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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2017 8:19:30 GMT
People that call some of today's music Prog rock. a bit like calling some of today's music Punk Rock. All it can be is an imitation of what was because both were over in the 70's. So why dont people call them something like Neo-Prog or Neo-Punk & stop insulting the true genre.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 25, 2017 8:22:19 GMT
So... what I really hate is the current trend to start every sentence with the word SO .............. Radio interviews are the worst. It started a few years ago. |
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Post by Stratmangler on Sept 25, 2017 8:33:29 GMT
So... what I really hate is the current trend to start every sentence with the word SO .............. I think that's a way of speaking before the brain is in gear, rather than a polite pause. It's an American thing, and yes, it drives me nuts too. It's not as irritating as the use of rising inflection at the end of sentences, so you can't work out whether someone has just made a statement or asked a question. Australia, and especially Australian TV soap producers have a lot to answer for. They've infected the entire English speaking world with this one. Bastards! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2017 8:56:39 GMT
Text speak irritates the life out of me! It is lazy and I find it actually harder to read than English written correctly.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 25, 2017 9:04:13 GMT
Worse still is when someone says text-speak, like "LOL".  |
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Post by Stratmangler on Sept 25, 2017 9:20:48 GMT
Text speak irritates the life out of me! It is lazy and I find it actually harder to read than English written correctly. The Americans used to use something similar when I lived in the USA when I was a kid. If someone had something for sale, you'd frequently get 4, followed by a picture of a sail. It's something to do with representing things phonetically. I don't mind textese in the right context, ie when it's being used in a text message on a phone. Beyond that it's as irritating as poor grammar, and it should never ever be acceptable as a way of communicating ideas in a written exam. |
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Post by Stratmangler on Sept 25, 2017 9:25:03 GMT
Worse still is when someone says text-speak, like "LOL". LOL? Lots of lurve? It can be quite comical when someone doesn't understand the acronyms in use, and guesses their meaning instead. It can be even funnier when they make their own acronyms up, and get crestfallen when nobody can work the damned thing out  |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 25, 2017 9:26:59 GMT
Indeed, I'll give it half a second before considering what they're trying to tell me is not worth bothering with.
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Post by MikeMusic on Sept 25, 2017 9:49:54 GMT
I confess I call people I know well mate.
Depends on how you say it and context as some who use it certainly are no one's mate.
So is also a word I use. Trying to correct myself out of that and other spoken pauses.
Know what I mean, at the end of the day, to tell the truth
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2017 9:52:41 GMT
Mate I can live with, Fella I hate with a passion, I don't know what is about but that word, but it drives me to distraction!
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Post by Stratmangler on Sept 25, 2017 10:35:35 GMT
Mate I can live with, Fella I hate with a passion, I don't know what is about but that word, but it drives me to distraction! Why's that, fella? It's illogical to get wound up about it. You're being addressed by a fellow human that doesn't know your name, and they don't feel comfortable calling you mate, and they think it's rude to not give you some kind of title. Sir, mate, fella, they're all just generic titles. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2017 10:54:56 GMT
Well you know me and spelling, Chris, they don't exactly go hand-in-hand.
Yes understand the reasoning, but there's something that just grates on me when I hear Fellah.
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Post by Stratmangler on Sept 25, 2017 10:58:23 GMT
Well you know me and spelling, Chris, they don't exactly go hand-in-hand. Yes understand the reasoning, but there's something that just grates on me when I hear Fellah. I've just corrected my spelling, because fellah is indicative of an agricultural labourer in some Arab countries en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellah |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2017 11:05:09 GMT
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Post by Stratmangler on Sept 25, 2017 11:05:42 GMT
The implication of my post above is that I've just called you a peasant, Paul |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2017 11:36:26 GMT
Nothing wrong with a little bit of inter forum banter, Chris  |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 25, 2017 12:33:28 GMT
Nothing wrong with a little bit of inter forum banter, Chris Nothing wrong with that at all, peasant! |
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Post by zippy on Sept 25, 2017 12:41:42 GMT
Worse still is when someone says text-speak, like "LOL". or when 'they' change the meanings. Being an oldie, I can cast my mind back to the days before email (you remember, we used to put things like 'SWALK' on the envelope, or rather more saucy abbreviations) and I'm sure that LOL in those days meant Lots Of Love) so for a while I wondered why my work colleagues were being so friendly !!! LOL ! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2017 13:08:59 GMT
Nothing wrong with a little bit of inter forum banter, Chris Nothing wrong with that at all, peasant! Off, you choose your first word |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 25, 2017 13:22:03 GMT
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