, it sounds like they are giving the listener a choice (which they aren't really).

Shikkaka · 15 Dec 2011 at 14:55

Birmingham "people" use 'am' instead of 'are'....

'Am you going out tonight?'

W
T
F

Mr Joshua · 15 Dec 2011 at 14:58

Sort of off topic but the amount of people who use advise instead of advice really grinds my gears!

Combat squirrel · 15 Dec 2011 at 15:05

a1ex2001 said:
Love these threads!

It's amazing how many times the OCUK grammar Nazis confuse a regional dielect for bad English. Not everyone in the UK speaks the same version of English much like our American and Australian cousins don't speak the smae version of English as us or even one version accross their respective countries. The sooner people accept this and move on the sooner we can put an end to these threads, what sounds weird and thick to you sounds perfectly normal to someone else and you will be shocked to learn that your accent and use of English may sound weird/odd/humerous to another English language speaker.

I'd also like someone to clarify at what point the English language stopped evolving and we became slaves to a defined totally inflexible set of grammar rules, it certainly hasn't always been the case or we would all be still speaking proper English and wouldn't need Shakespear translating.

This