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26-12-2011, 16:02
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Re: Linguistic tic's and crutches
The collapse of standards in the English language can be blamed on one man. That man is Ali G, innit.
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26-12-2011, 16:09
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Where should I start?
Wanna and wannabe's... I'm good - instead of I'm fine/well I'm cool (dress up warmer!) AWESOME (makes me feel like I want to throw up!) One that really gets me irritated is the way the BBC presenter Ben Fogle (rather lovely chap) can't pronounce "THE". It should be pronounced "THEE" in front of a vowel and he always says "THE" as in the book....his parents should sue his Public School 
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People saying " i havn't done nothing" it really does my head in
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26-12-2011, 16:18
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26-12-2011, 16:22
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26-12-2011, 16:25
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When people use 'them' instead of 'those'. As in 'them' people. Or 'Get me them tins of beans'
Mind you, at the time of Shakespeare people complained about the poor grammar in his work. |
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26-12-2011, 16:27
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26-12-2011, 16:28
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26-12-2011, 16:37
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There is a dj on 2Br or the Bee i can't remember which, who is very lazy with his speech and says "free " instead of three and generally does not enunciate properly. I am not saying i am not guilty of bad speech or grammar or spelling (minuet) but these people are paid to speak for a living so the least they could do is get it right.
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26-12-2011, 17:01
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Can you imagine what it is like trying to teach this language to young Italians. As they are forever on Internet or listening to music(and lyrics) on You Tube, they come into class convinced their knowledge and pronunciation is perfect.
One of the most worrying examples is the pronunciation of 'the' as 'de'. One smart alec even made me listen to some English singers who actually pronounced 'the' as 'de' throughout the songs, and I have noticed many young Americans committing the same sin!! Help!! |
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26-12-2011, 17:11
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 My best one was "i always put a candle in the widow every Halloween" someone asked if she didn't mind... That is a "typo" -new word which I have recently learned from my Trivia teacher -I see that A-B also used it here. I am still living with 1980's English and have much to learn...
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26-12-2011, 17:14
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They spell like they text on internet games too which doesn't help either. 
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26-12-2011, 18:21
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I think footballers have got this art of being interviewed down to a tee, one just uses urm after everything he says, and he earns about £5 million a year
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Shouldn't that be A-b?
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