Boycie Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Daveo's winding me up as per normal. He's full of the corporate jargon that you read or hear increasingly in modern life. His latest one is "reaching out" he means contacting or asking. People copy them, and before you know it, everyone's speaking like it. That and the verbal and very annoying upwards inference tone that people use when ending a sentence. It boils my urine no end. Bet there's loads, and I'm just "throwing this out there" to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PodgeyRam Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 5 minutes ago, Boycie said: Daveo's winding me up as per normal. He's full of the corporate jargon that you read or hear increasingly in modern life. His latest one is "reaching out" he means contacting or asking. People copy them, and before you know it, everyone's speaking like it. That and the verbal and very annoying upwards inference tone that people use when ending a sentence. It boils my urine no end. Bet there's loads, and I'm just "throwing this out there" to the forum. It spreads like syphilis. I've no idea where it came from though. I've just learned to associate it with those college girls you see on US TV shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringerBell Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 6 minutes ago, Boycie said: Daveo's winding me up as per normal. He's full of the corporate jargon that you read or hear increasingly in modern life. His latest one is "reaching out" he means contacting or asking. People copy them, and before you know it, everyone's speaking like it. That and the verbal and very annoying upwards inference tone that people use when ending a sentence. It boils my urine no end. Bet there's loads, and I'm just "throwing this out there" to the forum. I think that's Australian. Oh I said that wrong. I think that's Australian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Nowt worse than 'blue sky thinking' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Ram Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 All day is now 24/7, and don't even start me on PK for penalty Subsequently I chose option 2 an' ting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneheadjohn Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I work for an american company so have little choice. As they say 'You have to take the s*it with the sugar'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 6 minutes ago, David said: Never understood it myself, I mean it's a train, it goes choo choo and takes you from a to b, often late and more expensive than a fortnight in Cleethorpes. You stand there, dressed up like the kid at school who has his dinner money taken off him, note book in hand taking down each number, what then? Would love it if I could reach out to one and ask just what is it that drives this odd passion 38 minutes ago, Boycie said: Daveo's winding me up as per normal. He's full of the corporate jargon that you read or hear increasingly in modern life. His latest one is "reaching out" he means contacting or asking. People copy them, and before you know it, everyone's speaking like it. That and the verbal and very annoying upwards inference tone that people use when ending a sentence. It boils my urine no end. Bet there's loads, and I'm just "throwing this out there" to the forum. You pair should get a room.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 54 minutes ago, froggg said: You pair should get a room.? Stop cherry picking quotes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 It is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfc the 1 4me Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 My pet hate is when people are being served in a shop or at a bar etc and they say "can I get " instead of " can I have" whatever they are asking for. Other americanisms creeping in are calling lifts "elevators" and pronouncing "anti" as "ant- i". Totally agree about that upward inference too, it's bad enough when young uns do it, but 100 times worse when middle aged people do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 2 hours ago, AmericanRam said: It is what it is. Well, that's not one of yours is it? I'm thinking more blue shy ideas me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariotofmyown Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 A couple of years back I listened to the audiobook of the history of the English language by Melvyn Bragg. It was a briiliant book, but one of the most interesting parts was how a lot of american spelling and pronounciation was actually how english was spoken/written when we first settled over there. American English changed less over the years than what we speak in Britain as we were happier to let the language evolve, whereas Americans wanted to keep the language pure. It would be good if I could think of some examples, but I can't so get the book. (Another interesting thing I do remember is the pronounciation of 'ask' as 'aks'. This is apparently how English sailors used to say it when transporting slaves to America. It was picked up by the slaves and through the ages is how some black americans say it today. US culture means the kids in Britain now say 'aks'. Just like their ancestors used to.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Ram Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I hate the way the Americans always say 'I'm super excited' about everything. Now the word 'super' is back into English and it's really irritating. Clothes are 'super cute' now instead of 'really nice'. Where will it end? Also 'thank you so so much'. Why does it have to replace the quintessential English saying of 'thank you very much'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 50 minutes ago, ariotofmyown said: A couple of years back I listened to the audiobook of the history of the English language by Melvyn Bragg. It was a briiliant book, but one of the most interesting parts was how a lot of american spelling and pronounciation was actually how english was spoken/written when we first settled over there. American English changed less over the years than what we speak in Britain as we were happier to let the language evolve, whereas Americans wanted to keep the language pure. It would be good if I could think of some examples, but I can't so get the book. (Another interesting thing I do remember is the pronounciation of 'ask' as 'aks'. This is apparently how English sailors used to say it when transporting slaves to America. It was picked up by the slaves and through the ages is how some black americans say it today. US culture means the kids in Britain now say 'aks'. Just like their ancestors used to.) Another example is 'gotten' as the past participle of 'get'. It was the original form (and it persists in the UK in 'forgotten', for example) and this form travelled with the original settlers in the 17th century. When English underwent changes in the 18th century, including the use of 'got' as the past participle of 'get', the change never made it across the Atlantic. Nor did it make it across the Irish Sea, where 'gotten' persists to this day. I think people would be surprised how many 'Americanisms' are just older versions of British English. And by how many bits of English we think of as British actually came from America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 3 hours ago, StringerBell said: I think that's Australian. Oh I said that wrong. I think that's Australian? You should write "my bad". Grr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossieram Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Have the Russians been on here manipulating the voting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1of4 Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Boycie said: Well, that's not one of yours is it? I'm thinking more blue shy ideas me. This just about takes the cookie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Break out areas! You mean a few sofas in a different part of the office to your desk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 6 minutes ago, ossieram said: Have the Russians been on here manipulating the voting? Fake news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringerBell Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 41 minutes ago, GboroRam said: You should write "my bad". Grr. My bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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