Strange dialect and manner of speech you have in Berkshire...
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Strange dialect and manner of speech you have in Berkshire...
Rooter
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ger'off my tractor city slicker.
chrisd
Major Champion
That's another thing ................... 4 bbb match on Saturday and the guys were touching fists each time they won a hole, it was annoying when they got to 5 up with 6 to play ................. less annoying when we eagled the first extra hole. A knowing look between me and my partner was all that was needed as we reeled them in!
CheltenhamHacker
Journeyman Pro
Why would that be annoying? Do you get annoyed when batsmen in the cricket bump fists? At least it wasn't a wild celebration! I've bumped the odd fist while playing matchplay!
Bratty
Princess Pouty (Queen of Fish Lips)
Wow! has the average age off posters gone up? their, i said it. All of you old grumpy folk, when i get to you're age me hopes that grumpiness does not set in.QUOTE]
8 grammatical errors in 4 sentences is pretty good; you even managed two mistakes with one word!
And that's the correct use of a ";" in case anyone wants to try to question that!
FairwayDodger
Money List Winner
Wow! has the average age off posters gone up? their, i said it. All of you old grumpy folk, when i get to you're age me hopes that grumpiness does not set in.QUOTE]
8 grammatical errors in 4 sentences is pretty good; you even managed two mistakes with one word!
And that's the correct use of a ";" in case anyone wants to try to question that!
Hmmm.... I think that was all deliberate...?
Bratty
Princess Pouty (Queen of Fish Lips)
Hence theand the kudos for two grammatical errors in one word. It was an attempt at praise, albeit rather veiled.
S
Snelly
Guest
I heard a phrase this morning in a bakery that I find very irritating.....
Lady serving in the shop - " Who is next please? Yes, sir?
Bloke ahead of me in the queue - "Can I GET a ham sandwich and a black coffee please?
GET ONE? Get, one? Why are you using these words you moron? Can you get one? Possibly. Where would you like to get one from?
He should have said something like "Please may I have" or "I would like". Hardly tricky is it?
Can I get? Can I get? God, it annoys me. It is a phrase, worn like a badge of honour by the pig ignorant......
Lady serving in the shop - " Who is next please? Yes, sir?
Bloke ahead of me in the queue - "Can I GET a ham sandwich and a black coffee please?
GET ONE? Get, one? Why are you using these words you moron? Can you get one? Possibly. Where would you like to get one from?
He should have said something like "Please may I have" or "I would like". Hardly tricky is it?
Can I get? Can I get? God, it annoys me. It is a phrase, worn like a badge of honour by the pig ignorant......
Rooter
Money List Winner
Hence the
Fanks! [insert hi five smiley]
Bratty
Princess Pouty (Queen of Fish Lips)
This is fast becoming one of my favourite threads of all time!
Bratty
Princess Pouty (Queen of Fish Lips)
Having real technical problems with editing at the moment!
Just thought of another that really, really bugs me: momentarily.
Momentarily means "for a moment", not "in a moment". Now usually, people accuse me of pedantry and that it doesn't matter if the meaning is conveyed. However, in this case, with this word, it matters.
As in when a pilot or steward/ess on a plane says, "the plane will be landing momentarily". PANIC!
Just thought of another that really, really bugs me: momentarily.
Momentarily means "for a moment", not "in a moment". Now usually, people accuse me of pedantry and that it doesn't matter if the meaning is conveyed. However, in this case, with this word, it matters.
As in when a pilot or steward/ess on a plane says, "the plane will be landing momentarily". PANIC!
Rooter
Money List Winner
Blame the Americans, as in the American dictionary, it means "very soon".
Have a good day now!
D
Deleted member 1147
Guest
Here's one for the golfing pedants.
Is a Stableford a strokeplay event?
I ask as I've read quite often on here posts that appear to suggest not.
Is a Stableford a strokeplay event?
I ask as I've read quite often on here posts that appear to suggest not.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
I'd say no because at the end you don't count up your total number of strokes for the round - in fact in stableford your total number of strokes for the round is irrelevant - even assuming you have completed every hole. As what matters are points how you play the game changes from how you'd play if what mattered was strokes.
rosecott
Money List Winner
32-1. Conditions
Bogey, par and Stableford competitions are forms of stroke play in which play is against a fixed score at each hole. The Rules for stroke play, so far as they are not at variance with the following specific Rules, apply.
D
Deleted member 1147
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Thought so, cheers.
MashieNiblick
Tour Winner
Have to say one that annoys me which I anticipate hearing quite a bit in coming weeks is when in football a shot hits the post or bar and the commentator says something along the lines of "saved by" or "denied by" the woodwork.
How? Did the bar move? Was the post carelessly left where it shouldn't have been?
As far as I can tell the ball missed the goal. The woodwork had nothing to do with it.
How? Did the bar move? Was the post carelessly left where it shouldn't have been?
As far as I can tell the ball missed the goal. The woodwork had nothing to do with it.
CheltenhamHacker
Journeyman Pro
Probably best if DfT doesn't look at one of the new threads "IDeas for captains day"
DaveM
Tour Winner
Im really, really loving this thread. The double negative amuses . I find.
